And that's a wrap on Blaugust 2026!

Ok, I did it. I wrote and posted a blog post every day for the month of August. At first, it was pretty easy because I had many partial posts just sitting in my drafts folder so I just needed to finish those. As the month continued, it got harder and harder and whew boy, I'm glad Blaugust is over. This was a fun exercise but I will now be going back to a slower cadence.

1. How did the Canadian wildfires show up in Home Assistant here in VA?
2. Relationship advice I'd give to my younger self
3. Smarter Thermostat with Home Assistant
4. Why I switched from Firefox to Vivaldi for browsing
5. How I make my blog posts more resilient
6. What happens to our blogs when we die?
7. My blogging workflow 2026
8. How I use Home Assistant to help with my cats
9. Mike's chonky Denver omelet
10. Three years at Tripoint, a retrospective
11. My backup strategy 2026
12. Trip Report: Malvern Hill Battlefield
13. Re: Tech sucks? Really?
14. Citizen developers in Power Platform, five years later: Better or worse with AI?
15. How I share links on my blog
16. Our first rose on a Sunday evening
17. My perfect laptop
18. Re: The Loss of Links Continues
19. Titans football is back!
20. NFL vs F1, which is the better TV viewing experience?
21. Re: Things to do after your dad dies
22. Please let me interact with your blog post!
23. Re: I no longer care
24. New generations have SO. MUCH. MUSIC. to love
25. My AR glasses daydream
26. How I use Home Assistant to automate and monitor my aquariums
27. Some of our favorite smart home automations
28. The best shows and movies of 2026 according to Mike and Rachelle, so far
29. An overview of how our family is prepared
30. It's my dang birthday