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Home Gadget Geeks

by Jim Collison

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Home Assistant AI Automation, Tesla FSD and Energy Monitoring with Phil Hawthorne – HGG691

October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

Phil Hawthorne joins me to talk Home Assistant AI automation, the upcoming 2026.10 release, Tesla Full Self-Driving, smarter energy monitoring, climate zones and a 3D-printed presence-sensor planter. We also discover why my Home Assistant…
Tesla, Home Assistant, ESPHome and Smarter Automation with Gavin Campbell – HGG690

September 26, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

Gavin Campbell is back, and this one turns into a tour of what happens when Home Assistant stops being a dashboard and starts becoming the operating system for the house. We talk through Gavin’s first Tesla, garage-door automation, water…
POC Radios for Kids, Off-Site Backups, Remote Gaming and Frigate 0.18 with Mike Wieger – HGG689

September 19, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

Do kids need a full smartphone just to stay in touch? Mike Wieger joins me for HGG689 with a different answer: push-to-talk-over-cellular radios built around simple family communication. We also dig into practical off-site backups with…
Concert Photography Gear, Backup Strategy and AI Editing with Jay Franze – HGG688

September 5, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

Jay Franze joins HGG688 to discuss concert photography gear, Nikon cameras, RAW workflows, redundant backups, AI photo editing, mastering and spatial audio.
Pixel Lights, Robot Mowers, Maslow CNC and Home Automation – HGG687

August 29, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

Seth Johnson from HomeTech.fm joins Jim Collison to talk about programmable pixel lights, holiday displays and the hardware behind thousands of individually addressable LEDs. They cover HolidayCoro, QuinLED, WLED, Xlights, Home Assistant…

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Phil Hawthorne on Smarter Home Assistant Automations, ESPHome, E-Ink and AI – HGG686

July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min

Phil Hawthorne joins Jim to explore Home Assistant Blueprints, area-based automations, ESPHome Bluetooth proxies, e-ink dashboards, AI integration and the Open Home Foundation.
T.J. Huddleston on Smart Gardens, Solar-Powered Sheds and Home Assistant AI – HGG685

July 25, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

T.J. Huddleston joins me to talk pollinator gardens, smart irrigation, a solar-powered shed, and using Hermes to build safer Home Assistant tools.
Christian Johnson on Passkeys, Self-Hosted Bitwarden and Guardrails for AI Agents – HGG684

July 18, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

Christian Johnson joins Jim Collison for Home Gadget Geeks 684 to talk about passkeys, Bitwarden, Vaultwarden, managed container hosting through Maple Grove Partners and the guardrails needed when AI agents begin doing real operational…
LEPRO Lights Revisited, DIY Storm Guard and Safer AI Agents – HGG683

July 11, 2026 · 58 min

Jim revisits the LEPRO permanent outdoor lights after six months, then walks through two OpenClaw projects in depth: a DIY Home Assistant Storm Guard for EcoFlow and BLUETTI batteries — tested during a real severe-weather event — and an…
Ring 4K Cameras, Robot Mowers, Coffee Gear and Travel Tech with Erin Lawrence – HGG682

July 5, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

Erin Lawrence joins HGG682 to compare Ring 4K cameras, robot mowers, coffee gear, travel cameras, smart lighting and review workflows.
AI at Work, Fiber at Home and Mountain E-Bikes with Mike Wieger – HGG681

June 20, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

Mike Wieger joins me for HGG681 — AI at work in a regulated M&A environment, OpenClaw and Hermes at home, new fiber internet, mountain e-bikes, and a real update on MeshCore and Meshtastic in the Omaha/Lincoln mesh community.
OpenClaw vs Hermes: AI Agents for Home Assistant with Gavin Campbell – HGG680

June 5, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

Jim Collison and Gavin Campbell compare OpenClaw, Hermes, Home Assistant agents, local LLMs, Docker isolation, and safe approval workflows for home-lab automation.