When talking to friends that planned traveling to China, I found that they often struggle with figuring out mobile data plans. This is intuitive because you should take care not to get cut off by the great firewall, making most western social media and services inaccessible (Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, etc) and information on how to […]
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DIY Home Assistant Seating Detection without Soldering
In this tutorial, I quickly outline three different set-ups I tried to add seat-sensing capabilities to my Home Assistant Setup. The set ups don’t require soldering, do not require inverting states in HA, and cover both Zigbee and Wifi Connections. I tried three different boards and pressure sensors and recommend one of the boards and […]
A Setup Guide for the Best eSIM in Cambodia: CellCard.
While mobile data is crucial for every trip in South East Asia, finding the best eSIM can be hard. Especially for Cambodia, which is not included in many regional data plans and outrageously expensive in common providers such as Revolut, Klook or BNE-Sim (1 GB ~ $6). CellCard is a local provider that is easy […]
Docker and DB WiFi Hotspots
TL;DR: Are you riding trains in Germany (brought to you by DB) and having trouble to connect to their WiFi Hotspot? Try uninstalling docker. I am recently riding the train a lot. In particular, I was riding the ICE type of train by Deutsche Bahn (DB). In theory, these trains feature WI-Fi hotspots, but I […]