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3d Printing

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

DIY $80 3D Printed Nanoleaf WLED Project (No soldering/cutting!)

DIY $80 3D Printed Nanoleaf WLED Project (No soldering/cutting!)

September 27, 2022

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

September 22, 2022

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

September 20, 2022

How To Configure Octoprint with Home Assistant

How To Configure Octoprint with Home Assistant

How To Setup Octoprint Notifications with OctoApp Plugin

How To Setup Octoprint Notifications with OctoApp Plugin

How to Connect Cura to Octoprint (2022)

How to Connect Cura to Octoprint (2022)

Dashboards

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

December 17, 2021

How to Install Flame Dashboard in Docker

How to Install Flame Dashboard in Docker

November 3, 2021

How To Update Docker Container to Latest Version

How To Update Docker Container to Latest Version

September 21, 2021

How To Install Uptime Kuma in Docker

How To Install Uptime Kuma in Docker

Add Image Background to Homer Dashboard

Add Image Background to Homer Dashboard

Add Internet Search Bar to Homer Dashboard

Add Internet Search Bar to Homer Dashboard

Configure RSS Feed in Homer Dashboard with Node Red

Configure RSS Feed in Homer Dashboard with Node Red

Configure Homer Dashboard in Docker, Docker-Compose or Python

Configure Homer Dashboard in Docker, Docker-Compose or Python

December 22, 2020

Setting up Dashmachine v0.7 Without Code Editor Integration

Setting up Dashmachine v0.7 Without Code Editor Integration

September 27, 2020

The Ultimate Organizr V2 Setup Guide for Windows

The Ultimate Organizr V2 Setup Guide for Windows

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Docker

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

December 28, 2021

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

December 17, 2021

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

November 3, 2021

How to Install Flame Dashboard in Docker

How to Install Flame Dashboard in Docker

November 3, 2021

How To Update Docker Container to Latest Version

How To Update Docker Container to Latest Version

September 21, 2021

Install Vikunja in Docker for self-hosted Task Tracking

Install Vikunja in Docker for self-hosted Task Tracking

September 6, 2021

How To Install Node Red in Docker

How To Install Node Red in Docker

How To Install Uptime Kuma in Docker

How To Install Uptime Kuma in Docker

Add Mealie's "Meal of the Day" to Home Assistant

Add Mealie's "Meal of the Day" to Home Assistant

Add Internet Search Bar to Homer Dashboard

Add Internet Search Bar to Homer Dashboard

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Gaming

Will A Smart TV Work Without An Internet Connection?

Will A Smart TV Work Without An Internet Connection?

August 30, 2020

Best Controllers for SteamLink in 2021

Best Controllers for SteamLink in 2021

Home Assistant

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

January 14, 2023

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

December 8, 2022

Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

November 29, 2022

How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

November 29, 2022

View all Home Assistant guides

Integrations

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

January 14, 2023

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

December 8, 2022

Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

November 21, 2022

Yes/No Actionable Notification for Home Assistant on Android

Yes/No Actionable Notification for Home Assistant on Android

November 20, 2022

Add TeamTracker to Home Assistant for Real-time Sports Scores

Add TeamTracker to Home Assistant for Real-time Sports Scores

November 13, 2022

DIY $80 3D Printed Nanoleaf WLED Project (No soldering/cutting!)

DIY $80 3D Printed Nanoleaf WLED Project (No soldering/cutting!)

September 27, 2022

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

September 22, 2022

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Lovelace

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

Home Assistant Christmas Tree Card

November 29, 2022

How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

How To Create WLED Preset Buttons

November 29, 2022

How to Add WLED "Peek" Feature to Home Assistant

How to Add WLED "Peek" Feature to Home Assistant

November 29, 2022

Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

Install Fully-Kiosk + Wallpanel in Home Assistant for Fire Tablets

November 21, 2022

Add TeamTracker to Home Assistant for Real-time Sports Scores

Add TeamTracker to Home Assistant for Real-time Sports Scores

November 13, 2022

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

September 22, 2022

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

September 20, 2022

View all Lovelace guides

Media Server

Simple Home Assistant Notification when Plex is Playing

Simple Home Assistant Notification when Plex is Playing

How To Setup Plex-Automatic-Pre-roll-Gui in Windows

How To Setup Plex-Automatic-Pre-roll-Gui in Windows

December 22, 2021

How To Install ErsatzTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

How To Install ErsatzTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

October 3, 2021

How To Install DizqueTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

How To Install DizqueTV to create IPTV Channels in Plex

September 29, 2021

Run Batch File During Certain Time Window

Run Batch File During Certain Time Window

August 21, 2021

How To Send Blue Iris Images to Telegram

How To Send Blue Iris Images to Telegram

August 18, 2021

How To Setup a Telegram Bot

How To Setup a Telegram Bot

August 18, 2021

How To Add Additional Cameras to Blue Iris (by copying existing cameras)

How To Add Additional Cameras to Blue Iris (by copying existing cameras)

