Daniel Everitt - Daniel Everitt

Daniel Everitt

Daniel Everitt

A child sat in front of presents with a balloon in the shape of a number 6 and a bike in the background

Monthly roundup

May 25'

From birthday parties and soft play chaos to National Trust adventures and seaside trips, May was full of family fun. We revisited favorites like Wimpole Estate and Yorkshire Wildlife Park, discovered new spots like The Airport Pub, and made the most of the weekends with the boys.

Monthly roundup

April 25'

There hasn't been an update in a while, because I suck... and forget... Been reading a few other blogs that do the whole "Month end update", so thought I would try it out. In summary, I just wanted to get something out whilst I have been

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Moving house isn't always fun... But when you have a new canvas for home automations, let the fun begin!

Woops, here we are again

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Woops, here we are again

It was some time back in September that I realised my site was down / broken... In a bid to save some money, I had moved my site away from being hosted with Akamai and took the plunge to self hosting it myself at home, fronted with cloudflare tunnels... Whilst it

More Power!!!

From Pi to OptiPlex: My Home Assistant Upgrade After years on a Raspberry Pi 4, I upgraded my Home Assistant setup to a Dell OptiPlex for better performance, storage, and reliability. With Frigate for AI camera smarts and ZigBee devices, this rebuild marks a new chapter in my smart home journey.