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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...