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Continue reading →: Automatically Disabling WiFi in macOS Mojave When Connecting to Ethernet
I don’t know why, but macOS doesn’t seem to have an automatic ability to shut down the WiFi adapter when an Ethernet connection is detected. It’s a simple thing that can cause several problems, especially if you are in an environment where you may need to authenticate to a network…
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Continue reading →: Zojirushi: The Perfect Travel Mug
Ok. Maybe it’s not perfect for everyone but it seems to be a great choice for a technology professional that travels off-and-on. Back in 2017 my reliable Thermos-brand travel mug started to leak around the seals of the lid and rather than simply purchase a direct replacement, I decided to…
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Continue reading →: Using a FITNATE Mist Maker for Small Fog Effects
At some point, before Halloween last year, we ended up with a plastic cauldron. I thought it would be fun to have fog bubbling out of it, but rather than deal with dry ice, I decided to look for an alternative. And sure enough, I found the FITNATE Mist Maker…
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New Project Page: A Practical Beginner’s Guide to No Man’s Sky
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Continue reading →: New Project Page: A Practical Beginner’s Guide to No Man’s SkyI created a new page, which will be a place where I’ll jot down various tips for playing the No Man’s Sky game. The new page is called A Practical Beginner’s Guide to No Man’s Sky.
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Continue reading →: Neat and Orderly: The Benefit of Cable Ties
Cable ties may not seem like a big deal to many people but any time you’re dealing with a lot of wires I strongly urge that you consider using them. When I first setup a number of devices in a new entertainment center, when we moved into the apartment, I…
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Back to Indigo: The Home Automation Experiment
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Continue reading →: Back to Indigo: The Home Automation ExperimentHome Automation has been a hobby of mine for almost eleven years. The technology has existed in various forms, for far longer; there are many other individuals that have been experimenting with home automation for far longer than I have.
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Continue reading →: New Project Page: Home Automation with Indigo (Indigo Domotics)
I’ve added a new project page titled Home Automation with Indigo (Indigo Domotics), which focuses on my home automation projects that involve Indigo. It has some tips as well as links to various blog posts related to this project.
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Continue reading →: Correcting RGB Color Value Scales for FLUX LED Strip plugin devices in Indigo – Python Scripting
I ran into a very frustrating problem last night while trying to work on some scripting within Indigo for controlling the LED colors of a new LED strip. I had no problem with actually controlling colors using the built-in UI tools for updating colors, but a slightly more complex usage…
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Continue reading →: Nexlud LED Strips for TV Backlight and Home Automation (Magic Home)
My desire to integration visual notifications into our home automation setup has remained, despite taking the color-changing LED bulb out of the setup when we moved. I recently begain toying with the same bulb and in the process I realized it might be fun, and useful, to find an LED…
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I’m Mike
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