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WallPi: Where the HA dashboard journey started!

Yesterday I did a quick post detailing the design and assembly process behind my DeskPi. I was blown away by the response and interest in the project on Reddit, including the number of questions around my other surface mounted dashboard – which I affectively refer to as WallPi! I did tease this project briefly, so […]

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DeskPi: My take on a desk mounted HomeAssistant dashboard

The more I dig into the world of HomeAssistant, the more I keep falling down a deep rabbit hole! Lately, after increasing the number of “smart” devices installed in our house, I started looking more into surface mounted dashboards, in order to control the madness! A first successful attempt was to mount a Raspberry Pi […]

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Making LEGO’s Nightmare Before Christmas Spookier with Custom Lights and 3D Printing

When I saw LEGO announcing the new Nightmare Before Christmas sets, I knew it was going to be mine! On its own it’s already a great set! It has the right mix of minifigures (with a long legged Jack!!) and captures all the iconic locations, especially with Jack & Sally being placed in front of […]

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What’s Going On With The Internet?

I consider myself an “internet native”. Being of the generation that I am, I remember when the internet first started to become a thing once we started getting dial-up at home. I remember clearly the level of excitement of being able to reach a much bigger world from my small bedroom. I also of course […]

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A Fully Mobile 3D Printing Workflow

I do love 3D printing! It’s a recent love, but nevertheless it’s becoming a big passion for me! I bought my first 3D printer almost 2 years ago, leveraging the usual Black Friday discounts and I’ve never looked back!

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My Two Cents On WWDC2024

I guess I still need to master my power of manifestation! The other day I was wishing for some improvement to iPadOS for business usage and for gaming. I guess I kind of received one of the two? From a gaming perspective, we are getting “Game Mode” and developers will receive an updated Game Porting […]

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