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"Getting live alerts when your website is visited with Apache, MQTT, and home-assistant", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/getting-live-alerts-when-your-website-is-visited-with-apache-mqtt-and-home-assistant/", "published_at": "2017-01-23T04:43:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae7e0bb4c8", "title": "Adding rigor to information analysis in the era of Fake News and Alternative Facts", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/adding-rigor-to-information-analysis-in-the-era-of-fake-news-and-alternative-facts/", "published_at": "2017-01-22T20:19:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae7e4daec7", "title": "Running fortune in a Python virtualenv", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/running-fortune-in-a-python-virtualenv/", "published_at": "2017-01-22T06:23:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae7f204186", "title": "Enlighten your old furnace with a Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant, an ESP8266, and some relays.", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/enlighten-your-old-furnace-with-a-raspberry-pi-home-assistant-an-esp8266-and-some-relays/", "published_at": "2017-01-02T16:21:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae7f7504c5", "title": "ESP8266 Furnace Code", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/esp8266-furnace-code/", "published_at": "2017-01-02T15:12:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae805e3feb", "title": "Getting IP camera motion events into Home Assistant to trigger things", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/getting-ip-camera-motion-events-into-a-home-assistant-to-trigger-things/", "published_at": "2016-11-15T05:56:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae80f293ca", "title": "Cheap vacuum pump for home physics experiments", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/cheap-vacuum-pump-for-home-physics-experiments/", "published_at": "2016-11-05T03:20:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae8198c96c", "title": "Fixing my motorcycle’s charging system", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/fixing-my-motorcycles-charging-system/", "published_at": "2016-08-15T04:55:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae81f9f779", "title": "Raspberry Pi + Home Assistant DIY Burglar Alarm", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/raspberry-pi-home-assistant-diy-burglar-alarm/", "published_at": "2016-08-07T19:45:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae82495b94", "title": "Adding IR send and receive capabilities to my home-assistant based smart home", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/adding-a-ir-send-and-receive-capabilities-to-my-home-assistant-based-smart-home/", "published_at": "2016-05-22T23:01:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae82539366", "title": "Time-lapse cloud video", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/time-lapse-smooth-cloud-video/", "published_at": "2016-03-28T05:07:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae832a6770", "title": "Using an Aeotech recessed door sensor in home-assistant", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/using-an-aeotech-recessed-door-sensor-in-home-assistant/", "published_at": "2016-03-21T19:32:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae8330e0a1", "title": "Building a low-pass filter to remove alternator whine in my car", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/building-a-low-pass-filter-to-remove-alternator-whine-in-my-car/", "published_at": "2016-03-10T06:57:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae83a4568d", "title": "Determine your location from relative FM radio signal strengths", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/determine-your-location-from-relative-fm-radio-signal-strengths/", "published_at": "2016-03-06T21:27:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae842c5095", "title": "Home automation with Z-Wave, Home-Assistant, Aeon Multisensor, HUE lights, and a Raspberry Pi 2", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/home-automation-with-z-wave-home-assistant-aeon-multisensor-hue-lights-and-a-raspberry-pi-2/", "published_at": "2016-01-16T22:48:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae846e5e6c", "title": "Why your 32nd birthday is a momentous ordeal", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/why-your-32nd-birthday-is-a-momentous-ordeal/", "published_at": "2016-01-06T14:15:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae8471565d", "title": "My new color-changing LED lights", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/my-new-color-changing-led-lights/", "published_at": "2016-01-05T04:15:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-aa8b-72b8-be3f-d2ae8506d56c", "title": "Sending and receiving Morse code with a laser and a Raspberry Pi", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/sending-and-receiving-morse-code-with-a-laser-and-a-raspberry-pi/", "published_at": "2015-11-30T07:24:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92a42216d", "title": "Data acquisition and live-plotting over the network with a Raspberry PI and Python", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/data-acquisition-and-live-plotting-over-the-network-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-python/", "published_at": "2015-10-27T04:45:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92afda5b5", "title": "My old flux capacitor project", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/my-old-flux-capacitor-project/", "published_at": "2015-10-13T05:13:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92bc222fe", "title": "Reading out a Crookes radiometer (light-mill) with Python and OpenCV", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/reading-out-a-crookes-radiometer-light-mill-with-python-and-opencv/", "published_at": "2015-10-05T10:56:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92c4259bc", "title": "The modern era passed through a cathode ray tube", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/the-modern-era-passed-through-a-cathode-ray-tube/", "published_at": "2015-09-30T11:33:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92c7978a9", "title": "Remote ham radio operation through a Raspberry Pi", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/remote-ham-radio-operation-through-a-raspberry-pi/", "published_at": "2015-06-21T00:54:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92d18cba1", "title": "My first day on the amateur radio HF bands", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/my-first-day-on-the-amateur-radio-hf-bands/", "published_at": "2015-03-09T04:52:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92dd13104", "title": "Installing the RF shield in a HackRF One", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/installing-the-rf-shield-in-a-hackrf-one/", "published_at": "2015-03-01T20:15:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92dd5726c", "title": "You can use open-source Linux for most stuff these days", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/you-can-use-open-source-linux-for-most-stuff-these-days/", "published_at": "2015-01-31T18:24:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92e471f2e", "title": "Protected: the very basics of investing", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/the-very-basics-of-investing/", "published_at": "2013-09-01T07:17:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92ea51883", "title": "Import precedence for different types of python extensions", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/import-precedence-for-different-types-of-python-extensions/", "published_at": "2013-07-24T23:02:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92ebd4799", "title": "Basic internet security primer", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/basic-internet-security-primer/", "published_at": "2013-06-24T00:26:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92f41de4a", "title": "The dramatic end of my ’97 Jeep", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/the-dramatic-end-of-my-97-jeep/", "published_at": "2012-09-09T19:41:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f92f9341a5", "title": "people crave community…through conflict?", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/people-crave-community-through-conflict/", "published_at": "2012-04-06T06:40:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f9304cd089", "title": "how to fix: ctrl-c closes ipython within console2", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/how-to-fix-ctrl-c-closes-ipython-within-console2/", "published_at": "2012-03-22T17:33:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f93115bc9f", "title": "Building a python extension with Trilinos 10.10 on 64-bit Windows 7", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/building-a-python-extension-with-trilinos-10-10-on-64-bit-windows/", "published_at": "2012-03-16T00:34:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f93189fe4b", "title": "old schwinn exercise bike fun", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/old-schwinn-exercise-bike-fun/", "published_at": "2012-01-09T18:09:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f931c80ca7", "title": "favorite programming language jokes", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/favorite-programming-language-jokes/", "published_at": "2011-12-15T21:08:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f9323e4ff7", "title": "building a python extension with trilinos on linux and windows", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/building-a-python-extension-with-trilinos-on-linux-and-windows/", "published_at": "2011-12-09T07:15:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f932a324a9", "title": "my experience compiling against Trilinos on Ubuntu", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/my-experience-compiling-against-trilinos-on-ubuntu/", "published_at": "2011-12-08T05:59:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd9-ec61-7021-b0b1-c1f932c88453", "title": "How about a nice game of chess?", "url": "https://partofthething.com/thoughts/how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess/", "published_at": "2011-06-20T15:15:23+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Quieting my loud air conditioner condenseroriginal ↗
15 Aug 2026
Recovering/converting old ATI VCR video filesoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2026
Tapping into the backup light in a 2026 Grand Highlander for a dashcam installationoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2026
Bypassing broken subwoofer amplifiers on GoldenEar Triton 2 tower speakersoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2026
Figuring out my old Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing sump pump controlleroriginal ↗
1 Feb 2026
visudo won’t actually stop working if you remove requiretty lines on Ubuntu 25.10original ↗
12 Jan 2026

