HomeWizard silly graphs

Since HomeWizard still does not show the graphs I would like to see, I started setting up Home Assistant to create my own smart home, with logging of all the stats displayed correctly. A combination of P1 import/export, Solar panels production PLUS the effect of the plug-in Batteries charging and discharging!

Look at what I see in the HomeWizard App, in three graphs(!): my ‘Home Usage’, ‘Solar Consumption’ and ‘Plug-In Battery’ profiles:

Please note these graphs are showing me using incredible amounts all during the day, PLUS the consumption at night is shown as zero watts, while of course the batteries are keeping everything running in the home, at around 250w ‘standby usage’…


So, now look at how much better it is, when all the data is combined in one simple graph:

Anything in the plus is actual usage by the home; split over battery, solar and grid as power source. And the minus shows batteries charging and power returned to the grid. This tells me exactly what I would like to know, my actual home usage!
Thank you Home Assistant!

I have tried to explain to Homewizard what is wrong with their graphs… Unfortunately it has not improved yet and I am not expecting anything anymore. Anyway, by now I cancelled my HomeWizard+ subscription.

That’s all folks!
Have a nice day…

Webhosters pricing development

It was not my imagination … it was getting ridiculous!
So glad I moved all my hosting to mijn.host and my customers to their own hosting accounts. Just read this article today:

SOURCE: EMERCE

Webhosting behoorlijk duur geworden

Webhosting pakketten zijn sinds mei 2020 gemiddeld 39,83 procent duurder geworden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Start24.

Prijzen van hostingproviders die tot een conglomeraat behoren zijn met gemiddeld 71,15 procent omhoog gegaan. Bij onafhankelijke providers zijn de prijzen met 22,29 procent gestegen. Bij drie van de 39 onderzochte providers bedroegen de prijsstijgingen zelfs meer dan 100 procent. Dit was het geval bij Versio (221,98%), Neostrada (189.38%) en Argeweb (162,57%).

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Prijsvoering zegt aardig wat over de ethiek van een onderneming, stelt Boer. Bedrijven die hun prijzen met een factor 3 verhogen zonder een aanmerkelijk betere dienstverlening aan te bieden, hebben over het algemeen minimale interesse in jouw belang als klant. Met dit soort bedrijven wil je (waarschijnlijk) niet in zee gaan. Hosting providers wiens prijzen echter binnen een redelijke marge zijn gestegen, zullen in de regel betrouwbaarder zijn.

Remember a setting in a Cookie

When you have jquery:

$(document).ready(function(){

function setmyCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {
  const d = new Date();
  d.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
  let expires = "expires="+d.toUTCString();
  document.cookie = cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/";
}
function getmyCookie(cname) {
  let name = cname + "=";
  let ca = document.cookie.split(";");
  for(let i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
    let c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0) == " ") {
      c = c.substring(1);
    }
    if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
      return c.substring(name.length, c.length);
    }
  }
  return "";
}
$('a.nturl.single-language.es').click(function () { 
	setmyCookie("mylng", "es", 365);
});
$('a.nturl.single-language.en').click(function () { 
	setmyCookie("mylng", "en", 365);
});
$('a.nturl.single-language.nl').click(function () { 
	setmyCookie("mylng", "nl", 365);
});

mylng = getmyCookie("mylng");
if (mylng == "") {
	mylng = "es";
}
if (mylng == "es") {
	window.setTimeout(function() {
		$('a.nturl.single-language.es').click();
	}, 0);
}
if (mylng == "nl") {
	window.setTimeout(function() {
		$('a.nturl.single-language.nl').click();
	}, 0);
}

});

And if you’re trying to figure out the functionality;
The links are from a plugin and a click also activates a language. This script just adds another click-hook to save the language in a cookie, and also activate the chosen language on every page load.
That’s all!

Zodiac Signs / Sterrenbeelden

Looks like nobody knows what the actual dates should be?

♈ Aries (Ram): March 21–April 19
♉ Taurus (Bull/Stier): April 20–May 20
♊ Gemini (Twins/Tweelingen): May 21–June 21
♋ Cancer (Crab/Kreeft): June 22–July 22
♌ Leo (Lion/Leeuw): July 23–August 22
♍ Virgo (Virgin/Maagd): August 23–September 22
♎ Libra (Balance/Weegschaal): September 23–October 23
♏ Scorpius (Scorpion/Schorpioen): October 24–November 21
♐ Sagittarius (Archer/Boogschutter): November 22–December 21
♑ Capricornus (Goat/Steenbok): December 22–January 19
♒ Aquarius (Water Bearer/Waterman): January 20–February 18
♓ Pisces (Fish/Vissen): February 19–March 20

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Mijn.Host

After the recent price changes I’ve been searching.
No more Neostrada (= Versio = TWS) for me.
Never again!

I also decided to move all my clients to their own hosting accounts and packages. I started using the services of mijn.host myself. Much faster, Litespeed servers, easy Directadmin environment and affordable.
Takes time to move, but so worth it.

That’s all folks!
Have a nice day…

PS. update 28 november 2023:
Whoppaah, and another >20% added for whatever reason!
So glad I switched to mijn.host!

Blockchain.com SCAM

I have been receiving phone calls to my business number from +447500177036 and +447700134363.
Someone calling from blockchain.com… you have an account with us… balance 4.2 bitcoin… no activity, so frozen account… “Please let me send you an e-mail with instructions how to unfreeze the account”, “We are here to help you with all the steps.” …

Let me show you the e-mail:

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