Our apartment is nice and comfy, but when it comes to smarting it up with some HomeKit controllable fixtures, it has been a nightmare. The main culprit has always been the ancient electrical installation with no neutral wire. Fortunately, the market has evolved and things are much better now.
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Raspberry Pi Home Server, hardware update and an unintentional rebuild…
Being a little bit clumsy but eager tinkerer has it’s pros and cons. It’s nice when everything is working as it should, but I’m then becoming restless and the urge to meddle with stuff overtakes the reason. I guess my Raspberry Pi home server has been to stable…
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More WiFi! An Overkill Home Network With UniFi…
I’ve been a citizen of the Internet for a long time. Over almost 30 years, I remember having a dial-up modem, coaxial cable running on the roof and some more modern, but still simple all-in-one routers. Our last setup included OpenWRT and some TP-Link access points, but I guess it was time to get closer to the bleeding edge…
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Wahoo KICKR Core – a new quality of self-inflicted pain
Cycling in Winter is difficult, but you can make it even harder by moving it to home. I’ve been doing that for years, but I finally decided to ditch the noisy rollers and pull a trigger on life quality changing purchase.
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Business in the Front, Party in the Back – SRAM Eagle/Force on board!
I always intended for my gravel bicycle to run a mullet drivetrain, but due to the budget constrains I had to settle on Shimano gravel-specific mechanical rear derailleur and road shifters. Time for an upgrade.
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Living on the Edge with Chinese Carbon Handlebars!
Aliexpress is legendary with hard to execute warranties and dubious quality control. When buying bicycle parts, it’s not the money you put at risk. Yet here I am, with another set of handlebars, this time for my gravel bike.
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Raspberry Pi – My New Lightweight Home Server
Up to a few weeks ago I was running home services on a power-hungry always-on medium tower PC with 650W power supply. With rising energy prices, it was about time to replace it and finally let it go to sleep for most of the time. Enter Raspberry Pi!
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Winter/Mud Gravel Tires – Continental Terra Trail
When it comes to Continental Tires, I’ve had only bad experience. And yet, with the rising prices of my weapon of choice, I decided to take the risk. Here’s my brief review of Continental Terra Trail. Can they break the curse?
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Let There Be Light – Dynamo-Powered Bicycle Lights
Cycling at night requires either owl’s sight or a very good set of lights. Unfortunately, I’m only human and my current setup consisted of cheap Decathlon rear light and Convoy S2+ flashlight. It was time to step up my game.
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Say hello to my tooting friend!
Being on Twitter is getting more awkward under the rules of Elon Musk. Recent changes, chaotic and unpredictable, made me think about my presence on this particular platform.