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Gavin Campbell joins us from HomeTech.fm with updates on Home Automation topics from YoLink, Hubitat and Blue Iris. We also spend some time talking about Unraid and Home Assistant and different ways it can be installed locally. Jim does a lot of whining on this episode, so get ready. Thanks for listening.
Full show notes, transcriptions (available on request), audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg546
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Important Links
Hometech.fm with Seth and TJ. [1:48]
What’s changed at work since the pandemic? [5:19]
The last time a hard drive failed? [10:18]
The one thing that drives a lot of tech changes is the wife complaining about something [13:58]
Are data centers getting hotter in the process? [20:34]
YoLink – Five year battery life and a quarter of a mile of range. [25:54]
Have they released any new gear for Hubitat? [32:26]
Blue Iris uses something called Deepstack for object detection and it worked pretty well, but they recently announced that they were getting rid of it. [37:28]
I had a rant this week of my tv. [42:33]
The problem with Home Automation today? You probably have 10 different apps to control them. [45:11]
Get more cores in your computer if you are running Unraid. [47:31]
Backblaze vs. Acronis. [52:53]
Don’t be so worried about your pictures. [57:34]
Using a server chip instead of a consumer chip for backup and restore. [1:02:08]
How to run Home Assistant as a docker or virtual machine. [1:06:48]
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Gavin Campbell joins us from HomeTech.fm with updates on Home Automation topics from YoLink, Hubitat and Blue Iris. We also spend some time talking about Unraid and Home Assistant and different ways it can be installed locally. Jim does a lot of whining on this episode, so get ready. Thanks for listening.
Full show notes, transcriptions (available on request), audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg546
Join Jim Collison / @jcollison for show #546 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network.
WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe
Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live
Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks
Find Us!
Join us in the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/
On Discord at https://theaverageguy.tv/discord
Save $40 on your first Box of HelloFresh
Get $10 when you join Coinbase and buy or sell $100 in crypto at http://theaverageguy.tv/coinbase
Important Links
Hometech.fm with Seth and TJ. [1:48]
What’s changed at work since the pandemic? [5:19]
The last time a hard drive failed? [10:18]
The one thing that drives a lot of tech changes is the wife complaining about something [13:58]
Are data centers getting hotter in the process? [20:34]
YoLink – Five year battery life and a quarter of a mile of range. [25:54]
Have they released any new gear for Hubitat? [32:26]
Blue Iris uses something called Deepstack for object detection and it worked pretty well, but they recently announced that they were getting rid of it. [37:28]
I had a rant this week of my tv. [42:33]
The problem with Home Automation today? You probably have 10 different apps to control them. [45:11]
Get more cores in your computer if you are running Unraid. [47:31]
Backblaze vs. Acronis. [52:53]
Don’t be so worried about your pictures. [57:34]
Using a server chip instead of a consumer chip for backup and restore. [1:02:08]
How to run Home Assistant as a docker or virtual machine. [1:06:48]
Find Us!
Join us in the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/
On Discord at https://theaverageguy.tv/discord
Get the Home Gadget Geeks subscribe links at http://homegadgetgeeks.com
http://theaverageguy.tv is powered by Maplegrove Partners web hosting. Get secure, reliable, high-speed hosting from people you know and trust. For more information visit http://maplegrovepartners.com
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