Threshold-based humidity automations never quite work. Why I replaced mine with a behavior-based Home Assistant blueprint for exhaust fans.
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How to keep a SmartDry dryer sensor working after the cloud shutdown, using an ESP32 with ESPHome to pull its BLE data into Home Assistant.
8 min read
How to feed Tesla solar production into the Home Assistant Energy dashboard with an integration sensor that converts watts to kWh.
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How to connect iotty smart wall switches to Home Assistant so you can control lighting and build automations alongside your other devices.
6 min read
Your Raspberry Pi prints £ instead of # because Raspberry Pi OS defaults to a UK keyboard layout. How to switch to US in raspi-config.
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Joeveo's Temperfect mug cools scalding coffee to 145F fast, then holds it drinkable for 3 hours. Two years late from Kickstarter, but it works.
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The Plum Lightpad dimmer looks great and installs cleanly, but a weak iOS app and no smart home integrations make it hard to recommend.
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The SmushBox SMS gateway lost its unlimited T-Mobile plan and Smush Mobile looks dead. How I revived mine with an AT&T GoPhone SIM.
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Keyspan's driver died under OS X 10.9 Mavericks. How to get PL2303 USB serial adapters like the ATEN UC232A working with an open source kext.
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The PadPivot promised a handy lap and desk stand for the iPad, but fiddly assembly and a snapping tension ring sank it for me.
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My review of the C-Loop swivel camera strap mount, my first Kickstarter back. Years later it is still attached to my Canon DSLR.
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The SmushBox Kickstarter promised unlimited 2-way SMS from a $250 box. Mine shipped untested and its microSD card died. My mixed review.
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How to auto-file PNC Virtual Wallet statements into Evernote with a Hazel rule and a shell script, since PNC blocks most fetch services.
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