I’ve begun integrating the solar pump into the home automation system running in my house (Home-Assistant) using the MySensors platform. The goal is to be able to control the pump via Home-Assistant, and have Home-Assistant automatically water the garden when needed. So far, I’ve setup a MySensors Gateway, connected it to my Home-Assistant instance, and created a […]
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I decided that using Icinga for my Laundry Alert device was a little much… It’s an enterprise grade network and service monitoring tool and I was using it to monitor our washer and dryer. So, I rolled up my sleeves and dug into revamping the whole thing as a Python program. I’m not a programmer
I haven’t posted anything new in a while… obviously. I’m currently working on setting up a home PBX using Asterisk and it’s giving me a little trouble. I hope to have it up and running by the end of the month. When I do, I’ll be sure to post something about it.
I recently bought a Garmin eTrex Summit HC to replace my eTrex Legend. I didn’t go all-out and buy myself a top end GPS device, mainly because I’m not a hardcore hiker. I just needed to get something that has more memory for maps, has a barometer and altimeter. I’ll be using it to do some geocaching, hiking
Hp has an announcement scheduled for February 9th in which they are expected to announce a few new products that will be using WebOS. One of which may be the elusive PalmPad. That’s the one to get excited about as it may shape up to be a serious contender in the tablet market. I’m also