My DIY wall project: Built-in screens and a charging station for multiple devices
The Idea This is really not a new project, in November 2018 I started to build a new kitchen. Before that I had a more open kitchen solution, but to…
My first DIY speaker cables
For a long time I have used a pair of Dali Blue Wave bi-wire cables from my power-amp to the speakers. This of course works great, even if neither my…
Making of a wall-mounted IP-camera monitor
As one of the Christmas gifts this year, I decided to build a framed wall-monitor to stream from a security camera at the family cabin.That is something you can't just…
Monitoring VMware ESXi in Home-Assistant with PowerShell
Even if Home-Assistant primarily is a home-automation platform, it can have many other use cases.One is to use Home-Assistant to monitor servers and other IT stuff in the house, it…
Wake-up Light based on Android alarm with Home-Assistant and Tasker
A Wake-Up Light is in my experience a better way to wake up, and I have earlier used a simple time trigger to achieve it.This is of course not ideal…
Hvordan bruke Tasker med Home-Assistant
Tasker er et kraftig verktøy for å lage automatiserte oppgaver i Android. Dette kan for eksempel bli brukt til å rapportere hendelser på mobiltelefonen til Home-Assistant. Denne guiden viser akkurat…
How to use Tasker with Home-Assistant
Tasker is a very powerful tool to create automated tasks in Android. This can for example be used to report events happening on a mobile phone to Home-Assistant. This is…
How to retrieve saved Wi-Fi passwords on a Windows computer
Have you ever forgotten the password to your Wi-Fi network?Here is two ways to recover forgotten passwords that are saved on the computer.The Windows GUI method will let you see…
Hvordan Installere MagicMirror² på en Raspberry Pi
I denne guiden vil jeg vise i detalj hvordan du kan installere MagicMirror² på en Raspberry Pi. Jeg vil også vise hvordan du installerer/aktiverer nyttige verktøy som SSH, Samba og…
How to install MagicMirror² on a Raspberry Pi
In this guide I will explain in detail how you install MagicMirror² on a Raspberry Pi. The guide will also show how to install/enable extra tools like SSH, Samba and…