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In this article, I'm going to set up Home Assistant OS on a Raspberry Pi 4, then use CodeProject.AI Server to detect a person, and then have Home Assistant send a notification with an image to a mobile phone. Read More

In this article, I will show you how to install Home Assistant Container on Windows, using Docker and Portainer, get it working with Agent DVR, and send an MQTT message from Agent DVR using CodeProject.AI Server to detect a person. Read More

In this article, you will learn how to install CodeProject.AI Server, install and set up Blue Iris, set up a Wyze cam, and use all that to detect an object, step by step. Read More

The West Wing is a television series about a fictional group of White House Staffers, and their President, Jed Bartlet. Even in your average show there's quite a bit to unpackage. Its origins, its writers, its characters, its legacy, its influences, its era, and its heart. But when you have a show like The West Wing, one of the most Emmy nominated shows Read More

When Gene Roddenbury envisioned Star Trek, he wanted stories without interpersonal conflict. As upset as he’d be that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine broke that rule, I think he would be proud. Deep Space Nine (DS9 for short) is about taking characters who have issues with each other and having them work together to solve larger problems. Read More

Writing good dialogue is a specific skill. Just because you're a great writer or a good storyteller doesn't mean you're necessarily good at writing dialogue. So what is good dialogue? How do we recognize it? In this article I'd like to teach you a little bit about good dialogue and then illustrate that  Read More

Kristen Stewart is not the most popular actress in Hollywood. There are a lot of jokes, media, speculation, and opinions surrounding this young woman trapped in Twilight's shadow. But I'm not convinced any of that gossip is representative of her acting ability. I'm not saying Kristen Stewart Read More

There's something we Spider-Man fans should accept.  We've all seen the teaser in the Captain America: Civil War trailer and hoped this would finally be our Spider-Man. Our Spider-Man is the one we loved, whether it was the 60’s cartoon, the 90’s cartoon, or the comics in the 60’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, or the Read More

Awhile back I wrote an article about The Walking Dead that plead for patience. In that article I tried to show that even boring seasons are constructed with larger themes in mind. Unfortunately, this didn’t even begin to address all the problems people currently have with the series, so in this article Read More

Every time I watch a Zack Snyder film I feel conflicted and perturbed. It's not that I disliked the movie, it's more that I'm unsettled by something and I can't quite describe precisely what it is. So I decided to take an exhaustive look at his interviews and rewatch all of his works to try and figure it out.  Read More

Thanks to an interview with writer Steve Kloves on Collider.com we know a bit more about the upcoming (2012) film The Amazing Spider-Man. You should go read the interview yourself, but here's the important bit that was important to me: "I wrote this [The Amazing Spider-Man screenplay] very, very Read More

For some poker is more than just a hobby, it’s a job. John Stolzmann, 24, is living the dream of most avid poker players. In 2005 he won the Jack Binion World Poker Open (WPO) and raked a $ 1.4 million pot, defeating poker goliaths Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, and Chau Giang. His victory upset the poker world and sent a growing generation of poker hopefuls a message Read More