My goal is to help Makers of all skill levels to find the information that they need to be successful in bringing their creations and ideas to life. This site contains a blog with posting of what I worked on the previous week, what I plan to work on this week, and things that I’ve found interesting in the world of making and hacking. I may occasionally dive into other topics. I hope you find the information in the blogs interesting and would like to get your feedback. Please let me know what things you find interesting.
In addition to the blog posts, there are detailed project builds. These pages will be created and updated over time. The intent of the project pages is to provide step by step guides on how I put my projects together. Please comment if you run into any problems or find errors in the project pages.
Latest Blog Posts
PiBox and KubeSail Are No More
Unfortunately PiBox and KubeSail ended operations in September 2025. I had not used my PiBox too much, just as a scratchpad for WordPress. I decided to reflash it with Raspbian. Below are the steps that I took to reuse my PiBox. Oddly, the only post that I could find about it was at https://lemmy.world/post/38039322. I…
Home Assistant – Wi-Fi
It is recommended to use Home Assistant with a wired connection, however you may need or want to use a Wi-Fi connection. Follow these steps to setup a Wi-Fi connection within Home Assistant. Setup Wi-Fi You have successfully connected Home Assistant server to your Wi-Fi network.
Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi
I can’t believe I have not written up my Home Assistant setup. Perhaps that is a good thing as I needed to become comfortable with the setup and how to use it. I’ve been using it for nearly a year at this point. What prompted me to do a writeup now is I’m setting up…
iPad as a second PC Monitor
When I travel, I need to have a second monitor. I have a small Wisecoco monitor that I purchased from Amazon. It works well, but it is one more thing that I take with me when I travel. I had thought about turning my iPad mini into a monitor as it is about the same…
Write the Raspbian OS to an SD Card
When working with a Raspberry Pi, you will need to format an SD Card to boot the Raspberry Pi the first time. The most straight forward way to get the Raspberry Pi Operating System (OS), Raspbian, onto an SD Card is to use the Raspberry Pi Imager software. It may be downloaded by visiting https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/.…
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