This morning, Belkin announced that they are pulling the plug on their Wemo home automation ecosystem and shutting down the app, cloud, and devices as of January 31, 2026. This is seriously bad news for those of us who bought Wemo smart switches and other devices, since they will cease to function on that date. But there is hope: Most Wemo devices can be connected to Apple’s HomeKit before the shutdown date and will continue to function afterwards! Here’s how to keep your Belkin Wemo devices from becoming e-waste.
Home Assistant
How to Monitor Linux Server Stats in Home Assistant
I’ve been using Home Assistant to show system metrics. This blog post shows how to monitor Linux servers over MQTT using Home Assistant dashboards.
How To Connect Everything From Everywhere with ZeroTier
If you’re like me, you have a lot of different systems running in different places: at work, at home, in the lab, and in the cloud. And if you’re like me you’ve often struggled to connect and access these machines, especially when you’re on the road. At long last, I have a fully functional solution that lets me access everything from everywhere, securely and efficiently, whether on the open internet or behind NAT after NAT. The solution is ZeroTier!
Liberate Wi-Fi Smart Bulbs and Switches with Tasmota!
I’m a fan of home automation but not of proprietary platforms. It seems like every few months we hear about another automation platform shutting down just as a new one pops up. My rule for IoT and Home Automation is that it must be a well-supported platform with good open source support or I’m not interested. So the first thing I did when cracking open a package of smart lightbulbs from Costco was to “liberate” them to run Tasmota!
