I spent the last week camping, mostly just relaxing and reading the last 2 books of the Fold series by Nick Adams, and the Dark Galaxy Trilogy series by Brett Fitzpatrick. My enjoyment of the latter was tempered by the sheer number of spelling mistakes (generally incorrect homophones), so many I almost wonder if it is to deliberately watermark the text to later work out the source of pirated copies?

The weather was great, not too hot, not too cold, and it was good to unwind and “touch grass” as they say. In terms of wildlife, we saw many crimson rosellas, a wallaby, a fox, a bunch of bunnies, a few lizards, a koala with a baby, as well as a massive swarm of bees - thankfully the latter was headed away rather than towards us.

Now I am home again, so on with the changes I’m making to my smart home setup, the main one is setting all of the devices up through Home Assistant directly, so I can take full advantage of the greater control and automation it allows for. I’ll be making another trip to IKEA soon, as there are more sensors I’d like to purchase.

Happy 2026 everyone!