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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....

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Building Baby Gym

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. Idea and Materials I looked at Pinterest for design ideas. I took some...

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Portable PoIs across Apps

Today, many apps across platforms (web, android, ios, car) use location (lat,lng) or address as the starting point. But there is no single source of truth for my PoIs shared across various apps. For example, I need to store “HOME” on Google Maps, Uber, Ola, and other apps. If you shift, then you will have to update everywhere. There is no way to sync.