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Home Assistant Holiday Decorations

Posted on December 13, 2025December 13, 2025

My earliest memories of Christmas at home of coarse is the gifts, the family, the food. The other memory was the chore of running around the house and “Turning Christmas…

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Workaround for USB detection issue on AllStarLink Radio Node

Posted on November 4, 2025November 30, 2025

After a few weeks of reorganization in my Homelab, I finally have my Allstarlink node running on a clean, dedicated Debian 13 Linux server. Allstarlink is a a software technology…

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Node 42527 running away with the radio and URI secured to the rack rail with some good ole Velcro.

Running Allstar Node with a DMK URI and a Baofeng 888 Radio

Posted on September 9, 2025September 9, 2025

Several years ago, I read an article about creating a Ham Radio Repeater for the Allstarlink network running on a Raspberry Pi single board computer. The part that really intrigued…

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A firmware update for my thermometer

An unexpected update for Home Assistant

Posted on June 29, 2025June 29, 2025

As someone who works with electronics and computer systems virtually my whole life, I understand the firmware and the importance it places in modern life. Firmware updates are common theses…

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Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform designed to be a central control system for smart home devices

Introduction to Home Assistant

Posted on June 29, 2025June 29, 2025

Due to the variety of devices which are installed in my house, I thought I would take the plunge and learn to automate and monitor all of them with Home…

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  • Home Assistant Holiday Decorations
  • Workaround for USB detection issue on AllStarLink Radio Node
  • Running Allstar Node with a DMK URI and a Baofeng 888 Radio
  • An unexpected update for Home Assistant
  • Introduction to Home Assistant

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