The price of energy is on the rise in many countries, prompting many people to seek ways to reduce their energy bills. Home automation offers…
Once again a year has passed and it’s time to look back in the year 2024. This year I did not add anything huge like…
I hate extra cables! Philips hue can’t be powered with PoE by default and the hub requires two cables: one for ethernet connection and one…
Most of us have made mistakes when shopping for a new device. Whether it’s a missing or bad features, bad quality or totally poor user…
The year 2023 is now wrapped up, so it’s time to look once again back in last year. Last year I set the targets for…
It has become a tradition to write a small retrospective that looks into a previous year, and of course it’s not an exception this time…
Few weeks ago I made calculations between driving a combustion car and fully electric vehicle. With these gasoline prices in Finland (~2.5€/l) and electric prices…
New year, new automations! Just like beginning of the last year it’s time to summarise my smart home updates of 2021! New terrace audio Even…
This morning I was setting up a ‘new’ Lenovo Smart Clock related to bedtime routines (blog post coming up later). The setup went well and…
By choosing HeatIt Z-Wave thermostats to be used to control heating at summer home I need to install a Z-Wave network at my summer home.…