Well, I’m using the smaller HA client so that it doesn’t use google / apple servers, this means no location data via the HA client on my phones.

So, for me there is no location data already in HA. I have to put it there.

“History” - as in long term storage of where I’ve been? I don’t need to keep more than a day (or 2) live on the system… but the webhook is just a sensor with data, so the storage can be longer if required.

For us, there’s a lot of noise with us wandering around the house / town / etc. that has no longterm interest. Instead, I’ll use OSM to track an interesting journey.

But, integrating straight into HA simplifies my overall system - 1 less server to secure & maintain.

No, that’s a fair point. I bought the earlier EmonPi (1), which only has grid + solar CT clamps… looks like EmonPi2 has more by default.

But, my unit has been totally reliable, inc. many harsh powercuts, so it’s a long term purchase.

I’m using the traccar client integration in HA and the traccar client on my phones.

So, I don’t have traccar server anywhere.

This allows me to use the webhook URL from the traccar client integration on HA and use a web proxy to protect that from the internet.

On the phones, the traccar client connects to the webhook URL I expose through the proxy.

Hope that makes sense as everything is called client here - took me a while to work it out myself.

Late to this one, but check out Open Energy Monitor

They have a main unit which can have multiple clamps on (upto 200A) and also remote units if your power distribution is scattered all over the place.

I’ve been using their older EmonPi for years, ever since I added in SolarPV and it’s now linked into Home Assistant so that I can start turning things on & off when I have excess solar energy… not to mention managing the costs.

Gotta admit, it was a bit difficult to get my head around all the different installation types when I was a new user, so simplification is probably well over due

A combination of Logseq (what, why, how) and KeePass for IPs and passwords (obviously)… I use the heirarchy in Keepass to show a device and then the services on it and then their configs, ie

• Hypervisor1
  • VM1
    • root user details
    • that webUI details
  • VM2 (Etc)

I used to do Visio drawings, but they were always out of date.

Ah, yes, there was that time - it was a time of magic when many had little education and would do strange chants to appease the gods - one example is: TurnItOff & TurnItOn

You still hear that to this day - along with the later phrase - again still used by lesser educated people: “the network’s down”

Over time people came to know more and the god of networks was known as “DeNiS”

This was also popularised by songs in the 60’s and 70’s - esp. this version

Over time the name shortened further to what we know now: DNS

Yet no-one still knows what it means or how it came about.

Just wanted to +1 this suggestion.

I’ve come from the old days of soldering wires and flashing firmwares, to using these… great little things and they work well.

Firstly, I agree with your main point.

Just an open thought: I wonder if zscalar are using settings in a heirarchy, ie if no env var is set, then check Gnome - just in case the user’s only making changes there…? Dunno…

Have a look at Vivaldi

According to their help page it’ll do what you want.

It’s just another calendar…

So, we have:

• Me
• Them
• Us
• House Stuff (ie bin day reminders)
  • I use this for Home Assistant
• Birthdays
  • I don’t recall at the moment, but an app used this for contact’s birthdays…

I then setup DavX to sync to Me and Us on my phone and Them and Us on their phone.

In Fossify Calendar it’s really easy to show /hide separate calendars as well as selecting the correct calendar when adding / editing events.

Definitely Radicale

We have separate calendars (ie we individually sync between our phones and other devices) plus joint calendars that we also sync…

On Android I use davx to sync and Fossify Calendar which allows me to see multiple calendars but only sounds reminders for my personal & joint appointments, not others.

On my laptops I’m currently usong Vivaldi’s built-in calendar and that’s working well for me.

Ah, ok if Tom Lawrence has made a video then I know it’ll work!

Thanks

What’s your usecase for the journals? That might help direct the discussion.

For work I use Outlook with caldavsynchronizer, but I’ve stepped away from those kind of Journals and now I’m tracking things in Logseq

For time tracking for work I’m using other tools too.

Just a friendly reminder that RAID is not a backup…

Just consider if something accidentally overwrites some / all your files. This is a perfectly legit action and the checksums will happily match that new data, but your file(s) are gone…

This is exactly what I’m about to do (later this week when I visit their house)

I’ve been using syncthing for years, but any tips for the encryption?

I was going to use SendOnly at my end to ensure that the data at the other end is an exact mirror, but in that case, how would the restore work if it’s all encrypted?

It varies of course, but most of my torrents are movies and linux ISOs (for real)

I seed any Movies I leech at a 2:1 ratio… most are leeched from Europe, but I’ve had them from Canada, South America, Asia, but weirdly not many from North America.

I like to give back more to the Linux community, so I’m constantly seeding Arch & Mint ISOs (as that’s just what I’m using… maybe something Raspberry-ish) - they go everywhere.

I had a weird instance once where the same Chinese IP address was constantly re-downloading the same ISO. Could’ve been a VPN endpoint, but after I’d shared something like 40:1 there, I started using GeoIP to block it and similar regions I was uncomfortable with… so the world’s becoming smaller for me.

So, I’m a little behind the times here… should I be moving away from torrent search sites to this new fangled spot stuff?

To be fair, the link’s just to git comments, so the headline captures the main point.

+1 for this.

You need to see all the data flowing through a sensor to be able to map it, so a router / firewall is often the central point.

I run it as an addon for pfSense and it’ll show me all sorts of info.

If you setup the GeoIP you can see which countries your network’s connecting too… interesting for torrents…