Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (6): Weight & Health Tracking via Withings Smart Scale Integration

By | June 17, 2026
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Goal: Sync health parameters like body weight, goals, and battery metrics from Withings Smart Body Analyzer scale using OAuth2 authentication. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (6): Weight & Health… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (5): Toyota Telematics & Connected Car Integration

By | June 16, 2026
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Goal: Connect to Toyota’s connected services API to retrieve vehicle parameters (odometer, fuel, locks) inside Home Assistant. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts act as a programmatic… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (5): Toyota Telematics &… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (4): Integrating HVAC Climate Systems with Daikin Onecta

By | June 15, 2026
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Goal: Explain how to install HACS inside Docker and complete the OAuth 2.0 developer authentication flow with Daikin’s European cloud. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (4): Integrating HVAC Climate… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (3): EdgeMAX Infrastructure Status Monitoring via UISP Cloud API

By | June 15, 2026
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Goal: Leverage the UISP API from your EdgeMAX controller to monitor hardware health (CPU load, RAM usage, System Temperatures, and System Uptime) for routers and switches. Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (3): EdgeMAX Infrastructure Status… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (2): Interfacing with the UniFi Site Manager Cloud API

By | June 11, 2026
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Goal: Query Ubiquiti’s cloud portal (unifi.ui.com) using custom API keys to track remote WAN status and local IP addresses of UniFi Express (UX) gateways. Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern smart homes. Beyond convenience for terminal users, these CLI scripts act as… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (2): Interfacing with the… »

Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (1): Running Home Assistant Core in Docker & Creating a CLI Bridge

By | June 11, 2026
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Goal: Run Home Assistant Core locally via Docker in host network mode (crucial for local smart home mDNS auto-discovery) and create a script to read sensor states from the terminal. Why CLI Scripts? (Agentic AI Observability) Before jumping into the script code, it is important to understand why command-line scripts are extremely useful for modern… Read More: Home Assistant & Smart Infrastructure Setup (1): Running Home Assistant… »

Jboss 7.4: ARJUNA016037 warning and how to clean up, old, crashed two-phase commit (XA) transaction involving ActiveMQ Artemis

By | May 18, 2026
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That ARJUNA016037 warning means JBoss/WildFly’s transaction manager (Arjuna/Narayana) is trying to clean up an old, crashed two-phase commit (XA) transaction involving ActiveMQ Artemis. Because Artemis isn’t starting, the transaction manager can’t find the message broker (java:/JmsXA) to ask it if the transaction was ever completed. This has created a deadlock or a blocking loop during… Read More: Jboss 7.4: ARJUNA016037 warning and how to clean up, old,… »

Fedora Linux: Digitizing my CD collection

By | May 18, 2026
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On Fedora, the most powerful and accurate tool for this task is Whipper. It is a Python-based CD ripper that prioritizes accuracy over speed and uses the AccurateRip database to verify your files bit-for-bit. 1. Install Whipper Fedora includes whipper in its official repositories. Open your terminal and run: Bash 2. Drive Calibration (One-Time Setup)… Read More: Fedora Linux: Digitizing my CD collection »

The Silicon Sink: Are We Automating Our Way into Universe 25?The Silicon Sink

By | May 18, 2026
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The obsession with eliminating friction in technology may lead to societal apathy, akin to the behavioral sink observed in Calhoun’s mouse experiment. As AI handles cognitive tasks, human creativity may dwindle, causing a feedback loop that undermines AI’s effectiveness. Instead, a balance of struggle and challenge is essential for both human engagement and AI sustainability.

Determine the size of all the tables in a Oracle database schema

By | February 19, 2026
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Finding the size of tables in Oracle can be a bit more nuanced than in other databases because Oracle manages space through segments. To get an accurate picture, you generally want to look at the USER_SEGMENTS view (for your own schema) or DBA_SEGMENTS (if you have administrative privileges and want to see someone else’s schema).… Read More: Determine the size of all the tables in a Oracle… »