Docker SSH with Benefits: Interactive Updates on Login Keeping servers tidy usually means running a few routine tasks: system updates, container refreshes, and the occasional cleanup. But instead of manually typing the same commands every time you SSH in, why not make your server ask you what you want to do? This post walks through how I added
Linux Neofetch | All This Effort Just to Impress Myself Over SSH I've messed around with Neofetch before, but recently I decided to give it another proper go. If you’re not familiar, Neofetch is a lightweight command-line system info tool that spits out all the juicy details about your computer, usually right next to your operating system’s logo
Home Assistant Home Assistant | honeycomb-menu Greetings all! In this post, I’m exploring a really useful card I’ve been experimenting with lately called 'honeycomb-menu'. I originally installed it through HACS some time ago, but initially had trouble getting it to work properly. After revisiting it and doing a bit of trial and
Raspberry Pi And Several Years Later ... The 'Label Print Portal' ... Huzzah Hello there and welcome to another long and overdue post by your one and only SWAKES. So what's in store for todays post? Well going back several years ago, I started on a project (like many others) to build a 'Label Print Portal' with the aim
Home Assistant Adding a Little 'IoT' to a 80's Sci-Fi Themed Party I was tasked by my friend to assist in organizing a bunch of interactive elements for an 80's Sci-Fi themed birthday party he recently hosted, ensuring that there were engaging elements distributed throughout the house for all the guests to enjoy. Luckily, he had already established a Home
ESP8266 PixMob IR LED Wristband Another one of those pointless projects but do you know what … I'm a sucker for anything with a LED. This time it involves a 'PixMob IR LED Wristband' which I manage to procure recently at Coldplay gig up in Manchester (UK). These are handed out to
Home Assistant Home Assistant - Notifications - An Alarm for an Alarm Greetings all and welcome back to a long overdue post on MAKES.swakes! It happened again like with most of the elements I design or build within Home Assistant, I ended up down a rabbit hole. This time it was delving into the realm of notifications. Two types of notifications
Gaming Xbox Original Softmod and Hard Drive Upgrade Recently dabbled with an original Xbox and managed to softmod it using Rocky5 as well as upgrading to a 500GB SATA harddrive. I was tempted to knock up a blog post on the build however you can find everything you need in this handy YouTube video. View this post on
Halo Halo Infinite | Videos Halo Infinite video clips of gameplay on Xbox (Series S) by your boy SWAKEFIZZLE
Back at it again ... Now MAKES.swakes.co.uk Welcome there and welcome to the new blog site, MAKES.swakes.co.uk! If you've followed or seen my previous antics, you may have visited one of my old sites, whether that was blog.swakes.co.uk or hmas.swakes.co.uk. Originally, I started off with blog.
