Quick Thoughts on the Perfect Universal Remote
I’m a techie, and I like equipping my home with a lot of tech equipment, especially when it comes to media and audio/video (A/V) equipment. However, this penchant for adding new tech …
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Cordcutting: Getting Started with Plex
How many of you have heard of Plex or are using it? Plex has a pretty good following and many people that use it swear by it. But what is it? What …
Create A Smarthome In 5 Steps
Interested in turning your home into a smarthome? There are many good reasons you should be. Not sure where to start? Here are 5 steps that anyone can do themselves to make …
Top 21 Christmas Tech Gifts Under $50
Now is the time to start planning the Christmas tech you are going to purchase for friends, family, and yourself! We all know tech can be quite costly. Here is a blackjack …
Best YouTube Home Assistant Channels
Home Assistant has a great community contributing to the code, helping users in the forums, and showing example configurations on GitHub. I have been documenting my Home Assistant customizations as I go. …
Let’s Encrypt Certificate with DNS verification with No-IP
If you want a free SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate for your website then Let’s Encrypt is for you. An SSL certificate allows for secure and trusted communications via HTTPs (Secure HTTP) …
How and Why I Built a Virtual Router
Do you have a backup for your router? What would happen to your home network if your router stopped working? A virtual router might be useful to you. My router died! Now …