The IKEA TRÅDFRI motion sensor may not be the newest kid on the block, having been replaced by the VALLHORN series, but it’s still a popular and affordable motion detection…
Review: Elluminate Bluetooth Spotlight Garden Kit & Garden Bollard from Bunnings
If you’re looking to give your garden a modern and functional lighting upgrade, the Elluminate Bluetooth Spotlight Garden Kit and Garden Bollards from Bunnings are worth a look—especially if you’re…
Why I Returned IKEA Air Quality Monitors: VINDSTYRKA & VINDRIKTNING
As someone who lives in Australia and cares deeply about indoor air quality – especially during bushfire season. I was excited to try IKEA’s budget-friendly air quality monitors: VINDSTYRKA and…
Raspberry Pi5 and Ai
Install Raspberry PI5 Ai Kit I have a Raspberry Pi AI Kit, which includes:– an M.2 HAT+– a pre-installed Hailo-8L AI module This installs the following dependencies:– Hailo kernel device driver…
Setting Up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 5 with NVMe SSD
Setting up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 5 with an NVMe SSD involves a two-step process. First, we use an SD card to update the firmware, then install Home…
Grid Connect Hub
Welcome to our dedicated page focusing on Grid Connect hubs! If you’ve stumbled upon us through a Google search, in search of a hub for your Grid Connect products, you’re…
My Darwin to Uluru road trip 2024 – Motorhome
Motorhome Experience The Uluru area proved to be the perfect backdrop for our motorhome adventure. We rented both a 2-sleeper and a 6-sleeper motorhome. The basic 2-sleeper Toyota, which I…
WordPress AWS Lightsail Load Balancer prep – DNS & LoadBalancer setup
With my WordPress instance set up and MySQL database hosted in a separate RDS instance, I’m poised to take my website to the next level by leveraging AWS Lightsail load…
WordPress AWS Lightsail Load Balancer prep – mariaDB Migration to MYSQL
Operating a WordPress blogsite brings the joy of content creation, but with increased visitors, the demand on your hosting infrastructure grows. Recently, I encountered downtimes on my WordPress blog, hosted…
A Comprehensive Guide to Selecting the Perfect UPS for your home network
In our ever-connected world, a dependable and uninterrupted power supply is crucial to the seamless operation of home networks. Unforeseen power outages, voltage fluctuations, and surges can pose significant risks…