home automation Archives

Ecobee “Smart” Thermostats Are a Rip-Off

by ImaLamer | Dec 23, 2025 | Lame, Self Hosting, Shopping | 0 |

Or: how to charge four times the price for a temperature sensor and call it innovation. There’s a...

Maximizing Security: Smart Home Security Camera Placement Tips

by ImaLamer | Nov 21, 2023 | Protip | 0 |

10 Essential Strategies for Optimizing Security Camera Placement Home security cameras are...

Green Thumb Goes High-Tech: Home Assistant for Automated Gardening Bliss

by ImaLamer | Apr 21, 2023 | Hacks, Protip, Review, Self Hosting | 0 |

Gardening can be a fruitful endeavor, but it can also be a thorny undertaking when trying to...

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

by ImaLamer | Nov 30, 2020 | Hacks, Protip, Self Hosting | 1 |

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

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