There’s a certain point in your smart home journey where things stop feeling like gadgets and start feeling like necessities. You forget what life was…
Another year has circled the sun, and looking back, 2025 wasn’t just another year of incremental updates—it was a year of transformation. If I had to…
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…