Just a short post, of a small project that I just thought was fun to film. I’ve sanded the entire veranda down ...
Custom light posts for the cabin
Sometimes when I’m browsing the web I get inspired by whatever it is I’m looking at. That so happened when I stumbled ...
Custom Smart Thermostat
Last year I programmed my own custom smart thermostat using Home Assistant and a couple of WiFi enabled heaters. I’m writing this ...
NOAA Weather Satellite reception
Sometimes when I’m browsing the web I come across something I just feel I have to try. The other day I was ...
Yamaha Diversion XJ600S
I own a Yamaha Diversion XJ600S from 2001. I bought this beauty in February of 2015 back in the Netherlands, right after ...
Preparing the cabin
A special thanks to Helge in assisting me preparing the water pump, checking the drain and a thanks to both Arve and ...
OpenVPN on a Raspberry Pi
My parents and I, who come from the Netherlands, have recently bought a cabin in Norway. We have a lot of wishes ...
Playing with Grafana & InfluxDB
In my search for a way to display the data being collected by Homey I often have seen Grafana as an option. ...
Steampunk Taptower build
I can’t believe this project took me almost a year to complete! In August 2019 I was browsing around Thingiverse for some ...
Roborock S5 Max
Please meet Dustin! For my girlfriends birthday I bought a Xiaomi Roborock S5 Max, after having talked about it for many months. ...
Awning Motor #2 – Installation & Configuration
Installing the Dooya awning motor was a bit cumbersome, due to the sheer size of the awning. Our awning is 7 meters ...
Renovating the balcony
It’s Corona-time! Therefore (almost) everybody has a lot of time at home, including me. In order to make the most out of ...
Awning Motor
I bought this 200 watt motor to motorize our awning. This specific model is a Dooya DM45RM tubular motor, which is able ...
Home NAS Server Setup
This website runs on an Intel NUC. Actually, a lot of things are now running on this little NUC. Before showing you ...
Installed a mesh WiFi network
Yesterday I bought this ASUS RT-AC66U router with 2x Lyra Trio routers. These together form a mesh network at my home, giving ...
Ambilight System
This build is based upon the guide from GreatScott! I had seen his video on Youtube back in December 2016 in which ...