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

Migrating to Home Assistant OS

Posted on March 24, 2026March 25, 2026

A while ago, I discovered and learned to love the opensource project Home Assistant. Home Assistant at its core is a home automation system which allows to link multiple home…

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Workaround for USB detection issue on AllStarLink Radio Node

Posted on November 4, 2025January 6, 2026

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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A firmware update for my thermometer

An unexpected update for Home Assistant

Posted on June 29, 2025March 24, 2026

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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Setting up a dot local domain

Posted on June 8, 2025June 29, 2025

With the purchase of a new Wireless Access Point, there is not going to be a better time to setup a dot local domain in my home network / homelab….

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Recent Posts

  • A much needed Allstar Node Upgrade
  • Following the Artemis II Flight on Allstar Radio
  • Migrating to Home Assistant OS
  • Home Assistant Holiday Decorations
  • Workaround for USB detection issue on AllStarLink Radio Node

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