Author: Thejesh GN

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Weekly Notes 35/2023

I am slowly getting back to work. Work folks have been very nice and accommodating. Slowly, we are getting used to the new human being in our lives. It’s been a joy.

UPS setup with Synology and Home Assistant using NUT 1

Using UPS with Synology and Home Assistant using NUT

I have an old APC UPS. It’s Back-UPS Pro 1000. It’s a decent UPS with all the functionalities that I want, except for the fact that it still takes lead-acid batteries. I recently connected it to my Home Assistant using Synology and NUT. This setup enables me to monitor the power, send alerts, and take action.

Screenshot of baby buddy desktop. Credit : BabyBuddy Project 3

Tracking Babies using Baby Buddy

It is tough to keep track of newborns’ daily routines, mainly because you are generally busy performing those tasks rather than making a note of them. Even then, I have seen people keeping diaries. That can happen only because of lots of dedication and hard work. I wanted to make it easy for us.

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Weekly Notes 34/2023

It’s been a busy week as parents for us. I didn’t do much work other than attending a couple of meetings. I took some time to build a baby gym for Uma. The build itself took a couple of hours. It would have been much easier and faster if I had a proper woodworking table....

Bring them all together 1

Building Baby Gym

Table of Contents1 Idea and Materials1.1 Raw materials1.2 Tools2 Legs3 Central beam4 Assembly The idea was to build a baby gym, which is adjustable in height and gives us the flexibility to disassemble and carry easily. There are many products available in the market. But I wanted to build one. Hence, the build....