Rob Pickering
Leader, Mentor, Challenger, Educator, Network Engineer, System Administrator, Developer, Hacker, Writer, Diver, and Technology Explorer
2021 What I've Read
books
2021. I normally like having this article out in the 1st Quarter of the year, but here I am at the end of September, staring at a partially written blog post, so here
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Keeping your SmartDry dryer sensor operational
automation
Connected Life has shut down their cloud service that was required to make the SmartDry dryer sensor work. Here's how to keep yours operational.
Home Assistant Energy Monitoring of Tesla Solar Panels
I've been a Tesla Solar panel owner for 4 years.  I've always wanted to have monitoring of my energy in an easier-to-consume format than having to log into the
Integrate IOTTY wall switches with Home Assistant
homeassistant
How to integrate the IOTTY smart home switches into Home Assistant, leveraging Alexa Routines
macOS Monterey, Mail Privacy, and Pi-Hole
howto
I recently upgraded to macOS Monterey on my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, I immediately had an issue in Mail.app where I was seeing "Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately."
Raspberry Pi printing British Pound (£) instead of US Pound (#)
howto
How to fix a raspberry pi printing a British pound symbol
2020 What I've Read
books
I'm starting this years "What I've Read" post with a few disclaimers, just to make my style for these posts crystal clear. First, the links below are
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How to use an Apple TV with Hotel WiFi (Captive Portal)
Apple/Mac
Recently my family and I went on vacation and stayed in a condo that had "Complimentary WiFi". We had packed our AppleTV because my son knows how to access all of his purchased movies (way too many) and it has my wife and I's current programming for the evenings.
Silence is Violence
Today is Juneteenth. It has several "also known as" names, including "Freedom Day", "Jubilee Day", and "Liberation Day". It is a commemoration of Union army
Believing ...
blog
This weekend, Disney released a new movie for download.  That by itself isn't remarkable.  What's remarkable is that this is a move that was just released to the theaters
2019 What I've Read
books
2019. I'm not sure where to start this post. 2019 has been difficult for everyone in the United States, I want to say 2020 will be better...so I will! 2020
Recover a lost Admin account on macOS with FileVault 2
apple
How to recover a lost Admin account on macOS when you have FileVault 2 enabled
2018 What I've Read
books
2018. What a year. My family moved from Cupertino to San Jose, where we purchased a new home (don't even get me started on housing prices). I started in a new
What I wish I knew going to Disney's Aulani Resort for the First Time
family
My family and I just returned from a week in paradise, in Ko'Olina, Oh'au, Hawaii. Why Oa'hu? Because in Ko'Olina there is a relatively new
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