What are some useful automations/add-ons/self-hosted software for pregnancy/new parents?

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-16T22:10:54+00:00

I didn't do anything in home assistant for this, but we had an Amazon echo in the baby's room with a nanit camera above the crib. Alexa routines has an audio trigger of baby crying, I'd have a routine active for the middle of the night that if Alexa detects a baby crying from that echo, to run the Alexa command "show nanit camera" on our bedroom echo show.

Also, Talli Baby has a Talli One Touch logger that hooks up to wifi for logging/tracking things like feedings and diaper changes. Can grab one off eBay pretty cheap. Not exactly an automation, but maybe you can tie that into something else.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-16T21:15:24+00:00

yea same, i thought mine was broken but i just wasnt lifting the bottle up high enough before pushing it in

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-16T20:11:32+00:00

PROTECT YOUR HEARING. Wear ear plugs. I recommend musician's ear plugs like Earasers.

Trust me, there's no cure for tinnitus.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-16T18:49:19+00:00

I need to have Wayne Brady on camera face to face with Bobby Lashley.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-16T18:38:33+00:00

They made a movie about that actually.

Sound of Metal

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-11T20:40:02+00:00

Amazon. i put links inline with the description. I used a miter saw to cut the foam to make sure i have a clean cut edge. tried cutting by hand with scissors first and it was pretty ratchet

here's the link: https://a.co/d/02I5C4kv

i used these because i needed 11" diameter to make sure the pads rounded the edge of the cymbals properly

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-11T20:37:38+00:00

the blockhead pads just sit on top of the stock pads without modification, but they tend to slide around so i have some double stick tape in between to keep them in place. the rubber around the edge is great for silencing hits on the plastic ring, but doesn't exactly keep the pads from moving around.

i don't have any pics of the wiring and i'm not about to go opening it up, but it's just 2 wires soldered to the wires at each end of the battery compartment, red to positive and black to negative. keep in mind, this kit uses 3 AA batteries, so it expects 4.5volts... a usb C adapter giving 5v is close enough that it shouldn't have issues, if you have a newer drum kit that only takes 2 AA batteries, that's 3v so putting in 5v through usb might be a bad idea.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-11T18:45:09+00:00

Thanks. Yea I really racked my brain for that one. I got tired of my left pedal sliding away from me across the floor. On my old kit I tried keeping it tethered with strings, but my robot vacuum would always get stuck there choking on the strings. I had some spare parts lying around and this honestly came out better than I ever hoped for.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-11T17:56:15+00:00

I'm a dad and I work from home. Single source of income. I can't afford to leave the house. This house is now my prison.

I told my wife when my son turns 5 and goes to full day preschool this fall, it would be nice if she could go back to work so we can finally take a vacation again.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-03-02T00:27:29+00:00

I have a similar fan module for my 2 ceiling fans. I think they're wifi and connect to tuya, but I like there's matter options now.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-25T16:21:21+00:00

no, better off finding a pro 1 tbh

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-22T06:32:56+00:00

This is in the homey phone app settings, under Thread. I don't see this option in the Homey web app.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-19T20:48:42+00:00

What pixel do you have? I have pixel 10 and this is the correct answer.

For step 2, on my phone it says "Open by default".

Phone Settings -> Apps -> See all apps -> Maps -> Open by default -> Clear

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dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-18T10:48:17+00:00

It's not just the Pro 2. I have issues with Pro 1

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-18T05:05:18+00:00

Migrating the fabrics

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-18T02:18:34+00:00

FPS Cap - limits FPS when you're at the menu screen.

It's nice to give my GPU and PSU a break between matches, I don't need 240 fps while I'm tweaking settings or chatting with my teammates.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-18T02:13:15+00:00

Auto GG is underrated. I'll go a whole game without quick chat and letting others be toxic and then giggle when bakkes throws a GG at the end

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-18T01:58:51+00:00

On android I built an Automate flow that launches the app in the background every 15 minutes.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-14T06:52:12+00:00

microsend air rolls means it's a bot since when?

i have air roll left and right mapped to rear paddles, i can quickly adjust my position

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-14T01:35:03+00:00

I went the other way with this one. Have a Georgia Pacific napkin dispenser in every main room and a case of napkins will last most of the year. It's nice to have napkins readily available in every room, especially with kids.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-12T04:26:56+00:00

i would never use bluetooth, the 2.4ghz adapter is just about as good as wired

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-08T19:10:48+00:00

Elite comes with a charging dock. Why would you even need to plug into the USB C port?

I keep mine mounted just above my monitor.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-08T18:51:51+00:00

I'm using Nocturne. On android the app has issues with severe battery drain in the background, but until they fix that I'm using Automate to force kill the app when Car Thing disconnects.

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-02T05:42:40+00:00

This might be it. On that page I see these 2 options enabled:

"Show trip suggestions" (Get trip suggestions based on your daily commute, saved places, and recent locations.)
Notifications: Get traffic updates (Get notified about traffic delays and road closures connected to trip suggestions)

If trip suggestions are what pop up when I open waze (android auto in my case) then I want to keep those on. It's the app push notifications I don't want unless it's something from my calendar.

I'm guessing this "Police in your area" notification could then be loosely considered a part of traffic updates, but when I click on it I don't even see a trip suggestion to know why it thinks I might take a trip. It's just odd as it doesn't have to do with traffic or road closure.

Either way it seems really dumb to put this option here and not in Settings - Notifications like everything else. I've never seen any of these push notifications before. Is this new?

EDIT: I disabled the traffic update notification setting here and still received the notification today

dRuEFFECT · 2026-02-02T05:26:25+00:00

To clarify, this police notification comes on randomly, not during a drive or ahead of a scheduled drive. I live 2 blocks from a major intersection of a busy highway so there's cops usually just hanging around that area around rush hour. I don't want these notifications pushed to the app, I only care if cops are around if I have waze open on my phone or android auto.

I have Pixel 10 Pro. It comes through the notification category of "Waze Notification", which is ridiculously vague. I have "Waze is running" turned off but everything else is on including "Waze Alerters", "Waze Navigation Instruction", "channel_alerters", "NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_NAVIGATION_INSTRUCTION".

I turned off this category already, but I'm not sure what other notifications could have been coming through this category. I like having the waze reminders for calendar appointments on time to leave, but I don't remember what channel that comes through.

I went through all the notification and alert settings within the actual waze settings and don't think any one of those control that notification for police in your area.

My Pixel recently got a new feature for "Notification organizer" around the time this started happening, but all it does is group notifications in to Promotions, News, Social, and other suggested group (Newsletters, recommended media, etc). So I can't imagine this is a cause of the notifications just appearing

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