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Smart Home Automation and IoT

Thoughts on Alexa and SmartThings Smart Home Integration

May 2, 2017June 12, 2017 by John P. Hoke
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What's in a Name? Ok, while I may have a Smart Home, my brain is getting fuzzy so I am writing this wall of text more for my own head than anything else. If things here help you in any way, all the better... In my last post I went…
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All this modern SmartHome Technology and I still cant turn on the damn lights!

A Somewhat SmartHome or Where’s the Light Switch?

April 30, 2017January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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Is my SmartHome supposed to be smarter than me? I've avoided a lot of the SmartHome push, but finally gave in over the past week or so. My caving in was not really due to laziness or really needed to automate anything, but more out of an intellectual curiosity, and to see…
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Drone Meme: Once upon a time - only the government was spying on you

Droning on about Drones

August 20, 2015August 22, 2015 by John P. Hoke
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To Drone or not to drone ... Well, that question I've answered. I am looking at getting a drone to muck around with here in the backwoods I live in, as well as when I travel (where permitted). I've been digging around online and have narrowed it down to two…
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Coffee Junkie, Mac Addict, InfoSec Professional, amateur photographer, craft beer and whiskey connoisseur, IoT & Smart Home fiddler, UAV flyer & all around Curmudgeon and Generally Sarcastic SOB (not necessarily in that order).
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Bear Creek Waterfall, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvan Bear Creek Waterfall, Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. A long-exposure shot of the waterfalls along Bear Creek. I took this with my Sony A7Rii and a Laowa 15mm f/2 lens which is a combination that I ABSOLUTELY love for these shots (as well as my HDR architecture and astrophotography work). . @on1photo @venuslaowa @southernpoconos @discovernepa @visit_pa @poconotourism #on1pics #venuslaowa #laowa15mmf2 #meandmymanfrotto #ig_pennsylvania #justgoshoot #pennsylvaniaphotographer #pennsylvania #ig_shotz_travel #visitpennsylvania #ig_great_pics #travelphotography #eclectic_shotz #master_gallery #instanaturefriends #EarthCapture #discover_earthpix #landscapeoftheday #landscape_capture #landscapephotos #landscapes #ic_longexpo #longexpo_addiction #longexpoelite #longexposure_shot #longexpo #longexposureoftheday @sonyalphagallery @sonyalpha @discovercarbonpa
Nothing like walking around Lisbon in the spring a Nothing like walking around Lisbon in the spring and enjoying the sights with your camera. I was walking in the Praca Do Comercio area and I heard the strange otherworldly sounds of someone plaing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujia on ... a Wood Saw! Seriously! . @on1photo @sonyalphagallery @visitlisboa @LisboaCool @wonderlust.portugal @wonderlust.lisbon @visitportugal #on1pics #streetphotography_bw #bnw_captures #bwphotography #bnwphotography #bwphoto #Insta_bw #Blacknwhite_perfection #Bnw_captures #Bnw_life #streetst #streetphotographers #streetphoto #insta_bw #insta_pick_bw #storyofthestreet #gramslayers #streetmagazine #everybodystreet #instamagazine_ #streetxstory #streetphotographyinternational #lisbonstreets #lisbon #portugal #ig_lisboa #ig_portugal #busker #pracadocomercio #leonardCohen
Mauch Chunk Opera House - Jim Thorpe, PA I've been Mauch Chunk Opera House - Jim Thorpe, PA I've been experimenting with some new wide angle lenses, especially the Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 I picked up recently, as well as some ideas around Black and White HDR images. I shot this with a Sony A7Rii and the Laowa 10-18mm in three exposures (+/-2,0), ISO 100 f/5.6, editing it in On1 Photo RAW. . As far as edits go, while it may not look it, I only did a couple things after doing the HDR Mapping - I added some dynamic contrast, a sunshine glow and a custom LUT I've been working on ... and starting to really dig. . @MCOperaHouse @SouthernPoconos @Visit_PA @VisitJimThorpe @VisitJimThorpePA @TownOfJimThorpe @DiscoverNEPA @PoconoTourism @On1Photo @SonyAlphaGallery @VenusLaowa . #on1pics #poconomnts #ig_pennsylvania #pennsylvania_photographer #ig_nepa #justgoshoot #staycation #getlost #eclectic_shotz #kings_hdr #igersbnw #nepa #JimThorpe #paphotographer #bw_mania #bnw_planet_2019 #theworldshotz_bnw #landmarks #ig_travel #moody #Pennsylvania #monochrome #bnw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
Yesterday I went for a drive to a few local spots Yesterday I went for a drive to a few local spots I like to shoot at, including Hickory Run State Park, which has a long history in my #family back to the 1800s when Issac Gould on my father's side of the family owned a number of lumber mills in the area. I was having a rough day, as it was the 40th anniversary of my mother's passing, so I stopped at the old graveyard in the park (just across the way from the Ranger Station) to look around, think and grab a few photographs of the area. . This shot is of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gould's marker, she died in 1849 at just about 11 years old from a major flood that raged through the area. Her older sister Joanna wrote about the flood in detail which can be read here (https://tinyurl.com/JoannaGouldFlood). It is said that Lizzie haunts the area, and I have to admit some REALLY weird things happened last night when I got back down the road to my place ... but that's for another time. . #on1pics #hickoryrunstatepark #poconoshistory #graveyard #gravemarker #headstone #pennsylvania #staylocal #pennsylvaniahistory #poconomnts #ghosts #pennsylvaniaphotographer #pastateparks #padcnr #forest #hikingtrails #ig_pennsylvania #weirdshithappens #geneology . @padcnr @visit_pa @poconomts @southernpoconos @sonyalphagallery @on1photo
Sagrada Familia - Look Up! There is so much to cat Sagrada Familia - Look Up! There is so much to catch your eye in Sagrada Familia, and I never get bored looking for new things and perspectives in the Basilica. This shot is from my last trip to Barcelona with a Platypod. Tripods are not allowed, but they did not seem to have issues with using the Platypod on the floor, go figure 🙂 . @basilicasagradafamilia @sonyalphagallery @visitbarcelona @barcelona_barcelona @thisisbarcelona @topbarcelonaphoto @wonderlust.barcelona @on1photo #sagradafamilia . #kings_hdr #hdrphotography #hdr #getlost #explorer #theworldshotz #createexplore #travelphoto #travelworld #keepexploring #instapassport #igtravel #on1pics #eclectic_shotz #visitbarcelona #barcelona #spain #catalunya #barcelonaspain #ig_barcelona #catalonia #church #cathedral #gaudi #platypod
Sunset over the Poconos taken from my backyard loo Sunset over the Poconos taken from my backyard looking towards Skirmish 📸 . An older image taken with my drone and processed in On1 Photo RAW. I just love the colors of the sunset and clouds - not to mention the sun flares... It gets me in the mood to break out the drone and maybe capture some fireworks here in the Poconos this weekend! . #on1pics #poconomnts #ig_pennsylvania #pennsylvania_photographer #ig_nepa #justgoshoot #staycation #getlost #eclectic_shotz #kings_hdr #ig_drone #dronephotography #nepa #paphotographer #dronestagram #sunset #sunflare #landmarks #ig_travel #moody #Pennsylvania #forest #lightflare #horizon . @southernpoconos @visit_pa @discovernepa @discovercarbonpa @on1photo @poconotourism @djiglobal
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