Episode 262: Fun with Automation

This episode we focus on your feedback. Steve describes automating his Christmas tree. We give you some tips for getting started with Home Assistant. A new version of Firefox has been released with new privacy sandboxing features, and as always your calls go to the front of the line. -- During The Show -- 01:00 Steve's Automation Automating Steve's Christmas Tree What IOT is allowed in Steve's House 07:00 Open Source Alternative to Planning Center? - Dustin Must have a label cutter Zebra printer (https://www.barcodesinc.com/zebra/part-zd6a042-d01f00ez.htm?msclkid=c3b5f1dfa4bd150d5b74906fa17b8c94) Citizen Printers (https://www.citizen-systems.com/us/products/printer/mobile/cmp-30ii/) 11:15 Charlie Suggestions for Pi Audio - Charlie BEHRINGER Audio Interface (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EK1OTZC/?tag=minddripmedia-20) XTUGA E22 2i2 USB (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0965D1G6N/?tag=minddripmedia-20) YOUSHARES USB Audio Interface (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0983BLFZ7/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Audio Interface LVY USB Audio Interface (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B094QP2583/?tag=minddripmedia-20) Aliexpress - Audio interface USB Sound card UR24C UR22C (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003117579900.html?) Neoteck 24 Bit/192 Khz 2x2 USB Audio Interface (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002982743862.html?) Audio Interface 24 Bit/192 Khz 2x2 USB (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003238643606.html?) 13:45 Tim Asks Focus right 2i2 One Channel per "Drum Voice" RME Babyface (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BabyfaceProFS--rme-babyface-pro-fs-24-channel-usb-audio-interface) 18:30 Caller Cody Home Assistant alerts? Home Assistant App Twillio GSM SIM Card Better Connection to RaspberryPi GPIO ESP32 and ESP8266 Argon One for RaspberryPi 27:50 Datacenter in the cloud - Jon Follow up coming Send in your questions! 29:29 Backups - RC Industry Standard is "fluid" LUKs is still the predominant solution LUKs puts the key in the header Veracrypt (https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html) Hidden Volumes ZFS Native Encryption Opensuse Feedback Try OpenSuse General Purpose OS Look for what sets OpenSuse apart Write in! 38:47 Kpovoc Asked Start with automating Lights Automate your Garage Door Volumio (https://volumio.com/) Alarm Clock Clear Tones (https://cleartones.net/) Start with RaspberryPi Anything you find useful 44:25 Gadget of the Week Blackmagic ATEM 1 M/E Blackmagic ATEM Switcher on B&H Photo (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1007191-REG/blackmagic_design_swatempsw1me4k_atem_1_m_e_production.html) Requires Windows/Mac Software to configure 47:35 Firefox 95 Release Mozilla.org Article (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/12/webassembly-and-back-again-fine-grained-sandboxing-in-firefox-95/) RLBox Sandboxing 49:38 Plasma Mobile Gear 21.12 is Out Transitioning to ModemManager Fixed External Displays on Plasma Mobile Bug Fixes/Improvements Bottom nav bar -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/262) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)