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Featured Mar 09, 2026 · 5 min read

Turning a Forgotten BlinkStick Into an Ambient Weather Display

A BlinkStick Square was gathering dust in a drawer. I wrote a Home Assistant integration for it and wired it up to the weather forecast — now a single glance at the LED tells me whether to grab a coat.

Home Assistant IoT

Feb 26, 2026 · 5 min read

Fixing Frozen HK Citation Speakers with Home Assistant

Harman Kardon Citation One speakers sound fantastic but freeze regularly. Here's how I traced the problem, built a Home Assistant integration to detect it, and automated the fix with smart plugs.

Home Assistant IoT

Feb 17, 2026 · 2 min read

Deploying Statamic on Proxmox LXC Containers

Running a Statamic blog inside an LXC container on Proxmox — lightweight, fast, and easy to snapshot. A walkthrough of the setup.

DevOps Statamic Laravel