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A Cuckoo Clock, but Digital - Cuckoo in Home Assistant

February 20, 2024 • 4 min read • Smart Home

A Cuckoo Clock, but Digital - Cuckoo in Home Assistant

Since I absolutely detest the ticking of clocks, a cuckoo clock is not welcome in my house. That sound of gears turning, or even worse, the ticking away…
How to make your kitchen smart - A practical guide

February 6, 2024 • 11 min read • Smart Home

How to make your kitchen smart - A practical guide

How can you make your kitchen smart? I'll show you. It doesn't mean you have to spend thousands of euros and replace all your appliances. No, it can be…
3D Printing, Wi-Fi Wins, and Pi Clusters with Turing Pi 2

February 1, 2024 • 2 min read • Automation

3D Printing, Wi-Fi Wins, and Pi Clusters with Turing Pi 2

In episode four of NTVN, AJ and Alex discuss their recent experiences with 3D printing, Wi-Fi setups, and the Turing Pi 2 cluster board. AJ had some…
Our smart home story — X10, Homey, Home Assistant & more

January 25, 2024 • 2 min read • Smart Home

Our smart home story — X10, Homey, Home Assistant & more

🔊 Tune in this week for a journey through home automation history with New Tech, Vintage Nerd! 🏠✨ Hello and welcome, tech enthusiasts and retro gear…
Automatic Volume Control in Home Assistant

December 29, 2023 • 4 min read • Home Automation

Automatic Volume Control in Home Assistant

Do you hate that too? When you switch on your Apple TV from YouTube to Music, or from Prime Video to Plex and then your amplifier's sound is way too loud?…
Order coffee via a NFC tag in Home Assistant

January 29, 2023 • 4 min read • Home Automation

Order coffee via a NFC tag in Home Assistant

You can think what you like, but I cannot imagine life without coffee. You would think I'd be 'trained' by now to get new coffee in time or place an…
A snapshot of a RTSP-stream every second

January 30, 2022 • 2 min read • Home Automation

A snapshot of a RTSP-stream every second

Thought it wasn't possible to display an RTSP stream on a Grafana dashboard? Think again. I've recently started making a snapshot of an RTSP stream every…
Pi-Hole switch

December 17, 2019 • 1 min read • Home Automation

Pi-Hole switch

I've had some trouble getting a proper Pi-Hole switch into Home Assistant. Eventually, I found something that worked. It wasn't entirely what I wanted…
My first steps with Home Assistant

December 15, 2019 • 1 min read • Home Automation

My first steps with Home Assistant

Recently I (re)started with Home Assistant to get my home into tiptop shape. I will update this site with my successes and my struggles on my way to make…
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