I enjoy learning new things, especially about technology. This has caused my hobby to become building a smart home with all sorts of cool tech. Often not needed, sometimes just annoying, but often just cool. This blog will have some explanations and thoughts. I am by no means an expert, just a tinkerer in my free time. I will also from comment about theater and what I am doing in it. I will try to keep focused on the tech but I am sure I will do at least one rant about some

The Dream Of course we all have seen the magic videos, TV shows or such that show a magical interactions with our TVs and home control system. Systems where you can talk to or tap a tablet and play whatever show you want. A room where the lights change automatically. The ability to flow you to whatever room you are in. Being able to video call or watch cameras with only one step. While all technically possible not really practical. It can probably be done with expensive sy

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The newest addition is Elgoto's Stream Deck run by Bitfocus Companion . At my desk and at each of the night stands will be a unit that will allow fast button control of various devices. It will also allow us to quickly bring cameras up on our TVs or change the settings of our Heating/AC. The units will connect via Elgoto's Network Dock to Bitfocus Companions running in a VLX in Proxmox . That will then talk with Home Assistant to complete the requested actions or create