Steve Wilson Jr

Western Honey Bee and Winter Aconite The honey bees are out and very hungry. I saw a lot of them in the woods today feasting on the Winter Aconite near the creek. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340673309

I recently added a page for Blue Charm beacons, reading TLM data via ESPHome and getting that information into Home Assistant. If anyone knows a reliable way to get battery capacity from these post a comment and let me know. Blue Charm beacons, BLE and ESPHome BLE RSSI BLE UUID Data Scanning BLE Temperature Sensor BLE Battery Sensor BLE Active Scan script Dashboard

I have Parkinson's, and it sucks. A lesser known symptom of Parkinson's is constipation. Sometimes it is due to medications taken and other times it is because of less movement due to apathy and depression. Then there is other times where it can just be the Parkinson's being a literal pain in the ass. I found myself not even realizing how long I was going between BMs and started worrying about it. I tried to find an app or some good way to track it but I couldn't find anything reliable or decent that I would stick to. I love Home Assistant, I could play with it all day long. I have dashboards for tracking batteries in different devices, air quality in the house, weather, even network performance. Everything but me. I worked in a nursing home for 13 years and I know how EMRs work. I could add a helper to track my last BM, and build from that alerts and visual reminders so I know how long it has been. Thus, the 'Poop Button' was born. If you're cur...