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I managed to get almost everything back online and functioning again after the chaos that ensued after my last update.…
I recently realized that I needed to split out my home wifi network into two networks, a 2.4GHz network and…
I recently bought an Aqara vibration sensor with the plan of affixing it to our dining room table for the…
I'm excited to report that I managed to get my first few flows live in Homey. I connected the Aqara…
Learn more about Automated Home here. Sorry for not sharing updates for a while. It turns out people aren't exaggerating…
Nearly 3 months after launching their botched app update, Patrick Spence has finally issued an apology for what happened and…
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I recently bought a Samsung 8K TV, a Sonos Arc soundbar and a Sonos Sub Gen 3. It wasn't cheap,…
This is just a short post to show that I really am starting off my smart home journey from the…
The forums are still broken, and everyone is frustrated (especially me). FullBore requested an update about the current situation with…
Hi everyone, my name's Marty and I'm new here. I was originally planning to have the website and forums running…
This blog started in September 1996. 27 years on, the time has come to make a change. Almost 3 decades…
Back in the summer we added the Comhar Standing Desk to the Automated Home. Now FlexiSpot have sent over their…
Sitting is the new smoking apparently so we were intrigued when FlexiSpot offered to send us their EW8M Comhar Standing…
This new video from the Connectivity Standards Alliance gives a good overview of the new Smart Home Standard, Matter...
After nearly two and a half years of ownership, I sold my Model 3 last Autumn, taking advantage of the…