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The SkyQ Project – From Home Assistant to SkyQ Assistant

February 22, 2026October 24, 2025 by admin

The SkyQ Project has one simple aim: to set up a one-touch channel changer for someone living with dementia. Their speed and dexterity have declined to the point where even typing a three-digit Sky channel number quickly enough has become a real challenge, and we needed a practical way to help. If you have already … Read more

A Simple Task List for Adults

February 20, 2026September 20, 2025 by admin

A screenshot of adult chore buttons in Home Assistant.

Around three weeks after doing anything, I have usually forgotten it ever happened. I have no idea why the last five years have turned me into such a forgetful wreck, but I am going to blame an abundance of free time during the COVID lockdowns and the rather impressive quantities of mind-numbing alcohol that accompanied … Read more