Additional pictures..

My friend asked me to restore these two pieces of maple furniture from 1942 being handed down to son. Joints were completely rebuilt with some modern techniques "Titebond 3"... Some before and after shots. Happy the way they turned out..

So long since I've been in Toronto just no reason to go anymore. Except today.. 20th show tonight 🤘🤘 Great energy in the queue for the pop-up store.. #metallica #m72toronto

@technotim.bsky.social set me off last Saturday with PiHole failover.. since then I've tested Unbound, PiHole, Technetium, Adguard.. finally settled on Unbound Recursive DNS with Adguard on two Ubuntu servers/docker/Portainer hosts with failover running on my Wago Edge devices #homelab #itsalwaysdns

Inside this box is my wifes Cold Plunge pool. I automated it with @home-assistant.io to stop it freezing in the frozen hellscape that's Ontario. It worked flawlessly and wife approval factor is 100% Super happy with it so I'm publishing on GitHub for others to learn.. It's my first public post. 😬

In another case of "It just works" finally got my hands on the long out of stock Shelly EM with 2 clamps. Small pucker moment connecting them inside a live panel but added to @home-assistant.io and the energy dashboard. Congrats see ya in 2 hrs when it's gets data.. works everytime #homeenergy #geek

Isn't it exciting when you get new hardware aka QuinLED Dig Uno's, install WLED, add to @home-assistant.io and it just works first time ..everytime. I love it...

It's new project time 😆 #homeassistant #wled #intermittech #quindor #weekendhomeautomationprojects

Yay it arrived.. Perfect timing for the mid holiday break from food and movies @home-assistant.io #voice #okaynabu.

Sometimes I wish I didn't look at my @home-assistant.io dashboard in the morning. I wonder should I just create fake sensor templates for such occasions. Oh Canada winters...you suck 🥶🥶🥶😭 #homeautomation #winter

I posted a while back that my @home-assistant.io instance runs on a Wago Edge Computer www.wago.com/global/edge-... These run home assistant like a dream and I've sourced 10 more at a significantly cheaper price than retail. US and Canada only. Interested? Ping me #homeassistant #homeautomation

And that's a wrap.. Kinda not surprised... Picking up hard on Slipknot again. Find it relaxing in the workshop... @metallica.com will always be No1.. Another year almost done!

I love @home-assistant.io I really do... but wall mounted dashboards are more hassle than they're worth. Random crashes and authentication fails..I'm pretty sure it's not Home Assistant but Android but diagnosing it is a real pain because it's so inconsistent. Anyone else? #homeautomationfails

Ok let's try this again. This one is the most critical automations in my house with wife approval factor being critical! this version will be more stable, I think. Swapped the Shelly 2.5 and Uni out to a Plus2PM with the Plus AddOn and DS18B20 #homeautomation @home-assistant.io #coldplunge

Managed to get my hands on a few Wago Edge Computers a while back
www.wago.com/global/edge-...
These things are bullet proof, run home assistant and Ubuntu like a dream, 48V, DIN mount, expandable HDD. They're the core of my home automation setup! #homeassistant #homeautomation @home-assistant.io

Decided to try the ChatGPT trend of .. "Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my life looks like" Certainly interesting returns and a little bit scary!