Home Automation Integrating the SwitchBot Hub Mini with Home Assistant - A Cautionary Tale I got a SwitchBot Bot and a SwitchBot Hub Mini for Christmas! And it's finally time to put these new toys to use! The SwitchBot Hub Mini is the hub
Home Automation Controlling Icon Colour with Mushroom UI From time to time, I'll scroll through the internet looking for home automation ideals that others have implemented and that I might be able to take some inspiration from. About
Productivity Using a Stream Deck for productivity - a software developers solution I recently purchased an Elgato Stream Deck. As the name suggests, a Stream Deck is geared towards people who stream content on YouTube or Twitch. I fall into neither of
Home Automation Building custom Home Assistant integrations with Python I've recently setup Home Assistant, and one of my goals is to try and integrate my Raspberry Pi controlled LED strip desk lights into Home Assistant. I want to have
Electronics Using a Raspberry PI to Make My Office Desk Glow (Part 2) In a previous blog post I put together a step-by-step guide on how to put together the hardware for a Raspberry Pi controlled LED strip [https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/
Python Using a Raspberry PI to Make My Office Desk Glow (Part 1) tl;dr – I wanted to see if I could make a computer controlled LED light strip to go under my desk. Turns out I can, this is how I built
iPad Getting Started with Programming and SSH on the iPad I recently bought a new iPad to help me be more productive at work [https://www.jamesridgway.co.uk/using-an-ipad-pro-for-work/]. It didn't take long for me to start wondering if
