Geeky Stuff

Posted by | June 14, 2020
Reading from an an AWS Dynamo Db via API

This is a fun little side project that I've wanted to do for a while.  As discussed in my article on how to ask Alex for the pool temperature (here)...

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Posted by | April 28, 2020
Project: trakt.tv Angular Front-End (with demo)

Click here to jump to the project description. Git:  https://github.com/adamcodes716/media-watched-history 6/12/2020 The demo is working here!  The data pulled back my movie and tv show watch history from trakt.tv in...

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Posted by | April 27, 2020
Angular Weather App (with demo)

Update:   I made a demo of the Personal Weather Station page here.   Git:  https://github.com/adamcodes716/media-watched-history (same code base as the Media Watched app).  As mentioned in other posts I am always...

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Posted by | April 16, 2020
Alexa, What’s the Pool Temperature?

This is one of my favorite projects because it just seems so.... unnecessary.  But cool!  And cool counts for something around here. It seems that today there is a gadget...

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Posted by | April 15, 2020
Linking Smartthings Device Handlers with Github

A Smartthings device handler is a customer handler that allows you to extend the capabilities of a smartthome device beyond what you get out of a box. For example, I...

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Posted by | January 6, 2020
HAL – the server that fuels all of this

A few years ago my employer was downsizing their data center and it became known that a server rack was going to be tossed if nobody claimed it. I thought...

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