(This is part 1 of my home automation blog series. See the automation category for the whole set) Okay, okay, I said I’d blog more frequently and now it’s been over a year. Yikes, sorry, and other generic excuses. However, I do have a more exciting line of blog articles coming up! You see, I’ve been getting into home automation… I’ve been looking into open source approaches to home automation, and to some of the tooling that can be used to handle parts of the house infrastructure.