I knew going into this, that temperatures around the house would vary, but the degree to which they vary is quite astonishing. First, I’ll show the main HVAC values: { "heat_to": 71, "cool_to": 74, "indoor_temp": 68, "outdoor_temp": 49,

It took just under a month to get them from Bulgaria (Customs is apparently backed up). But I finally got my first two Shelly H&T sensors! First off, I was absolutely amazed by how small these things are. All of the images I saw while reading about them

The heart and soul of my home automation and HVAC controls are room temperatures. Having a single zone HVAC unit means that the temperature is controlled in one place (usually near the central return). My house was built in 2016, and makes use of the idea that when a bedroom

I have a HoneyWell WiFi thermostat, which prior to this project was great. I could control it from my phone or their website. It was fuss free and convenient. That changed after I started this, while they have an API available, my specific thermostat isn’t part of their deployment.

This is probably over kill, but I’ve always had a fascination with the weather, and so one of the things I wanted to do was hold an enormous about of weather data, so I could write logic to analyze it and provide me with data about unusual trends, or

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always thought the idea of having automated controls was pretty cool. This became especially pronounced after watching the Iron Man movies. The idea of have something like Jarvis in control things was really cool and I really wanted to create something

So, ages ago, I wrote up a couple of bash scripts that automated the backup process on a server. It’s all text based, so you’d have to be logged into a terminal or be ssh’d into the box. Today, I got to thinking, I should give it

I bought this keyboard on Christmas Day 2013, off Amazon. It was delivered on January 2nd. Considering the Holidays, that’s pretty good. So, first thing I noticed with this keyboard is the size. It’s literally the same keyboard you get with a Macbook or Macbook Pro. I actually

I toned it down a little bit this year and planted more of what we eat the most of, Tomatoes, Corn and Green Beans. But I’m going to be planting two kinds of cucumbers this weekend but in planters, not in the garden. For this season, I decided to