2025

My EGO+ LM2130SP Lawnmower blinks orange and won’t startoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2025

2024

The Eastlake Skycamoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2024

2023

Replacing the keyboard on my 2020 System76 Lemur Pro lemp9 laptoporiginal ↗
22 Oct 2023
A casual failed attempt to find Autunite in Marten Creekoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2023
Seattle’s I-5 colonnade off-leash dog park in Eastlakeoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2023
Do NOT(!) rent a van from Indie Campersoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2023
The Bubble Walloriginal ↗
12 Feb 2023
The art tiles of Lynn Street Mini Parkoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2023

2022

Making a cloud chamber to see radiation without needing dry iceoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2022
A failed attempt to find some Uranium in Washington Stateoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2022
Air quality PM 10.0 measurements around Tiki Torchesoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2022
Controlling a Amcrest PTZ camera with a joystickoriginal ↗
19 May 2022
A LIRC config file for the Peachtree Audio Decco IR remote controloriginal ↗
22 Feb 2022
Measuring the Tonga eruption pressure wave with a home weather stationoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2022

2021

Controlling a Fujitsu heat pump/air conditioner with Home Assistant over IRoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2021
Smart holiday lights that change colors for the next upcoming holidayoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
My mom runs Linuxoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2021
The time my dog’s face swelled up like crazyoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2021
Making true random numbers with radioactive decayoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2021
Live internet bandwidth monitor for living roomoriginal ↗
3 May 2021
How high do CO₂ levels get in a covered dog crate?original ↗
27 Mar 2021
My GE 12727 Z-Wave Smart Toggle Switch started clicking like a metronome and died after 5 yearsoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2021

2020

Paddleboarding to the sea (Lake Union to Puget Sound)original ↗
1 Aug 2020
Weather and air quality monitoring station with ESP8266 and Home Assistantoriginal ↗
14 May 2020
Reading a TUF-2000M Ultrasonic Flow Meter with an Arduino or ESP8266original ↗
14 May 2020
Connecting a Hydreon Infrared Rain Sensor to a ESP8266 (or Arduino or Raspberry Pi)original ↗
10 May 2020
Don’t use push-to-connect (“sharkbite-style”) fittings on high-temperature hydronic heating systemsoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2020
Hands-on with the new System 76 Lemur Pro laptoporiginal ↗
17 Apr 2020
Video showing the clear fluid rise in a Galileo thermometeroriginal ↗
5 Apr 2020

