Home automation, code, and everyday tech.
Not much is commonly known about the importance of the quality of the air we breathe. Unfortunately, probably most of our time is spent in places that do not have clean air. This can be…
Read article: Xiaomi Mi Air Purifier 3H with Home Assistant ReviewI found the hard way that having a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) can be very important, especially if your house hosts multiple devices that run on mains that are critical to you. For me, I…
Read article: Eaton 5E1500iUSB UPS Review (After two years)One of the features of Shelly smart relays and devices is the ability to sever the connection from the physical switch from the actual relay. This opens the possibility to control the switch itself without…
Read article: Change Shelly device to detached mode on a scheduleOne of the most powerful abilities of Home Assistant is the ability to easily create automation based on the current location of our home users. For instance, start the vacuum cleaner at 9:00 am, only if you’re…
Read article: Create a sensor that sums up number of people in the houseAs I wrote here before, the ESP8266 is one of the best controllers for simple tasks. It’s cheap, reliable, and easy to code with Arduino. Sometimes, even great things as this chip can cause a…
Read article: HTTP connection refused on Arduino ESP8266If you have a web application and you want to easily detect when a user has duplicated your site’s tab this solution is for you. All modern browsers have a “duplicate tab” functionality, which allows…
Read article: Detect a duplicated tab using JS and jQueryHelp Google Image Search detect the license for your images with RDFa. If you host images on your site, and you want to specify a license for them use Google recommended RDFa (Resource Description Framework…
Read article: Help Google detect the license for images in your siteI’ve developed a new Chrome Extension, “Reverse Image Search” which gives the ability to reverse search directly from the context menu of the image.
Read article: Easily Reverse Image Search (Chrome Extension)Some sites your browse use code to prevent you from selecting text or even using the right-click on your mouse (for the context menu).
Read article: Unblock Right Click (context menu) and Text Selection in Websites – Chrome ExtensionRecently I released a new application for Windows platform (Desktop & Mobile) and I wanted you all to check it out and tell me what you think.
Read article: New Windows App for roei.stream (UWP)
