Month: December 2017
Useful Sensor: Bayesian Sleep Detection in Home Assistant
Sleep is not something I can directly observe in my smart home (at least not until I build that DIY bed sensor). It would be nice to …
Home Assistant: Making My Plants Talk with IoT Sensors and a Python Script
Living in an urban city without a garden, I have been exercising my green thumb by accumulating more and more houseplants. I have them tucked away …
Useful Sensor: Motion Last Seen & Meta Motion Sensor
You know what’s great about motion sensors? They are very, very cheap to build yourself. All it takes is an esp8266 module like the Wemos …
Basic Node-Red Flows for Automating Lighting with Home Assistant
Smart light bulbs are probably the first thing everyone getting into home automation buys. It is easy to see the applications for them – have the …
Auto-Downloading Youtube Videos for Plex Media Server with youtube-dl
Recently it appears Youtube has decided they want to become cable TV, complete with the unending commercials for American pharmaceuticals. Since I cannot stand watching any …
Self Hosting: How to Get Free and Cheap Linux Virtual Servers
I try to avoid the cloud in favor of self-hosting the services I use. Then I know my information is private, and I can tailor them …