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Setting up a cheap home server using Raspberry Pi
Setting up a cheap home server using Raspberry Pi

A Raspberry Pi home server offers a low-cost, high-flexibility solution for everything from ad-blocking to home automation. Here’s how you can set one up with ease.

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Improvements to my "Internet of Things" mouse trap
Improvements to my "Internet of Things" mouse trap

This is a follow-up for my personal project on the humane mouse trap that notifies my phone via Home Assistant when the trap door is triggered.

I had feedback from fellow IoT enthusiasts that I could improve my design and I wanted to tidy up the circuitry a little. It looking a bit temporary with so …

Making a smart "Internet of Things" mouse trap
Making a smart "Internet of Things" mouse trap

Owning cats comes with its perks, but sometimes they bring home rodents and sometimes they let them go in your house! We bought humane mouse traps to try to catch the mice that were left roaming the house. These are actually surprisingly nice build quality, but they come with one big downside. If …