Mixing security brands seemed like a good idea at first. Grab the cheapest motion sensor here, a random camera there, and ...

That’s why VLANs, or virtual local area networks, are so important in a smart home (or any home, really). With a VLAN, you’re ...

In 1939, at a party in the Hollywood Hills with gay filmmakers and musicians, he was arrested. Police officers handcuffed the ...

Any home server needs a good operating system, but this was for home lab use, and I needed something more flexible. The easy ...

Smart home devices are only as useful as their ability to detect what's happening around them. I spent years just using voice ...

Freshly baked cookies, recently dried laundry, and mulled wine on the stovetop are among the best natural home scents around.

With a tree in every room and lights on every eave, holiday decorating was something I’d dread until I let my smart home do ...

Dockge is a modern Docker Compose manager that takes a much more simplified approach to running containers than Portainer. It ...

Not every 3D print is a win. These prints caused more frustration than fixes once real-world heat, weight, and daily use set in.