Meshforce often comes up in Amazon searches as a very attractively priced mesh WiFi setup kit – really rivaling some of the big name kits…
My cord-cutting journey starts almost three years ago when we bought our first house. As busy millennials, we just didn’t watch enough TV in a…
I’ve used Fongo here in Canada for many years – it’s a free VoIP calling app with coverage to most of Canada, cheap long distance…
I’ve been fighting with reliable presence detection since long before my Home Assistant days. This is a problem that a lot of Smart Home type…
Two phones ago, I had the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. I had that phone since about the time it was released until February 2019. It…
I’m sometimes terrible at not practicing what I preach – case in point: file backup. I have a great file backup strategy and have invested…
I’ve gone through several iterations of my smart home security setup at this point, and wanted to take a moment to brain dump where I…
I was caught off guard from the Canadian Government recently and got a real eye opener for someone who works in system administration and has…
I recently set out to remodel our basement level laundry and utility room on a shoestring budget. As you know, basement level mechnical/laundry rooms tend…
In Part 1 of this series I explored the need to start your Smart Home journey with a strong foundation: a good home hub to…