Strav's blog

I have a number of UPSes deployed throughout the house to mitigate power outages.  Most of the UPSes supply power to more than one system so automated shutdown has been an issue.  I recently found an article on setting up NUT (Network UPS Tools) on a… more »

The HASPone is a DIY in-wall Touchscreen Home Assistant Controller.  I've built one and haven't had a chance yet to figure out the best way to put it to use.  Here are a number of links I used in the process. HA SwitchPlate HASPone: DIY In-Wall… more »

I use MineOS to manage minecraft servers.  Here is some information about installing, configuring and using MineOS: Updating the Webui more »

Here is some information on house/shed framing: Framing Shed Walls: The Only Guide You Need California Corner and Energy Savings Build Your Own Home as the General Contractor How to Frame a Wall Corner more »

Sublime Text 3 is one of my favorite text editors.  Apparently Sublime Text 4 is out now and the automatic upgrade will actually move from 3 to 4 which then requires a new license.  In order to avoid that, add the following line to preferences:… more »

I have visions of automating my pool equipment.  At some point, I'll need to upgrade to a variable speed pump and that combined with solar will require some sort of brains to ensure the pump is running at full speed when the solar is engaged.  This post… more »

I started receiving notifications that my docker.img file on Unraid was filling up.  After looking into it some, I found that the MQTT container was logging crazy amounts of data (15+GB).  Turns out there is a parameter that you can add to limit the log… more »

I ran across a YouTube video recently describing how to set up a hackintosh VM - OSX running in a qemu vm.  This goes a bit above and beyond to actually assigning a separate GPU to the VM and performance should be pretty good.  I started working on this… more »

I have been after an energy monitoring solution like the S31 provides for years.  The smart switch is actually not a need as my use cases (TV's, Lights) generally have IR commands to toggle power.  There are a couple of setup options that make this work… more »