Rooting the WINK Hub with Windows

I do have a Linux machine in the house but that is on a Pi running as a squeezelite client for my house music collection. So looking at the instructions on the web I have translated them for use in Windows. Of course I have use PowerShell! The only addition I have is I use Kitty as a SSH client. This uses the approach @ http://www.dinnovative.com/?p=348 Open up the box and plug in the WINK unit. Continue reading

Integrating ISY into OpenHAB

I am in the process of setting up OpenHAB for the extra functionality in my house. I have the ISY unit setup as the core brains for switches and scenes. All the other magic is in OpenHAB so if OpenHAB goes down the main functions of the house work. I wanted to get the OpenHAB system to be able to get the status from the ISY unit and also changes states. Continue reading

Dealing with Internet Explorer ‘Continue to this website’ option missing

Found the work around here: http://blog.oracle48.nl/internet-explorer-10-continue-to-this-website-option-missing/ To skip all the text on this page to the command one needs to unblock this restriction and for example set the minimum key length to 512; run the following in a elevated command line (cmd.exe ‘run-as-administrator’): `certutil -setreg chain\minRSAPubKeyBitLength 512 Now the “Continue to this website (not recommended).” is back If you want to revert this change and go back to the default of an 1024 bit key minimum, run: Continue reading

Home automation with ISY and PowerShell

I am playing with ISY and automation in my home, looking at the universal devices page today I found the API for working with the unit. Turning to trusty PowerShell I came up with the following code to enable you to start interacting with the unit remotely. Ill look at a proper module at some point in the future but this increases the possibilities of the unit! [code] function Invoke-IsyRestMethod { param ( $RestPath ) $isyEndPoint = “http://192. Continue reading

Minecraft Mod Idea #284

It would be nice to have items sorted in chests, I have set it up with pipes before but as I am playing in Hexxit at the moment, I want a more ‘magical’ way for this to happen. What I am thinking is that you have a master chest and slave chests. The master chest is linked to the slave chests and the slave chests have the id/name of the items it automagically gets when they are put in the master chest. Continue reading

Two-Factor Authentication and your Microsoft Account

I have just moved to Two-Factor authentication, there was a bit of work to get everything signed in again but the additional security is worth it. I use my Microsoft account as a central hub for everything, it is on all my PCs at home and work, I have a WP8 that I log into with it, I use it to log into Skype. Basically if someone takes it you have access to everything I have. Continue reading

Playing Gnomoria

Harder than first thought. My stream shows my bad attempt of learning Gnomoria without looking at the help or wiki. That said once I had started wrapping my head around it I started enjoying playing Gnomoria more. You can pick it up on Steam as it is on sale at the moment. Steam Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/ Wiki (Recommended): http://www.gnomoriawiki.com/