Coincidentally, I’ve managed to save up some spare change th

Coincidentally, I’ve managed to save up some spare change that would enable me to make the purchase today and get the Pixel 8, but I’m choosing to be patient and wait for the Pixel 8a. May 10-ish can’t come soon enough.

Yesterday I’ve connected most of the things I was able to co

Yesterday I’ve connected most of the things I was able to connect to Home Assistant without the dongle. Even though not much has changed I’ve grouped all of the lights in each room so now I have buttons to turn on/off lights in each room individually quite easily!

I pulled the trigger last night and purchased a dongle for H

I pulled the trigger last night and purchased a dongle for Home Assistant, which enables me to connect directly with Thread/Matter/Zigbee, along with a very affordable Zigbee-enabled sensor. I believe this signifies my transition from Apple HomeKit to a more platform-agnostic system. I’m here for it.

My work is not physically demanding (hey, I sit at the compu

My work is not physically demanding (hey, I sit at the computer for 8 hours), but the first thing that starts to suffer is my voice. After a few hours of meetings, by the end of the day, my voice always gives out.