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Lady Catterton's Automated Cat Alert System

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

Lady Catterton isn't allowed outside, but she doesn't let that stop her from keeping a close eye ...

Updated 1 week ago by William

Home Assistant Dynamic DNS & SSL

Home Assistant Setup

There are numerous reasons to get an SSL certificate for your Home Assistant environment, particu...

Updated 1 week ago by William

Leftover Lunch

Side Projects Old Projects

Leftover Lunch was a site that my brother (Aaron) and I created in 2005 for the Contagious Media ...

Updated 3 weeks ago by William

Fake News Script

Side Projects Old Projects

'Fake News' is the first PHP script I wrote in Middle School. I wanted to learn more PHP, so in 2...

Updated 3 weeks ago by William

Professional Projects

About Me

Here is a summary of some of the professional projects I have worked on. CIO Remote Warehouse s...

Updated 3 weeks ago by William

Tapo Mini Smart Wi-Fi Plug Warning

Physical Things Electronics

This is not a full review of the Tapo Wifi plugs, this page is a warning about a potentially dang...

Updated 3 weeks ago by William

Frigate NVR

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

The goal with a Network Video Recorder (NVR) is to free yourself from cloud subscriptions for sec...

Updated 3 weeks ago by William

Cleanup Invalid MP3 Files

General Linux Tips

Install mp3check Probably already available in your distro. Example: sudo apt install mp3che...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Install & Configure SDR receiver

Debian: Ubuntu, Pop!_OS

This guide specifically is for the Nooelec NESDR Mini 2+ USB RTL-SDR and ADS-B Receiver Set in a ...

Updated 1 month ago by William

433 MHz Devices

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

Why 433 MHz? While Wifi, Zigbee, Z-wave, and Matter/Thread are great, sometimes you just need a ...

Updated 1 month ago by William

System76 Darter Pro (darp5) Review

Physical Things Electronics

About The Darter Pro is a 15" linux-first ultrabook made by System76. Purchase Date: 2019-04-01...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Frigate NVR

Virtual & SaaS Products

This page lists my unorganized thoughts on Frigate NVR which I plan to turn into a full review ...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Working from the Beach Review

Companies & IRL In Real Life

Publish Date: 2022-04-10 I live very near the beach currently and want to make the most of it, k...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Running .bat Files on Linux or Steam Deck

Steam Deck

Some mods may require you to run a .bat file the install the mod. This is a Windows Batch file th...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Mastodon Comments in Bookstack

Coding & Webdev

There are several people online who have written JS scripts to turn a Mastodon thread into a comm...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Setup Home Assistant on a Mini PC

Home Assistant Setup

NOTE: You will need a dedicated computer to rune Home Assistant. There are other options availabl...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Tesla Fleet Setup

Home Assistant Advanced Setup

Instructions for setting up the Tesla Fleet integration in Home Assistant. This is an advanced se...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Tapo C720 Floodlight Review - Also known as Tapo TC55

Physical Things Electronics

About The Tapo C720 (The Tapo TC55 is the exact same thing) is a combination floodlight and Tapo...

Updated 1 month ago by William

Recursive Tees

Side Projects Old Projects

Recursive Tees is a computer science/ geek t-shirt store I created. I noticed a lack of sites tha...

Updated 2 months ago by William

Tdarr

Hosted Applications

Automatic video transcoding to H.265 - A more modern and space efficient format Tdarr server ...

Updated 3 months ago by William