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Pixel Lights, Robot Mowers, Maslow CNC and Home Automation – HGG687
Seth Johnson from HomeTech.fm joins Jim Collison to talk about programmable pixel lights, holiday displays and the hardware behind thousands of indiv…
19 hours ago
Phil Hawthorne on Smarter Home Assistant Automations, ESPHome, E-Ink and AI – HGG686
Phil Hawthorne joins Jim to explore Home Assistant Blueprints, area-based automations, ESPHome Bluetooth proxies, e-ink dashboards, AI integration an…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
T.J. Huddleston on Smart Gardens, Solar-Powered Sheds and Home Assistant AI – HGG685
T.J. Huddleston joins me to talk pollinator gardens, smart irrigation, a solar-powered shed, and using Hermes to build safer Home Assistant tools.
1 month ago
Christian Johnson on Passkeys, Self-Hosted Bitwarden and Guardrails for AI Agents – HGG684
Christian Johnson joins Jim Collison for Home Gadget Geeks 684 to talk about passkeys, Bitwarden, Vaultwarden, managed container hosting through Mapl…
1 month, 1 week ago
LEPRO Lights Revisited, DIY Storm Guard and Safer AI Agents – HGG683
Jim revisits the LEPRO permanent outdoor lights after six months, then walks through two OpenClaw projects in depth: a DIY Home Assistant Storm Guard…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ring 4K Cameras, Robot Mowers, Coffee Gear and Travel Tech with Erin Lawrence – HGG682
Erin Lawrence joins HGG682 to compare Ring 4K cameras, robot mowers, coffee gear, travel cameras, smart lighting and review workflows.
1 month, 3 weeks ago
AI at Work, Fiber at Home and Mountain E-Bikes with Mike Wieger – HGG681
Mike Wieger joins me for HGG681 — AI at work in a regulated M&A environment, OpenClaw and Hermes at home, new fiber internet, mountain e-bikes, and a…
2 months, 1 week ago
OpenClaw vs Hermes: AI Agents for Home Assistant with Gavin Campbell – HGG680
Jim Collison and Gavin Campbell compare OpenClaw, Hermes, Home Assistant agents, local LLMs, Docker isolation, and safe approval workflows for home-l…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
AI in Managed Services, RingConn Health Tracking and Smarter Cable Management – HGG679
Jim Collison and Marv Bee discuss AI in managed services, including virtual agents, automation, memory across conversations and where human experienc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Tech, BBQ, and the Blackstone Lifestyle with Mark Robson – HGG678
What happens when technology troubleshooting meets backyard cooking, meal planning, and a growing obsession with grills? This week, Mark Robson retur…
4 months ago