Side Quests

Things I do for fun, documented for your amusement.

Smart homes, gadgets, experiments, rabbit holes. No literature reviews, no DOIs — just curiosity with a commit history.

My Bluetooth Dongle Has Amnesia

A $15 TP-Link USB dongle, an Ubuntu VM, a ten-minute pairing window, and the eternal quest to make Linux talk to Bluetooth.

800 entities, one AI brain, and a house that still can't turn on the porch light. My smart home journey.

Chamberlain turned my garage door into SaaS. So I replaced their cloud with a $30 circuit board and never looked back.