I'm back with another HA episode focused on ENERGY! How to use Home Assistant,Solcast and your energy tarriff to automate your solar and batteries for the best efficiency and the lowest cost saving. This one's a long one, but its good! #homeassistant samakroyd.com/2024/09/02/sol…

Episode 11 of Home Automation with Home Assistant dives into HACS, the Home Assistant Community Store. Learn how to install, integrate, and explore popular elements. Check it out here: samakroyd.com/2024/09/10/hom… #homeassistant #hacs

We've done Smart Home - now what about Smart Garden? This week I talk through setting up a cheap irrigation system, that uses geolocation and forecasting to water your plants. #homeassistant #smartgarden #greenfingers samakroyd.com/2024/09/25/hom…

A 5yr old birthday party for 2hrs. A weekend is for rest though right?

The highlight of my working week. When a wonderful colleague of mine stated that listening to a Gareth Edwards podcast was "About as interesting as a trip up the M1 can be"

My focus on IoT continues, but this week its an article on Smart Cities and where WiLo (Wifi & LoRa) could change our lives for the good. Worth a quick 5 min read whilst you're in between calls ;) #iot #smartcities #wilo samakroyd.com/2024/10/14/can…

Question for Twitter. What do ‘men’ put in their man bags? I’m genuinely at a loss

Just been in the refresh Tesla Model 3, and dare I say, a huge difference in build quality. Not ‘German’ quality yet, but really not far off at all. Oh and they’re half the price of the ‘premium’ brands.

Cold morning in Stockport today. Off to London, first time in a good long while

My toxic trait: Seeing something on eBay, putting in a ridiculously low offer (but still a significant amount of £££) and the seller accepting. FAAAAAK

New Year, new job, new motivations. Thanks for the warm welcome Palo Alto Networks

Today’s handy-dandy parenting tip Before leaving the house, check for snot smears on your clothes, particularly around the shoulder area.

You travel from Manchester > Dublin > San Fran, a mere 15hr+ travel time. Wait 10 mins for your Uber your driver is playing Oasis - Wonderwall. You can take the boy outta Manchester….😂

Just found this on Reddit. Have Microsoft truely got this many portals? msportals.io

Anyone else able to see the similarities between Trump and Putin? Both are waging unprovoked wars against so called ‘smaller nations’. When those nations defend themselves they double down on them. Whether it’s military warfare or economic warfare, this is completely unnecessary

£178 for a dad and his son to go and watch Gladiators. Just disgusting really 🤬

The Vulnerability Supply Chain. A non-technical, non-politically-charged article on the developments of the last few days when it comes to CVEs and the options on the table moving forward. #CVE #vulnerability #exploits samakroyd.com/2025/04/19/the…

Those who know… know

Leeds United are champions. FT. Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Leeds United

Are Apple running out of steam? One of the biggest companies on the planet and pretty much zero hardware innovation. Maybe the masses are correct, jobs was the ideas man, cook is the finance man