Archive
See below for an archive of all posts I have related to home labbing, home automation and anything else I'm working on
Custom reminders for the rubbish
Remembering which rubbish or recycling bin to put out can be a battle, and rather than look at the neighbours, it made more sense to scrape the GIS system of my local council and have my home automation system alert me.
Nespresso Pi
"Alexa, make me a coffee." How I integrated Alexa into my very much not Alexa compatible coffee machine. Turning coffee into code so I can turn code into coffee.
Working SSL certificates on Unifi Dream Machines with LetsEncrypt
I recently took the plunge and upgraded my trusty Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 12 to a new Unifi DreamMachine Pro and I have been happy with the upgrade. One of the things that didn't work out of the box was SSL when connecting directly, this is how I fixed that.
Virtualizing a NAS: PCIe Storage Passthrough
My NAS is full and I have need to add more storage without breaking the bank, and utilizing some of the hardware I already own. In this post I show how I got PCIe passthrough working on Proxmox, allowing me to pass a controller through to a TrueNAS VM, giving direct control of the disks to the VM.