Craig's Home Automation Blog Archive

Smart Home vs. Home Automation – What’s the difference?2018-07-05

I hired a dude who voices Nike commercials to tell me when my cat litter is full2018-07-04

Automatic Litterbox Notifications – Using an Home Assistant and Node Red with an external REST API2018-06-24

Making my dumb bed, smart – Home Assistant Bed Occupancy Sensor2018-05-20

Smart Garbage! – Pattern for deferring service calls in Home Assistant2018-05-16

Telegram keyboard and callbacks in Home Assistant with Node-RED2018-05-10

The simple guide to Telegram's custom inline keyboard2018-05-04

My house automatically orders pizza for me – Dominos Pizza automation using Home Assistant.2018-05-04

NHL goal light celebration with Home Assistant and Philips Hue2018-02-11

Night-time reading with KoReader and Philips Hue2018-01-19

Using Home Assistant and Philips Hue to create a full colour sunrise2017-12-06

Quick Tip: Controlling Colour of Groups of Philips Hue Lights in Home Assistant2017-11-28

Philips Hue and Tasker – Use your lights as a notification for Text Messages2017-11-19

Using the Xiaomi Mi Flora and Home Assistant for Twitter enabled plants2017-11-19

Insteon SwitchLinc 2-wire Dimmer Review2017-08-09

True MPD Jukebox using Raspberry Pi2017-08-09