2019

A live polar sun path chart (plus Moon and some planets)original ↗
9 Dec 2019
Adding temperature sensors to a hot water heateroriginal ↗
17 Nov 2019
Making my analog doorbell smart by simply attaching a $7 sensor to itoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2019
My book showcasing some open-source tools is now availableoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2019

2018

Some fun or spooky Halloween automations with Home Assistantoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2018
Authenticating and populating users in Django using a Windows Active Directory and SASLoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2018
I think my new motorcycle gloves “melted” my Oxford Heater gripsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2018
Multi-room audio over Wi-Fi with PulseAudio and Raspberry Pi(s)original ↗
9 Jun 2018
The Hero Jr. personal robot from HeathKit: a 1984 product way ahead of its timeoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2018
Idea: Communal voice assistant that chimes in during fact-based discussionsoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2018
Secure remote access to a camera DVR with VPN and VLANs on an OpenWRT routeroriginal ↗
11 Feb 2018
Helping an artist with a Morse code protest chant installation in Denmarkoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2018

2017

A (medium-length) primer on energy, greenhouse gas, intermittency, and nuclearoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2017
A fancy Home Assistant automation that checks the weather and figures out when to turn on your heateroriginal ↗
17 Dec 2017
Getting your Ubuntu 17.04 computer set up for the fast.ai deep learning coursesoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2017
Mobile gas station to fill-up self-driving vehicles while they are in motionoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2017
Building a NAS server/home server in 2017original ↗
10 Sept 2017
The Total Solar Eclipse Experience in the Malheur National Forestoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2017
Easter eggs in Goodnight Moonoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2017
Host your own contacts and calendars and share them across devicesoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2017
Downloading files from an Amcrest security camera with Pythonoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2017
Reading data from a DXL360 digital level onto your computeroriginal ↗
26 Jun 2017
Making a cheap and simple barn-door star tracker with software tangent correction for astrophotographyoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2017
Spam statistics from my email serveroriginal ↗
29 May 2017
Adding multiple content filters to an email server with postfix and dovecot Pigeonhole/Sieveoriginal ↗
21 May 2017
The Infopanel: a simple MQTT-connected display system for weather, traffic, pictures, animations…anything!original ↗
12 Feb 2017
Jeep Cherokee Laredo 1991original ↗
5 Feb 2017
Getting live alerts when your website is visited with Apache, MQTT, and home-assistantoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2017
Adding rigor to information analysis in the era of Fake News and Alternative Factsoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2017
Running fortune in a Python virtualenvoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2017
Enlighten your old furnace with a Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant, an ESP8266, and some relays.original ↗
2 Jan 2017
ESP8266 Furnace Codeoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2017

2016

Getting IP camera motion events into Home Assistant to trigger thingsoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2016
Cheap vacuum pump for home physics experimentsoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2016
Fixing my motorcycle’s charging systemoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2016
Raspberry Pi + Home Assistant DIY Burglar Alarmoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2016
Adding IR send and receive capabilities to my home-assistant based smart homeoriginal ↗
22 May 2016
Time-lapse cloud videooriginal ↗
28 Mar 2016
Using an Aeotech recessed door sensor in home-assistantoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2016
Building a low-pass filter to remove alternator whine in my caroriginal ↗
10 Mar 2016
Determine your location from relative FM radio signal strengthsoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2016
Home automation with Z-Wave, Home-Assistant, Aeon Multisensor, HUE lights, and a Raspberry Pi 2original ↗
16 Jan 2016
Why your 32nd birthday is a momentous ordealoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2016
My new color-changing LED lightsoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2016

2015

Sending and receiving Morse code with a laser and a Raspberry Pioriginal ↗
30 Nov 2015
Data acquisition and live-plotting over the network with a Raspberry PI and Pythonoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2015
My old flux capacitor projectoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2015
Reading out a Crookes radiometer (light-mill) with Python and OpenCVoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2015
The modern era passed through a cathode ray tubeoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2015
Remote ham radio operation through a Raspberry Pioriginal ↗
21 Jun 2015
My first day on the amateur radio HF bandsoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2015
Installing the RF shield in a HackRF Oneoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2015
You can use open-source Linux for most stuff these daysoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2015

2013

Protected: the very basics of investingoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2013
Import precedence for different types of python extensionsoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2013
Basic internet security primeroriginal ↗
24 Jun 2013

2012

The dramatic end of my ’97 Jeeporiginal ↗
9 Sept 2012
people crave community…through conflict?original ↗
6 Apr 2012
how to fix: ctrl-c closes ipython within console2original ↗
22 Mar 2012
Building a python extension with Trilinos 10.10 on 64-bit Windows 7original ↗
16 Mar 2012
old schwinn exercise bike funoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2012

2011

favorite programming language jokesoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2011
building a python extension with trilinos on linux and windowsoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2011
my experience compiling against Trilinos on Ubuntuoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2011
How about a nice game of chess?original ↗
20 Jun 2011
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