How To Properly Clean Install Windows Deleting all partitions on your system before reinstalling Windows does not clear the partition table and this can cause problems when trying to reinstall Windows. For that reason whenever I am reinstalling Windows I like to use diskpart to return the drive to a clean uninitialized state. Here's
Home Automation WeMo is Dead In this article I talk about the end of life of older WeMo products and what you can do to ensure your WeMo device still functions
Announcements Welcome You may notice things are a bit different around here… I’m kind of scared for the future of the internet, I like many others just don’t feel good after scrolling through social media and I think now is the time to revive my blog.
how-to How to Enable DNS over TLS on pfSense with Cloudflare Typical DNS is unencrypted which can be concerning especially when the traffic leaves your home network, as anyone along the way can read and intercept your DNS queries. The solution to this of course is encrypted DNS via DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS. Unfortunately not all devices support DoT or
how-to How to repair Windows 10 using the Media Creation Tool Whether Windows update is broken, the Microsoft Store won't open or your OS for whatever reason has gone corrupt, doing a repair install is your best option short of a complete OS reinstall from bootable media. A repair install sometimes called an in-place upgrade will download a fresh copy of the l
how-to Install Docker on Ubuntu 20.04 This guide will explain how to install Docker CE on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server 20.04
Home Automation Featured Install Home Assistant (Supervised) on Debian This guide will go over how to install Home Assistant (Supervised) on Debian based Linux Distributions
Uncategorized Windows 7 Has Reached EOL: What To Do Next As of January 14, 2020 Windows 7 has reached End of Life it will no longer receive security updates and software developers will stop supporting Windows 7. It will become extremely difficult and dangerous to be using Windows 7 past the EOL date. Security issues with the OS will not
Home Automation The feature you must enable to get the most out of your AV Receiver: Bitstream Bitstream allows uncompressed audio data to be sent from your device (Typically Blu-Ray Player) directly to your AV Receiver. This is what enables Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Atmos and DTS-X to function and if you do not have Bitstream enabled you are missing out. The AV Receiver that
Announcements Mailchimp A few days ago Carlo gave me the idea to add a mailing list to my website, so people can be notified on future blog posts. Matheson, You should sign up for feedburner so that people can sign up to your website and get emails when you post new stuff.
Home Automation Making a Dumb TV Smart UPDATE as of 0.88.0 the Sensor is now a Binary Sensor, I have Updated the Post to Reflect the Changes For a long time I have been trying to get my Dumb (Samsung DLNA) TV into Home Assistant. First I got a Broadlink RM Mini and added it
Home Automation Home Assistant Kit This is my always up to date Kit with the products and services I use in my home: https://kit.co/MathesonStep/home-assistant
Announcements Welcome to my Blog This is my new Wordpress Blog Here I will be posting about my Home Automation system and Tech as well as issues I have ran into and fixed
