Articles tagged with hardware

  1. Aqara T2 RGB smart lightbulb and Home Assistant

    My second Lifx bulb (model A60) had some power stability issues after five years of use, so it was time to say goodbye. Unfortunately, Lifx was bought out and completely withdrawn from the European market. You can only find them in the US, Canada, and Australia.

    I accidentally discovered bulbs from Aqara, a company that makes a bunch of other useful devices for smart homes (I have their thermostatic valve …

  2. Replacement ear-pads for Bluetooth Creative Sound Blaster JAM headset

    Creative Sound Blaster JAM is a very price-friendly Bluetooth headset for home use. I use it for occasional TV watching on PC without interfering the others, and sometimes with my cellphone (the headset has a NFC tag for quick pairing) for music listening e.g. during cooking.

    Most of the time it hangs on the back of the display pivot. I turn the display around a lot so it eventually …

  3. One Year with Amazon Kindle

    About a year ago I finaly purchased my first Kindle 3 Wifi (later renamed to Kindle Keyboard Wifi). In these days new VAT limit for purchases out of EU was starting to be applied. But I ordered it in time before the final price raised by 20%. UPS delivered the package from US quicker than Czech Post Office is even able to deliver letter from one part of Prague to …