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A collection of five self-contained interactive children's stories built in pure HTML, CSS and JavaScript — no frameworks, no dependencies. Click or tap to progress through each story, triggering unique animations and procedurally-generated sound effects via the Web Audio API. Includes The Very Busy Bee, Hungry Caterpillar, Playful Cat, Ready Octopus, and a Hobbit adventure.
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Replacing an old Honeywell 3-zone programmer with a custom ESP32-C3 controller running ESPHome. Three relay zones (Downstairs, Upstairs, Hot Water), physical boost buttons with 60-minute countdown timers, full Home Assistant integration, and a 3D printed enclosure with D/U/W LED push-buttons. No more fumbling with a 1990s wall box.
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Four DS18B20 sensors taped up the hot water cylinder feed live temperature data to an ESP32 running ESPHome. A 128×128 colour TFT display shows a real-time tank graphic with colour-coded heat bands. All zone temperatures and a calculated average publish to Home Assistant — so you always know if there's hot water before running the bath.
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ESP32 Micro Snake
Snake served entirely from a microcontroller. 0.5W, catch the mouse, avoid the bomb.
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