Tag: automation
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NFC Sticker Automation
Here’s a geeky tale for you. We have an old Bluetooth stereo in our car that does not support CarPlay, and it irritatingly connects automatically to my iPhone in the mornings before school when I start the vehicle to warm it up. This evening I successfully configured a NFC sticker (37 cents each in a…
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Smart Home Outside Christmas Lights (with Google Home)
I love having our outside Christmas lights automatically turn ON at sunset and OFF at sunrise! In this 10.5 minute video, I share how I’ve set this up at our house in North Carolina using Google Home compatible “WiFi smart plugs” and the Google Home app. Referenced Amazon products in this video include: More ways…