Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 2/9/2023
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 2/9/2023
Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
There's a tui flapping around outside making his presence known with whirring wings and landing on things with a thump. The other day there was a kereru sitting in / crushing the spindly kowhai tree by my driveway (that tree is not mighty enough for that bird). So I guess spring is here.
I have two knee-high kowhai. Are you saying that having them might entice a kereru to visit? I don't care if I have to wait a decade, it'll be worth the wait!
Yep, in spring Kereru feed on them.
It was a great day to be on the water, especially in Wellington. Photo taken on Ward island, we did a trip to Somes and Ward from Seatoun.
The SO was offered a spot on a fishing trip so he's just left and I'm up and awake way too freakin' early. But I have coffee and heat pump and no plans so... win?
What's everyone's plans for today? (I may shamelessly steal good ideas)
I'm recovering from the lurgie (should really take a RAT), so I've got nothing but I've been re-reading the enders game series - it's a lot more emotional than I remembered!
Using one of my free power days, so I'm going to powerwash everything. Driveway, soffits, walls, paving, deck, the works. Do all the washing and tumble dry whatever can't fit on the wash line. Do all the, cooking, and probably leave all the lights on for good measure. Pity it's not a free water day.
Don't forget the before/after pics for tomorrow's thread!
In continuing yesterday's theme, does anyone have a suggestion for a Home Assistant/zigbee compatible smart plug that defaults to on?
If I plug something in to a smart plug, then someone else switches it off at the wall then on again, it's really not ok that when they switch it on it no longer provides power until I pull up home assistant and turn it on again.
Having it remember it's state might be better. But I'm not keen on it not working if it can't connect to home assistant.
I believe the Phillips Hue smart plugs default to on when power is restored or you can set it to remember it's state. They're pricey though and They don't have many features either for power monitoring etc. There aren't really any other options for zigbee smart plugs here. Otherwise you'll have to roll the dice with aliexpress ones which almost certainly won't be certified for our electrical regulations.
IIRC you can get them to work with other zigbee dongles without the hue bridge with Zigbee2MQTT or others, but I never got around to trying it out.
How about this one? Says it has energy meter, but not sure if it does what I want. Might buy one to test, though.
Do you know if I can use it with Home Assistant?