How To Create a Birthday Reminder Lovelace Card
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How To Create a Birthday Reminder Lovelace Card

In this guide, I’m going to show you how to create a “Birthday Reminder” card in Home Assistant in 2021. If you’re anything like me, remembering birthdays is something I’m not very good at it (other than wife and kids). Getting alerts the day of a birthday is great, but it’s not great when you…

Display Offline, unavailable, or missing sensors in Home Assistant
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Display Offline, unavailable, or missing sensors in Home Assistant

In this guide, I will show you how to detect any missing or unavailable entities in Home Assistant. This is great for detecting if any of your motion sensors go offline or stop responding. You can also use this as a way to cleanup or delete any unused entities that you may have forgotten about….

Add “Upcoming Sports” Card to Home Assistant via Google Calendar
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Add “Upcoming Sports” Card to Home Assistant via Google Calendar

In this guide, I’m going to show you how to add your favorite sports team’ schedules to your Google Calendar. Once added, you will then be able to see the upcoming schedule of your team directly within Home Assistant! This will allow you automate the perfect game day around your house. This could allow you…

How To Track Crypto Prices in Home Assistant
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How To Track Crypto Prices in Home Assistant

Over the past few years, I’ve been intrigued by cryptocurrencies. I find the ups, downs, and various forums or news articles very interesting. I’ve even bought, sold, and held several coins myself. To find the prices, I typically would open the Coinbase app, authenticate with 2FA, and then switch to the correct tab to view…

Chore Tracking with Point System in Home Assistant
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Chore Tracking with Point System in Home Assistant

In this guide, I’m going to show you how to create your own chore or task tracker within Home Assistant, using only default Home Assistant features – no third-party products or additional addons/integrations are needed. You can optionally assign a point value to each chore, allowing your kids to earn “points” for completing their tasks….

How To Install OpenSprinkler in Home Assistant
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How To Install OpenSprinkler in Home Assistant

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to integrate your OpenSprinker smart sprinkler system into Home Assistant. By the end of this guide, you will be able to turn on individual stations, run your “Run Once” programs, check last run time, and much more – all from your Lovelace dashboard. For reference,…