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Tresanti Adjustable Height Desk ODP10557 Review
About The Tresanti ODP10557 is a 47" x 25" motorized adjustable height glass-top desk that raises up to 47". Purchase Date: 2021-10-01 Review Date: 2022-01-21 I never said I wasn't messy. Review The Desk At only 47" wide and about 25" deep, this is a ...
Boltune Wireless Earbuds 030 Review
About The Boltune 030 are water resistant wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation and in-ear detection. Purchase Date: 2021-09-10 Review Date: 2022-01-25 Review The Boltune 030 are budget earbuds first and foremost. They drew my attention becaus...
Working from the Beach Review
Publish Date: 2022-04-10 I live very near the beach currently and want to make the most of it, knowing that I likely won't live near one forever. Armed with a desire to enjoy life, a world freshly molded by a global pandemic, and a few beach accessories, I se...
hOmelabs Compact Laundry Dryer Review
About The hOmelabs Compact Laundry Dryer is a 3.2 Cubic Ft dryer that runs off a typical 120 Volt North American power outlet. Purchase Date: 2021-04-10 Review Date: 2022-04-10 Update: This product no longer appears to be sold. Review This is a 120 Vol...
Beats Studio Buds Review
About The Beats Studio Buds are water resistant wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation and a long battery life. Purchase Date: 2022-12-25 Review Date: 2022-12-31 Review The Beats Studio Buds are a middle tier earbud with good sound quality. The...
Cyberpunk 2077 - Getting Started
This page covers the basics of getting started with installing Cyberpunk 2077 mods on the Steam Deck. Once complete, you'll be able to install mods that require either REDmod or Cyber Engine Tweaks (CET). Requirements: Steam Deck Cyberpunk 2077 - Install ...
Midea Duo 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner Review
About The Midea Duo 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner is available as just an AC or also with a Heat Pump. It comes with a dual hose and window attachment piece Purchase Date: 2023-04-23 Review Date: 2024-03-01 Review Installation While this looks si...
Professional Projects
Here is a summary of some of the professional projects I have worked on. CIO Remote Warehouse software for pick, pack, ship functionality. I personally implemented features such as: High volume automated label printing, including 4x6 EPL/ZPL thermal label...
Setup Home Assistant on a Mini PC
NOTE: You will need a dedicated computer to rune Home Assistant. There are other options available, but most of them require a new device. It's possible to use VirtualBox or VMware, but there are big limitations with that so I would only recommend it for tryin...
Running .bat Files on Linux or Steam Deck
Some mods may require you to run a .bat file the install the mod. This is a Windows Batch file that cannot run on Linux natively. Thankfully, we already have Proton/Wine which can run Windows programs for us and will work with batch files, so we just need to u...
Enable HACS - Home Assistant Community Store
Many devices you may want to control are not supported by the default included Home Assistant install. When searching online for how to connect a device with search terms like "Home Assistant [Your Device]" you will find Github repos with installation instruct...
Tesla
You'll find several Tesla integrations available in the Settings > Devices & Services > Add Integration page. Here's a brief comparison to help you pick them: Tesla Fleet - Integrates with your Tesla Vehicles. Also supports Tesla Solar/Powerwall. All commun...
Midea AC
The default Midea integration does not support most common Midea devices. To support common Midea M-Smart devices like Air conditioners, Fans, Water heaters, Washers, etc you will need to install a HACS addon (See Enable HACS if you don't have/know about that ...
TP-Link Smart Home: Tapo & Kasa devices
This section is a work in progress, it will cover guides for setting up and connecting to Tapo and Kasa devices. One particular area it will cover (once I figure it out) is how to get devices reliably connected if they are on a separate network segment, such ...
Home Assistant Dynamic DNS & SSL
There are numerous reasons to get an SSL certificate for your Home Assistant environment, particularly if you plan on allowing any external access. Dynamic DNS is also extremely useful for external access so you can have a consistent domain name to use to acc...
433 MHz Devices
Why 433 MHz? While Wifi, Zigbee, Z-wave, and Matter/Thread are great, sometimes you just need a simple sensor that does one thing really cheaply. 433MHz devices (and others like 915MHz and 868MHz) are one-way sensors that can talk to Home Assistant to report ...
Install & Configure SDR receiver
This guide specifically is for the Nooelec NESDR Mini 2+ USB RTL-SDR and ADS-B Receiver Set in a Debian or Ubuntu based environment, but should work for other similar SDR receivers (Especially Realtek ones). Plug in your SDR receiver to USB Run command: lsusb...
Frigate NVR
The goal with a Network Video Recorder (NVR) is to free yourself from cloud subscriptions for security cameras. You can (and probably should) run a standalone NVR, but in this guide we'll setup Frigate NVR as a Home Assistant Add-On. Equipment To run an NVR ...
Wyze Cameras Review
I've used several different Wyze cameras over the years (Cam V3, Cam OG, and Floodlight), and while each camera may work slightly differently, overall they all have the same issues. This page covers my most common issues with Wyze cameras and why I recommend c...