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Welcome to Using the Wrong Words on Porpoise — practical tech for beginners, technophobes, tinkerers and anyone who just wants the damn thing to work.

I make straightforward videos about smart homes, Home Assistant, home servers, AI and useful tech, explaining what things actually do, how to set them up and whether they're worth bothering with.

Expect Home Assistant, Zigbee, Matter, Wi-Fi, networking, Proxmox, smart home gadgets, AI and plenty of other technology I probably shouldn't be allowed to play with.

No assumption that you already know everything. No unnecessary jargon. No pretending everything works first time.
Just practical guides, reviews, experiments, occasional disasters and a healthy amount of nonsense.

If technology sometimes leaves you wondering “what does that actually mean?” — you're in the right place.

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Linux Costs Explained: What Businesses Actually Pay For

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Proxmox 8 to 9 Upgrade: What You Need to Know

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Make Your Reolink Cameras 10x Better with Home Assistant & Frigate

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Home Assistant Magic - Turning switches into lights

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Beginners Automations with Purpose‑Specific Triggers | Home Assistant Scripts & Automations

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Local Tuya Setup: No More Cloud Lag in Home Assistant!

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Home Assistant Myths vs Reality: What They Don't Tell You

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Block Ads on Every Device with Pi-hole and Home Assistant

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Adding Zigbee Presence Detection to Home Assistant

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2026 Proxmox V9 Setup for Home Assistant (This Changes Everything)

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How to Run Multiple Zigbee Networks Using Zigbee2MQTT on Ubuntu

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Smart Bins That Know When You're Lying

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Home Assistant: The Analogies You Need To Understand It

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Home Assistant Setup That Even Your Nan Could Follow

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