Development

Being a developer, I love the flexibility and power Docker brings to Home Automation. Docker makes it easy to run multiple services which can play a big role in your smart home.

Mosquitto (or MQTT) is an open source message broker you can use to enable communication between devices, enabling your smart home to communicate with a wider range of devices.

Almost a year ago, I wrote about my J.A.R.V.I.S inspired morning wake-up announcement with CastleOS. Since then, I've moved to Home Assistant and sadly, lost my morning announcements.

Home Assistant is a free, open source program for Home Automation. In this guide, I'm going to show you how to install it using Docker on a Synology NAS, with full compatibility with z-wave and network discovery.

This post is part of a series of my thoughts on CastleOS and the CastleHUB. If you haven't already, you should check out my initial thoughts here . The following is my opinion, and Your Mileage May Vary. CastleOS claims it has one of the most powerful scripting languages

One of my favourite scenes from the awesome movie Iron Man is the scene where J.A.R.V.I.S, the AI assistant wakes up the house with the current weather. J.A.R.V.I.S also opens the blinds and turns on the lights. Something as simple

This week has been huge for social media networks Facebook, and Google+. With the battle lines now being clearly drawn, Facebook and Google are set to be at war for the best Social Network.

Apple came back from the brink of fiscal disaster with the iPod, and has been a marketing powerhouse with its newer products ever since. Technology players have tried desperatly to keep up with Apple's growth and market share, and seem to be banking on 3D technology being the next 'big thing'.

Usernames and passwords are everywhere. With the web's growing ability to reach more consumers, and offer more customised content, the amount of accounts a web-user can have has increased significantly.