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A smart thermostat was one of the first connected devices I purchased when I started building our smart home. I wanted automatic presence detection so the thermostat could set an away mode when we leave and "we're home" mode without us having to do anything. Never mind the fact that Rachelle and I both work from home and are both homebodies. On the rare occasion that we're both away from home, the house knows it, automatically! ;)
Throughout the year, I'd find myself fiddling with the set points…
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I came across this toot from Tantek yesterday (August 1st). I'd just published my July recap and been feeling quite neglectful of the blog this year. I've started cleaning up my Obsidian space and now have a folder of drafts and half-arsed, half-finished posts. There are about 27 posts in there, so I started to put that together with the Blaugust call to action, and now I'm thinking - yes, let's aim for 31 posts in a month.
So let's jump into a post on my thoughts on August itself. It's cold. As…