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Using WeeWX for Home Automation

May 24, 2018January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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Weather Underground is Dead to Me I have been running a Personal Weather Station (PWS) for a number of years. Since the start, I have provided data to Weather Underground (WU) for free, with the common understanding that we PWS owners who provide the data would have API access to…
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The Hubitat Journey Continues – WebCoRE

May 4, 2018January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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The continuing saga of Local Processing - WebCoRE  In my post yesterday I described the initial migration steps from SmartThings' (ST) cloud based home automation to Hubitat's local processing solution. I am extremely impressed with the speed of Hubitat Elevation's (HE) automations, and the depth of integrations they already provide, and…
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Migrating from SmartThings to Hubitat

May 3, 2018January 22, 2020 by John P. Hoke
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All Politics (and Automation) is Local As I have written about previously, I've been working on a smart home / automation solution in my house for about 12-18 months now. My initial buildout was heavily based on the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem, which at the time was probably the best available…
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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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Full Moon over the Poconos I took this shot earlie Full Moon over the Poconos I took this shot earlier in January testing out my new @sonyalpha 200-600mm G OSS lens on the #A7Rii body. First off .. it was WAY too cold and more coffee was a necessity. Secondly, i F'ing love this #lens . Crazy sharp at its full range and open as far as it would go f/6.3.This is a cropped version of a three bracket #HDR 600mm, ISO 100, f/6.3 and merged using @on1photo with very little work in post - a bit of dynamic contrast and cleaning up sensor dust... yeah its time for a cleaning.Edit - I really hate how IG sometimes steps all over images with it's compression 😥 . . #on1pics #meandmymanfrotto #ig_pennsylvania #justgoshoot #pennsylvaniaphotographer #ig_great_pics #eclectic_shotz #moonscape #fullmoon #moonpics #ig_moon #nightphotography #weownthenight #astrophotography #astro_photography #ig_nightphotography #kings_hdr #shootforthemoon
Another image taken of St. Peter's on my business Another image taken of St. Peter's on my business trip to Rome, Italy and The Vatican ... I could have filled all of my SDCards on this day if only I had more time! . . #on1pics #sonyalphagallery #travelpicsdaily #instatravel #travelgram #wanderlust #thattravelblog #lonelyplanet #BBCTravel #justgoshoot #aChurchaDay #rome #vaticancity #vatican #saintpetersbasilica #hdr #kings_hdr #eclectic_shotz @venuslaowa @on1photo @wanderlust @visitromeofficial @vaticanpatrons @italiait @sonyalpha @st.petersbasilica @skylum_global
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
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
Home Sweet Homicide ? . More older shots from a tr Home Sweet Homicide ? . More older shots from a trip to Australia about five years ago. This was in a museum somewhere in Sydney - I forget where - but I love the image and decided it was time to play with it. . This was shot with a Nikon D610 and a 24-85mm lens (29mm) at f/3.8 and ISO 1600 and completely worked on in @on1photo RAW . #todaysmood #selfportrait #selfie #on1pics #sydney #ig_sydney #australia #ig_australia #justgoshoot #tavelshotz #getlost #eclectic_shotz #igersbnw #nepa #downunder #bw_mania #bnw_planet_2019 #theworldshotz_bnw #landmarks #ig_travel #moody #skeleton #homesweethome #homesweethomicide #monochrome #bnw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #nikon #blackandwhiteisworththefight
Lisbon Busker and his Dog . Nothing like walking a Lisbon Busker and his Dog . Nothing like walking around Lisbon in the spring and enjoying the sights with your camera. This guy was playing at the Praça do Comércio with his dog holding the McDonald's coffee cup for a tip jar. . @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
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