This was a fun day in the Abitare Workshop, testing out the seating height and depth for the seating in the lounge/cinema area, kitchen and balcony. Excited to see how they come out!
Venice with Alistair
Should anyone ask, F17 is nearly done.
More photos are available in the F17 Baustelle/Building site gallery.
Should anyone ask, monitoring energy usage around the apartment.
I was interested in calculating the expected power cost per appliance for the year based on historical data This works as follows: set up a bunch of HS110 devices to monitor power use around the house. (10s refresh rate)I run a Prometheus server with a retention time of 2.5 years (would be nice to compare yearly data + some …
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Should anyone ask, 802.11r (roaming) on OpenWRT
~/Documents/src/home-network master ● sudo wpa_cli scan_results | grep +FT dc:9f:db:1c:ce:8e 2437 -49 [WPA2-PSK+FT/PSK-CCMP][ESS] imagiFi 68:72:51:1a:74:89 2437 -50 [WPA2-PSK+FT/PSK-CCMP][ESS] imagiFi 00:27:22:ca:ff:20 2437 -54 [WPA2-PSK+FT/PSK-CCMP][ESS] imagiFi dc:9f:db:58:ca:a2 2437 -61 [WPA2-PSK+FT/PSK-CCMP][ESS] imagiFi de:9f:db:1b:ce:8e 5260 -71 [WPA2-PSK+FT/PSK-CCMP][ESS] imagiFi 5 dc:9f:db:1b:ce:8e 5260 -71 [WPA2-PSK+FT/PSK-CCMP][ESS] imagiFi ~/Documents/src/home-network master ● Roaming/Fast Transition just got a whole …
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Multi-room audio preparations
These are for the 8 zone home audio system. One of the reasons for the for going the Chromecast Audio route is the excellent room grouping functions. The DAC isn't half bad either. Most of my home automation goes via OpenHAB which has excellent Chromecast support. And if you just want to push raw audio …
Should anyone ask, pick your pain
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.”Jim Rohn
Should anyone ask, creating timelapses and FFmpeg and a Hikvision PTZ camera
As the build continues I thought it would be interesting to experiment with creating timelapses of the process. There's already a Hikvision Pan-Tilt-Zoom camera on site and wired up. This post looks at the current (rather string and glue) approach to creating timelapses. I'm currently snapping a picture every two seconds [plus a bit of …
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Should anyone ask, now German.
It finally happened: Two weeks ago with Seth at the Einbürgerungsbehörde. Today with a fresh delivery from the Bundesdruckerei. Tomorrow, Mülltrennung. The person handed me the new passport and ID card with a "see you again in 10 years".
Three variations on the main room and kitchen position
This is a tough one. The room is 9m x7m and proving hard to lay out.Variation 1: kitchen on the street side (adjacent bedroom1)RenderingsPlanBenefitsI really like the idea of coming in and having the kitchen nearby the front doorMorning sunshine for breakfast will be niceMeans the main lounge seat can be tucked around the cornerNegativesWill …
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