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How to Toot Trending Topics With Node-RED and Mastodon API

by ImaLamer | Dec 4, 2020 | Hacks, Not Lame, Self Hosting | 0 |

How to toot out the trending tags on the Fediverse with the Mastodon API and Node-RED. We can call the API and send back a toot of the top tag

Using MotionEye and Node-RED to Send Images and Video to Mastodon

by ImaLamer | Nov 30, 2020 | Hacks, Protip, Self Hosting | 0 |

One of the easiest ways to take advantage of the automation that MotionEye gives you is to call a webhook when MotionEye senses motion on one of the cameras.

Using the Yi Cam Outdoor with MotionEye and Home Assistant

by ImaLamer | Nov 28, 2020 | Hacks, Protip, Self Hosting | 0 |

If you have hacked the Yi Cam Outdoor you can setup RTSP streaming to MotionEye for motion detection and view RTSP in the Home Assistant’s UI

The Easiest Path to Home Automation – Part III – Making Your Smart Home Smarter With Sensors

by ImaLamer | Nov 28, 2020 | Hacks, Protip, Self Hosting, Shopping | 0 |

I want to jump into a more advanced topic, but bypass some of the arguments that come with a lot...

The Easiest Path to Home Automation – Part II – Configuring Home Assistant

by ImaLamer | Nov 28, 2020 | Hacks, Protip, Self Hosting | 0 |

Now that we followed the guide in Part I we have Home Assistant running with Docker and at this...

The Easiest Path to Home Automation – Part I – Getting Started With Home Assistant

by ImaLamer | Nov 27, 2020 | Hacks, Not Lame, Protip, Self Hosting | 0 |

Home Assistant + Node Red = Love There was a time in my life where I had a lot of down time and...

Lame: World of Warcraft Shadowlands

by ImaLamer | Nov 26, 2020 | Lame | 0 |

Good job Blizzard on more of the same. Each time I log into World of Warcraft it just feels lame....

Hosting Your Own Wiki With MediaWiki and Docker

by ImaLamer | Nov 25, 2020 | Hacks, Not Lame | 2 |

Here at Kinda Lame, we like self hosting things – being in control of our own software....

Not Lame: Mastodon & The Fediverse

by ImaLamer | Nov 23, 2020 | Not Lame | 0 |

For full disclosure, I should say that I run three social networks now and they all run on the...

The Fictional Wiki

by ImaLamer | Nov 22, 2020 | Lame | 0 |

Announcing the 4QQ Wiki, an investigative and fictional wiki meant to tell a story about time. The...

Lame: Space

by ImaLamer | Nov 22, 2020 | Lame, Uncategorized | 0 |

Space is the final frontier and space is lame. It offers a whole lot of exploration but space offers a big fat chance at failure, it is lame.

Not Lame: Mini Skirt Bowling

by ImaLamer | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 |

It’s everything you wanted and more It doesn’t take a lamer to figure this one out,...