Projects
Bar Light Automation
I satisfy my desire to nerd out by programming an ESP32 microcontroller and wiring Hafele bar lights up for home automation.
automation
automation
Home Assistant SMTP Notify Error
Fixing Home Assistant SMTP notification errors with careful reading of the documentation. Reading between the lines, or between the words.
voice
What's the Weather? Local Home Assistant Voice
Continuing my escape from Amazon-powered voice with local weather forecasts using Home Assistant automations and templates.
Technology
Escaping Jeff with Home Assistant Local Voice
Weaning myself from the Amazon voice ecosystem with Home Assistant.
automation
Bliss Alta Motionblinds Home Assistant Integration
Do you have a Bliss Automation - Alta Window Fashions roller shade or other device that you'd like to add into Home Assistant? Then this is the place for you! Background Part of de-Amazon-ing my house, or "un-Bezo-ing?", "de-Jeff-ing?"
Technology
Random Playlist Selector with Sonos and Home Assistant
Here's something different for the blog. I've taken some inspiration from the HashiCorp RFC and am tracking my personal project that way. I find it useful. Problem Statement I get tired of listening to the same playlist too often. I also want to reduce the number