Blog2025 ≫ More home automation

Replaced the batteries in another motion sensor, our house is now basically self aware. This is in the hallway, this is the place you need these guys. It's particularly useful in a three storey hallway like ours, so the sensor upstairs can turn on the light on the top and middle floor and so on.

Also loving my study automation panel. So decadent, so much control, so many sockets for such a tiny tiny room.

Home assistant panel for the study featuring my heated chair

Need that heated chair now (actually a heated throw over the chair of course) but I only have that one in the study. I would buy another but my IKEA chair where I sit in the evenings is not near a socket, so would need a bit of a think. I am cold right now, I will eat my tea and put a blanket over myself.

One step forward and another back with the light fittings. We do not like the same things. Clare does not like the antique brass that I am veering towards (and while I would have agreed previously I think there are some classy ones now), she says shiny chrome or white. We're going to look at some in a department store on our day off on Monday.

Partly cloudy and a gentle breeze, 2 - 8℃.

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Paul Clarkeʼs weblog - I live in Hythe in the far South. Wed + dad to 2, I'm a full stack web engineer, + I do js / Node, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, running, eating, home automation + other diy jiggery-pokery, history, genealogy, Television, squirrels, pirates, lego, and TIME TRAVEL.

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Yep, deliberately unstyled.