Anyone know if someone does a #esphome / #esp32 advent calendar? 🎄 Asking for a friend 🙂

Looking for suggestions for basic device and server #monitoring on #linux. Want basic agentless host (ICMP) and service (HTTP/SMTP/SSH) style monitors, plus some host system monitoring (load/mem/disk/daemons) which can be agent based. It’s for a v small homelab, so just needs to be able to […]

So, considering where Microsoft is going with Xbox at the moment (ex-box?), I'm *really* interested in what's dropped from Valve. I've not been a Steam user for a number of years now, but (assuming it's not hideously expensive) the Steam Machine is looking very, very, tempting for me...

@frenck A while back you asked for ideas for things to "fix" in HA? Do you still want suggestions? If yes, can the History Graph card have a little love? ❤️ Specifically can we have the option to set colors based on specific values? Then I can fix this to […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

So Xbox, you keep telling me that I need to prove my age for the OSA in order to be able to keep talking to people online. Yet you're quite happy to take me on my word that I'm an adult when it comes to playing "Super Ninja Killing Death Machine 2025". Surely if you've "proved" one you can […]

Also wondering if the problem is that ChatGPT has started turning US-East-1 into paperclips… #awsoutage

It's a pity MS Teams isn't hosted out of US-East-1... #awsoutage

Re #awsoutage, there seems to be a number of UK organisations impacted who I would have assumed would have needed UK Sovereign storage, rather than sticking it in US-East-1? e.g. according to DownDetector there seems to be a number of UK banks, mobile companies, accountants, HMRC, etc. affected

Living life on the edge... Starting a #3dprint job without checking which colour of filament I've got loaded.... 😎

Personal note... If working with addressable LED strips, they have distinct D-IN and D-OUT connections... Connecting a controller to D-OUT doesn't work... 🙈

We have a #cat He *loves* chasing shadows He's learnt that there are good shadows to chase when the light is on in the downstairs toilet Hence whenever I go to use the downstairs toilet...

On the upside my A&A migration happened this morning... On the downside BT did the switchover at 6am, so was a mad panic to fix everything first thing in the morning... Ah well... 🤷🏻

[#UKPol #Flags] Out driving today and someone's put up a bunch of St George's flags for 1/2 mile on all the lampposts along one of the main roads near where we live. While I'm patriotic to my country, I also "know" why those flags are there, and can guess who's behind them. It makes me feel […]

Haven’t completed my @aaisp migration yet and already trying to convince someone else to move over 😆

You know, you wouldn't think it so difficult to get #homeassistant and an #esphome ESP32 to playback an audio file on repeat, but OMG... 🤦🏻 I'm now looking at whether I can set up a #docker container to loop a file and create an MP3 stream for playback...

Really getting to the point now where I need a proper filament storage "thing". The haphazard pile of filament reels on the floor isn't cutting it anymore 🤔 #3dprinting

Anyone else seeing their toots getting picked up by NewsMast "channels" and automatically boosted? Wondering who they are, and if they're legit/scammy? Seems to be off hashtag posts, and they also seem to ignore #nobots tags on profiles 🤷🏻

Feeling a little chilly... ...time to do some #3dprinting and warm up 🙂

Wired : New gadget incoming today! 😺 Tired : Expected to be delivered in the hour window just before I have to go out 🤨 Expired : Going to be delivered by DPD 🙈

In other news, the ambient noise stream I use seems to have gone offline So been trying to see whether it's possible to get an #esphome media player under #homeassistant to play an MP3 file on repeat Apparently not (possible)... 🙄

So far, not convinced with the whole #liquidglass thing on #ios26 / #macos26 For me seems to be trying to go back to the skeuomorphic designs of pre-iOS7, with lots of physicality and 3D-ness Much preferred the flatter aesthetic of the previous versions 🤷🏻

How many mutes are too many mutes? While I may be protecting myself from the worst of the world, at what point am I then overprotecting myself? 🤔

The #3dprinter is back in business 👍 Printing mini gifts for the lad's birthday sleepover 😎 At least it's now cold enough in here to start printing again 😆

