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Companies that you expect to safeguard your private data suffer data breaches daily. Sensitive information, like social security numbers, credit card information, home addresses, birthdates, and more have even been leaked by …
I’ve had a general curiosity about the air quality in and around my home. We use primarily hydronic heating and thus don’t get much airflow without opening the windows. We do have …
I run Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) on all of my servers, and on my regular desktop. Regular releases of Ubuntu have a six-month release cycle, which is too frequent for me, …
It’s been a few years since I first started getting into addressable holiday LEDs powered by WLED. A couple of years ago I expanded my LED display to permanent year-round holiday LEDs …
A smart home hub integrates the various smart home devices in your home. Many homes have a variety of smarthome devices that aren’t aware of each other. For example, it’s common for …
Although I no longer need the perfect remote control, I do find some simple remote controls useful around the house. One such place is my son’s bedroom. He has some LED light …
I’ve always wanted to add some type of biometrics to my smart home. A while back I found out about and bought an inexpensive fingerprint scanner. I finally got around to using …