Tag: diy
Plexamp Music Streaming with Raspberry Pi Zero
I’ve been a Plex user for a very long while. They’ve recently put a lot of effort into the re-vamped Plexamp music player and it’s quickly …
Self Hosting: Nextcloud with DigitalOcean Spaces for Main Storage
It has been over a year since I originally set up my own self-hosted cloud using Nextcloud. I am happy to report back that I absolutely …
Automating Dumb Devices with Node-Red and Home Assistant
Here in coastal California, air conditioning is extremely uncommon. So during a recent heat wave, I got desperate and went down to the big box store …
The Cheapest WiFi Smart Switch: Flashing the Sonoff Basic
Setting up a smart home can be a costly affair, if every device needed an expensive proprietary smart switch you would spend quite a bit of …
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 …