Button+ and Home Assistant, now what?

Button+ is a great option to control your home automation, but also a challenging one. You need to have some technical knowledge to get the most out of it. In this tutorial I'll explain how to configure your setup to be self supporting without the use of a public broker. All based on a locally run Home Assistant server.

Design

Redesign Flightlog

It has been three years since we last redesigned Flightlog. The application is still solid, but the introducing website could use a refresh. So here it is our design concept for the 7th iteration of Flightlog.

Software

Run Elgato Stream Deck as administrator in Windows 10

I love my Elgato Stream Deck, I use it for photo- and audio editing, and also for coding with Visual Studio. This is where the trouble starts. As I need to run Visual Studio 2019 with Admin privileges, to give IISExpress access to port 80, I discovered Stream Deck was not translating the key actions. The solution is not that easy as selecting a checkbox in for instance a desktop shortcut. In this article I describe the actions needed to fix the issue.

Music

Selections Vinyl Classics

My first house classic mix, release in 2013, was a big succes. So a sequel was long overdue. 7 years later my new classic mix Vinyl Classics is released. As you might expect, all classics digitally recorded from vinyl. This time music by the likes of: Pancake, Remy & Sven, Dimitri and Jaimy, 2 Guys, Transformer 2, René et Gaston, G.O.D. Format #1, Warp 69 and many more.

Software

Skylark Clock

The QlockTwo is a beautiful, but very expensive design idea by Biegert & Funk. The ideal behind the clock is not that hard. Put all possible text variations in a square of “random” letters to display the actual time. This hobby project started with the idea that it should not be that difficult to create as a browser based clock or screensaver.

Media

Introducing KLMs first Dreamliner

As part of KLM’s fleet renewal program, its first Boeing 787-9 touched down at it’s home base Amsterdam Schiphol in The Netherlands on November 14, 2015. Just a week later, on Sunday 22, we were able to fly the first ever passenger flight. 21 Dreamliners -9 and -10 will join the KLM in the coming years.

Media

Japan Self Defense Force E-book

Japan Self Defense Force, Air Components if a coffee table photo book covering the air components of the Japanese Defense Force. 78 pages with 52 full spread photo’s, with stunning photo’s of the F-15, F-4, F-2, YS-11, C-1, OH-1, US-1 and many, many more.

All categories

Stories