Voice UI
I've been using Alexa, and Siri for awhile now. I gave Google Home a try for a
few months, but dumped it (not enough integrations with IoT devices). The
promise of voice landed
home automation
Machine Play: Again
I updated my system for sending SMS notifications when my deck furniture’s
covers get blown off in the wind. My original post [/machine-play] talked about
version one of the system. I’ve
Machine Play
Preamble
The only really cool software things that have come along in the past several
years have been a rise of the machines in the form of Machine Learning, and
serverless/microservice/Kubernetes
big backups
photo, music, and video libraries can get very big (in my personal scenario,
photos alone push 1TB). they're also the kinds of libraries of content you never
want to lose. they tend to
Machines Are Talking To Me
My personal email inbox has these three messages in it.
One is from a piece of hardware in my house (Twine
[https://twine.supermechanical.com/]) whining about dying. Another is from a
piece