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 ...
Building a terrace
We recently moved to a new house. This house has a veranda, which included a terrace that covered ~60% of the total ...
Magic Mirror Build #3 – Upgrades
Since I originally built my mirror it received multiple upgrades, both in hardware and in software. In this post, I will attempt ...
Magic Mirror Build #2 – Getting things to work
After having learned from my Previous Attempt, I now decided it was best to take some smaller steps. I still had the ...