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Home Assistant, security cameras, Frigate, Reolink, smart lights and automations that solve problems most people didn't know they had.

Some of it makes life easier. Some of it gives me another thing to troubleshoot.

Either way, I apparently enjoy it.

Not everything I write about technology involves building a server.

This is where you'll find apps, internet services, networking, Canadian alternatives and the other technology I use or find interesting.

Budgeting, investing, saving money and trying not to make personal finance more complicated than it needs to be.

You'll find my experience with Wealthsimple, Goodbudget, investment portfolios and some of the ways I've tried to plug the financial leaks around the house.

Houses have an impressive ability to find new ways to take your money.

Around here that has meant repairs, renovations, appliances, pools, hot-water tanks, landscaping and plenty of other weekend projects.

If I had to figure out how to fix it, there's a decent chance I wrote about it afterward.

Every now and then I leave the basement.

These are our vacations, trips around Canada and, of course, trips back to Newfoundland.

Less Docker. More scenery.

Not everything around here involves technology, investing or fixing something.

There are family stories, concerts, memories, reflections and whatever else seemed interesting enough to write down at the time.

After all these years the site has become part technical reference and part diary.

I've been writing on the internet for a long time, so apparently I've developed opinions about a few things.

This is where you'll find reviews and my thoughts on technology, products, services and everyday things I've actually used.

What works, what doesn't and what I probably have too much to say about.