Whoever did this, I salute you. 🫡

Question for the tech heads… Son has one of these in his room. He doesn’t use it as the USB controller has an intense blue light when it’s plugged in. I suspect inside it’s a standard 3-wire addressable LED strip. Is there an easy way to find out if it is […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

Apparently if you run a recent version of #debian it uses NFT for firewalling... So if you then have #fail2ban configured to try and ban hosts using IPTables it strangely doesn't work 🤦🏻 Who would have thought 🤷🏻 (Now fixed 👍)

Mental note... 🧐 Leave my @beasts VPS on Debian 12 for now... 👍 Debian 13 apparently comes with a new version of Dovecot which makes large changes to the config files, which of course then breaks on upgrade 🤦🏻 And I didn't fancy an unscheduled emergency midday rewrite of my config files 😱 […]

TIL today… Fridge bulbs are hot…

Minor annoying #homeassistant niggle of the day... Create a 'single' automation to: * Do action A * Delay a period of time (e.g. 30 mins) * Do action B Let the automation do action A, then restart HA... action B doesn't happen as HA doesn't seem to keep the state of the delay during a restart... 😾

Been with existing ISP for just over 3 years Out of contract with ISP for just over 18 months ISP emails to say that I have an upgrade available Upgrade is from 330 to 500 for £1 less than I'm paying now, ISP doesn't do a 330 service any more Start the process, ISP wants to charge me £9.95 to […]

Back to work today after holiday I fear some #adulting may be required/expected I am not happy at this prospect 😟

New Post... "On... Holiday" https://fshr.uk/blog/20250825-on-holiday/

Suddenly have the urge to try a bit of #zwave at home… 🏡 🧐 #homeassistant

#FediPedia time 🙂 Any recommendations for a decent DRM free eBook store for the UK? Bonus points if it does mainstream authors, eg it sells something like “Pattern Recognition” by William Gibson. Looking to switch back to an eReader, but want to stick with stuff I can move around if possible 👍

So my 2 Onvis S4 Matter/Thread plugs have been removed from service. They were great, but they've become less reliable over time, constantly going offline. They haven't had firmware updates for over a year now, so I suspect there's some issue snuck in as other stuff in my setup has been updated […]

If you've an #enphase solar system, I just hope you never have the need to deal with their customer support. Just going round and round in circles right now...

Other half just nearly got taken in by a #boots (shop) #phishing scam. Email was *perfect*, website it linked to was *perfect*, she only stopped as the “offer” was too good to be true and set the alarm bells off. Be careful out there people, and make sure those less technical around you are […]

I love having an electric car, but man does it mess with trying to import as little as possible from the grid 🙈 (When it does a large charge 🔌)

Just noted... our #solar went live on 11th June, and as of today (just over a month later) we've just gone over our first 1MWh generated 😀

As the temperature cools, and the fans are turned off, an eerie silence fills the house....

Wired 👍 - New induction hob fitted today as part of our move away from gas Expired 👎 - Found out that absolutely none of our cookware works with Induction hobs 😾

Since putting some #powermonitoring in I'm quite surprised by how much power the dishwasher and/or washing machine use...

Electricians be electrician-ing 🧐 Me be trying to do internet over tethered phone... 🫣

Slight expansion of my post on our Solar & Battery system https://fshr.uk/blog/20250304-solar-system/ #solar

You wouldn't think it would be so difficult to find a cheap pair of non-polarised sunglasses... 😎🤦🏻

Car vents presumably designed by people without OCDs…

Just realised that the opposite of disgruntled is gruntled… Must start using that more just to confuse people “How are you?” “Yeah, pretty gruntled actually!” #language

Being spoilt with all this sunshine on the new #solar panels ☀️ Going to have to temper my expectations for when we get into autumn and winter ❄️

Find it slightly amusing that the bed of every scaffolding lorry you see (including the one sat outside our house) is essentially built out of scaffolding poles and boards. Talk about eating your own dogfood... 😆

Heatpump engineer be heatpumping #heatpump