Casey Liss

But I think for me, that's most everything. Marco, I feel like you haven't had a chance to offer any unique suggestions. You've certainly had commentary about ours. Anything you can add?

But I think for me, that's most everything. Marco, I feel like you haven't had a chance to offer any unique suggestions. You've certainly had commentary about ours. Anything you can add?

Yeah, right.

Yeah, right.

So I alluded to a little bit of home automation talk earlier.

So I alluded to a little bit of home automation talk earlier.

There's been a monumental occurrence in Liz's household, which literally nobody in the household is even aware of other than me. But this is how it goes. So to recap, we talked, and I believe it was on episode 376, which we'll put a link in the show notes.

There's been a monumental occurrence in Liz's household, which literally nobody in the household is even aware of other than me. But this is how it goes. So to recap, we talked, and I believe it was on episode 376, which we'll put a link in the show notes.

We talked a couple years ago, one of my pandemic projects, as especially nerds would want to do, was to make the most cockamamie and ridiculous Rube Goldberg scenario for alerting myself if the garage door was open. We have a smart garage door opener, like the physical machine that opens and closes the garage door, but it doesn't work with HomeKit. It will never work with HomeKit, and

We talked a couple years ago, one of my pandemic projects, as especially nerds would want to do, was to make the most cockamamie and ridiculous Rube Goldberg scenario for alerting myself if the garage door was open. We have a smart garage door opener, like the physical machine that opens and closes the garage door, but it doesn't work with HomeKit. It will never work with HomeKit, and

I could get the like my queue thing, but I had one and it was all right. And then it got better for a while. Then they like took away home kit access or something like that. I forget the details. It doesn't really matter, but I needed a project anyway.

I could get the like my queue thing, but I had one and it was all right. And then it got better for a while. Then they like took away home kit access or something like that. I forget the details. It doesn't really matter, but I needed a project anyway.

And so what I had done was I got a couple of Raspberry Pi zeros, which at the time were the cheapest and most underpowered Raspberry Pis that existed. I think they have things that are closer to an Arduino now, but either way at the time in like 2020, yeah, They were the cheapest I could get. They were like 10 or 15 bucks, I think, each.

And so what I had done was I got a couple of Raspberry Pi zeros, which at the time were the cheapest and most underpowered Raspberry Pis that existed. I think they have things that are closer to an Arduino now, but either way at the time in like 2020, yeah, They were the cheapest I could get. They were like 10 or 15 bucks, I think, each.

I got zero WHs, which is to say zeros that had Wi-Fi capability. There's the W and the H meant that they had the GPIO, basically the IO pin soldered on. Because by default, a Raspberry Pi Zero doesn't have any of the pins to connect to other stuff. And I had one literally sitting on top of the garage door opener.

I got zero WHs, which is to say zeros that had Wi-Fi capability. There's the W and the H meant that they had the GPIO, basically the IO pin soldered on. Because by default, a Raspberry Pi Zero doesn't have any of the pins to connect to other stuff. And I had one literally sitting on top of the garage door opener.

with a contact switch running up to the top of the garage, and it would use that contact switch, hooked to one of these aforementioned GPIO pins, to figure out whether or not the garage door was open.

with a contact switch running up to the top of the garage, and it would use that contact switch, hooked to one of these aforementioned GPIO pins, to figure out whether or not the garage door was open.

And when it was opened or closed, either way, it would periodically broadcast a UDP packet on the network saying to anyone who wanted to listen, the garage is open, the garage is open, the garage is open, or whatever the case may be. And then I had another Pi Zero WH up in the bedroom, hooked up to an LED.

And when it was opened or closed, either way, it would periodically broadcast a UDP packet on the network saying to anyone who wanted to listen, the garage is open, the garage is open, the garage is open, or whatever the case may be. And then I had another Pi Zero WH up in the bedroom, hooked up to an LED.