Python Nerdery: Audio RSTP AI Listener

November 29, 2024
Python Nerdery: Audio RSTP AI Listener
Today's python experiment came after hearing an explosion outside. We never identified what it was, but it led me to be curious if I could create an AI listener to the camera. Long story short, python with numpy, pandas and tensorflow are all you need to read the audio from…

Logitech MX Mechanical Mini & Master 3S

November 23, 2024
Logitech MX Mechanical Mini & Master 3S
I am a bit of a keyboard nerd. Earlier this year when I did my Marie Kondo impression and decluttered my computer junk, I had several keyboards I sold. I was in the market for a new main keyboard now that I keep a PC in the living room and…

Outdoor Temperature Sensors for Home Assistant

November 11, 2024
Outdoor Temperature Sensors for Home Assistant
Recently, I have had a few things I want to monitor temperature of with Home Assistant. The chicken coop needs one for Kim's peace of mind. She likes to know when it's cold so she can turn the heater on. There is also a absolute floor where we would bring…

Python Nerdery: Data Scraping for Home Assistant

November 2, 2024
Python Nerdery: Data Scraping for Home Assistant
One thing I want to monitor in Home Assistant isn't supported in any traditional way. I want to know how much propane our generator has, and I only have a local provider website to work with. Enter Python to load a browser, log me in, grab the data and send…

Change Position to Change Perspective?

October 31, 2024
Change Position to Change Perspective?
I recently decided to move a PC I wasn't using much into our living room. I had been using a laptop stand to work on my Macbook Pro, but it wasn't remotely ergonomic and I felt it. I had a desk I wasn't using in storage. All I really needed…

Python Nerdery: The Casual Bird Report

October 23, 2024
Python Nerdery: The Casual Bird Report
I have a HaikuBox listening to bird calls near my house. This morning's coffee tinker is collecting visit data from the API, passing it to Ollama with a custom prompt and outputting a casual PDF report I can read. import requests from datetime import date import json import re from…

Ollama Notes Chat Tool

October 22, 2024
Ollama Notes Chat Tool
I've recently switched to Obsidian Notes and wanted a way to integrate my notes into my Open WebUI implantation of Ollama. I came up with a little integration on Github if you would like to play with it. It's working great now, but I got some hilarious results getting there.…

Information Management Update

October 21, 2024
Information Management Update
Several of my goal breaks were oriented towards sorting out my tools and processes: My note taking had become splintered between OneNote, Apple Notes and many text files. I need a single source and it needs to be something that isn't difficult to integrate with other systems. Tasks were mostly…