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Step into my smart home journey with Home Assistant, IoT devices, maker projects, and creative home automation.

2 May 2025 • Smart Home

From e-waste to smart wall panels: I built my own app with AI in two chat sessions

Nine cheap Android panels were gathering dust on my walls. Then I had a shower thought. Two GitHub Copilot sessions later, I have a fully working smart home panel system with Sonos grouping, media browsing, and more.
26 Jun 2021 • Smart Home

Smart dog training buttons

TBC
13 Mar 2020 • Smart Home

Can you IoT an Airwick air freshener?
1 Mar 2020 • Smart Home

Turn lights on and off when Windows 10 is locked or unlocked

Bridging Windows lock and unlock events to Home Assistant via Task Scheduler, a tiny VBScript wrapper, PowerShell, and the Home Assistant REST API so my desk lights follow my presence.
1 Mar 2020 • Smart Home

Turn lights on and off with Windows Hello
1 Nov 2016 • Smart Home

Battery powered portable Sonos Play:1
6 Sept 2016 • Smart Home

Philips Hue LED kit extension lead hack

Adding Hue lighting under our kitchen cupboards meant working around the kit's fixed lengths. Rather than buy two full kits, I hacked together my own six-core extension lead.