Welcome to my personal blog. I write about smarthome projects, electronics, darts, programming, and whatever else I’m currently thinking about or tinkering with.
Pimp My Tractor
Earlier this year, my parents bought a John Deere Ground Force Tractor and Trailer for my son Theodore and the other grandkids to play with at the cabin. For some inexplicable reason, in 2026, this tractor includes an FM radio (2xAA lithium batteries – not included). Putting the batteries in and turning it on, hits you with a blast of static noise, since Norway has transitioned most FM to DAB since 2017. ...
Light up my darts
Ever since we built Dart Reidar at work, I’ve been wanting to create something similar to upgrade my dart setup at home. Obviously I don’t have room for anything that large, but getting lights around the board would be cool. Background When we were adding lights to Dart Reidar, we were brand new to the space, and ended up with a mix of 12v and 24v lights, controlled via a Raspberry Pi using pigpihoseo. This gave us the ability to do any RGB color of lights around the board, as well as along the oche. kcapp then added support for each player to choose their own color, and when a checkout happens the lights would do a simple “blink” effect for a few seconds. ...
NFC Music Player
With the purchase of our new house, containing the bar we named The Burrow, I really wanted to make it a place we could enjoy many different activities, including listening to music. Of course I could just ask Alexa to play something, or AirPlay to my speakers, but I wanted something more physical, that guests could easily use, and that would be a fun conversation piece. I did some googling, and found multiple “NFC Record Player” projects which seemed right in my wheelhouse for something to have in the smarthome. One that I really thought looked good was the Moo Card Player and I decided to try this out myself. ...