August 18, 2021

How to Setup Blue Iris & Deepstack on Windows

How to Setup Blue Iris & Deepstack on Windows

August 17, 2021

How To Automate Plex Metadata Backups

How To Automate Plex Metadata Backups

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Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Best Network Attached Storage for Surveillance Video: Secure Your Footage with Top Picks for 2024

Best Network Attached Storage for Surveillance Video: Secure Your Footage with Top Picks for 2024

December 28, 2023

Raspberry Pi

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

September 22, 2022

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

September 20, 2022

How To Install OpenSprinkler in Home Assistant

How To Install OpenSprinkler in Home Assistant

How to Install OpenSprinkler into Existing Sprinkler System

How to Install OpenSprinkler into Existing Sprinkler System

How To Reboot Raspberry Pi On A Schedule

How To Reboot Raspberry Pi On A Schedule

November 9, 2020

How To Add Pihole inside iFrame of Organizr

How To Add Pihole inside iFrame of Organizr

How To install Webmin On Raspberry Pi OS (For Remote Administration)

How To install Webmin On Raspberry Pi OS (For Remote Administration)

How To Disable Sleep on Raspberry Pi

How To Disable Sleep on Raspberry Pi

How To Open Website On Startup with a Raspberry Pi

How To Open Website On Startup with a Raspberry Pi

Self Hosted

Best Network Attached Storage for Surveillance Video: Secure Your Footage with Top Picks for 2024

Best Network Attached Storage for Surveillance Video: Secure Your Footage with Top Picks for 2024

December 28, 2023

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

Compact 3D Printer Card Dashboard in Home Assistant

September 22, 2022

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

Automatically Turn Off 3D Printer After Print Completes

September 20, 2022

Beginner's Guide to WLED: Hardware Requirements & Setup

Beginner's Guide to WLED: Hardware Requirements & Setup

September 16, 2022

Simple Home Assistant Notification when Plex is Playing

Simple Home Assistant Notification when Plex is Playing

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

December 28, 2021

How To Setup Plex-Automatic-Pre-roll-Gui in Windows

How To Setup Plex-Automatic-Pre-roll-Gui in Windows

December 22, 2021

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

December 17, 2021

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

Custom CSS Flame Dashboard

December 17, 2021

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

November 3, 2021

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Smart Home

Best Smartthings Garage Door Openers: Top Picks for 2024

Best Smartthings Garage Door Openers: Top Picks for 2024

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom Vacuum Card for Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

Updated Mushroom 3D Printer Card in Home Assistant

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

How To Add Z-Wave JS to Home Assistant in 2023

January 14, 2023

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

Add THIRDREALITY Zigbee Button to Home Assistant

December 8, 2022

View all Smart Home guides

Smartthings

Best Smartthings Garage Door Openers: Top Picks for 2024

Best Smartthings Garage Door Openers: Top Picks for 2024

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

Smart Home Stickers to Label Your Plugs, Switches, & NFC tags

The Ultimate SmartThings to Home Assistant Migration Guide

The Ultimate SmartThings to Home Assistant Migration Guide

January 18, 2021

How To Pair Xiaomi Aqara Door/Window Sensors with SmartThings

How To Pair Xiaomi Aqara Door/Window Sensors with SmartThings

December 31, 2020

Play Custom Audio Through Google Home Speakers Using SmartThings Automations

Play Custom Audio Through Google Home Speakers Using SmartThings Automations

October 25, 2020

How To Create SmartThings Voice Automations using Google Home

How To Create SmartThings Voice Automations using Google Home

October 24, 2020

Best Siren for SmartThings

Best Siren for SmartThings

October 15, 2020

SmartThings Garage Door Opener integration with MyQ

SmartThings Garage Door Opener integration with MyQ

October 6, 2020

Does SimpliSafe Work with Smartthings?

Does SimpliSafe Work with Smartthings?

September 30, 2020

Does TP Link Work With SmartThings?

Does TP Link Work With SmartThings?

View all Smartthings guides

Sysadmin

Find Hyper-V Hostname of a VM using Powershell

Find Hyper-V Hostname of a VM using Powershell

Send Teams Notification when A User Logs in through RDP

Send Teams Notification when A User Logs in through RDP

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

How To Install Kimai Time Tracking App in Docker

December 28, 2021

Set Chrome as Default Browser using GPO

Set Chrome as Default Browser using GPO

December 20, 2021

How To Delete Chrome Saved Logins using Powershell

How To Delete Chrome Saved Logins using Powershell

December 4, 2021

List Hyper-V VM Names using Powershell

List Hyper-V VM Names using Powershell

November 9, 2021

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

How to install Snippet Box in Docker

November 3, 2021

Bitwarden Enterprise Offboarding & Permanently Deleting Accounts

Bitwarden Enterprise Offboarding & Permanently Deleting Accounts

October 25, 2021

How to Block or Allow Firefox Extensions using Group Policy

How to Block or Allow Firefox Extensions using Group Policy

October 21, 2021

Powershell Script to Delete Download Folder Contents for All User

Powershell Script to Delete Download Folder Contents for All User

September 24, 2021

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