web01.fireside.fm Fri, 08 May 2026 19:24:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ctrl-alt-expletive - Episodes Tagged with “Smart Home” https://www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/tags/smart%20home Fri, 29 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 Join us for a laid back catch up on what's going on in the world of software, enterprise business, news for software and tech, and miscellaneous bureaucracy. en episodic Weekly catch up with Michael, Mark, and mates, about software, business, news, and brews Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy Join us for a laid back catch up on what's going on in the world of software, enterprise business, news for software and tech, and miscellaneous bureaucracy. yes technology,news,software,cloud,data,infrastructure,careers Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy mark.mccracken@ctrl-alt-expletive.com Episode 3: Home Automations, with Fredrik Alm https://www.ctrl-alt-expletive.com/3 616e5162-ea59-4141-805c-c5ea5dad9fae Fri, 29 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy 3 Home Automations, with Fredrik Alm full Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy We talk to Fredrik Alm about DevOps and Smart Home Automation 1:28:08 yes <p>We've got Fredrik Alm, Infrastructure Architect from Sweden on, to talk about Smart Home setups.</p> <ul> <li>Michael goes on mute, leading to widespread panic</li> <li>DIY Dishwasher APIs</li> <li>Everyone hates JFrog, but not as much as Mark</li> <li>We've got Jarvis at home!</li> <li>Don't touch the mirror</li> </ul> <h2>Smart Homes is our big topic</h2> <p>Do we trust Eero? Do we trust China?<br> Home experiments.<br> Having guests in your smart home.</p> <h2>Never Mind the AI-BuzzCocks</h2> <p>In the news:</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/meet-your-own-personal-ai-jesus-in-this-swiss-churchs-confessional" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Confess your sins to AI Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/GBR6pHZ68Ho?si=_jNZyOhPpXEL4D7q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mac Mini Clusters for LLMs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fancy-bear-nearest-neighbor-attack-wi-fi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fancy Bear 'Nearest Neighbour' attack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/workplace_surveillance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Big Cisco Brother is watching you</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/third_major_cyber_incident_declared/?td=rt-3a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NHS gets blasted for the 3rd time this year, they're using pen and paper</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/linkedin_ai_posts/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">LinkedInfluencers are mostly AI</a></li> <li><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/11/22/indonesia-rejects-apples-100-million-bid-to-lift-the-iphone-16-ban" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Indonesia doesn't care about the latest iPhone, just give them the money</a></li> </ol> <h2>Recommendations</h2> <p><strong>Smart Home Equipment</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b21Stl9pgig" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fred recommends this Homey system, which he can't recommend enough. "It just works, but with everything"</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.aqara-shop.co.uk/product/aqara-smart-video-doorbell-g4-black-finish/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aqara Doorbell</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Music</strong></p> <ul> <li>Even more Father John Misty: <a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mahashmashana/1762652806" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mahashmashana</a> </li> <li><a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/fade-out-lost-tracks-single/1094684419" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ghosting Season</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Blogs</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.heyitsmichael.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Michael has started a blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://mark-mccracken.medium.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mark's existing blog</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Books</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/observability-engineering/9781492076438/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Observability Engineering, by Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, George Miranda</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pmi.org/standards/program-management-fifth-edition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Standard for Program Management</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Movies</strong></p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8228288/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Platform</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27729779/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Platform 2</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069947/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520day%2520of%2520the" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Day of the Jackal, 1973</a></li> </ul> <p>Special Guest: Fredrik Alm.</p> Smart Home,Automation,DevOps We've got Fredrik Alm, Infrastructure Architect from Sweden on, to talk about Smart Home setups.

  • Michael goes on mute, leading to widespread panic
  • DIY Dishwasher APIs
  • Everyone hates JFrog, but not as much as Mark
  • We've got Jarvis at home!
  • Don't touch the mirror

Smart Homes is our big topic

Do we trust Eero? Do we trust China?
Home experiments.
Having guests in your smart home.

Never Mind the AI-BuzzCocks

In the news:

  1. Confess your sins to AI Jesus
  2. Mac Mini Clusters for LLMs
  3. Fancy Bear 'Nearest Neighbour' attack
  4. Big Cisco Brother is watching you
  5. NHS gets blasted for the 3rd time this year, they're using pen and paper
  6. LinkedInfluencers are mostly AI
  7. Indonesia doesn't care about the latest iPhone, just give them the money

Recommendations

Smart Home Equipment

Music

Blogs

Books

Movies

Special Guest: Fredrik Alm.

]]> We've got Fredrik Alm, Infrastructure Architect from Sweden on, to talk about Smart Home setups.

  • Michael goes on mute, leading to widespread panic
  • DIY Dishwasher APIs
  • Everyone hates JFrog, but not as much as Mark
  • We've got Jarvis at home!
  • Don't touch the mirror

Smart Homes is our big topic

Do we trust Eero? Do we trust China?
Home experiments.
Having guests in your smart home.

Never Mind the AI-BuzzCocks

In the news:

  1. Confess your sins to AI Jesus
  2. Mac Mini Clusters for LLMs
  3. Fancy Bear 'Nearest Neighbour' attack
  4. Big Cisco Brother is watching you
  5. NHS gets blasted for the 3rd time this year, they're using pen and paper
  6. LinkedInfluencers are mostly AI
  7. Indonesia doesn't care about the latest iPhone, just give them the money

Recommendations

Smart Home Equipment

Music

Blogs

Books

Movies

Special Guest: Fredrik Alm.

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