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by upofadown 212 days ago
At 6am every day I run a script that dumps the scheduled events for the day out of remind. If there are any events the script:

* Makes a unique noise on the house announcement system.

* Sends me an email with the events.

* Sends me a SMS with the events.

My long term events archive is just the reminders file which I have never bothered to truncate. It's got easy to search stuff in there from decades ago.
1 comments
n3t 212 days ago
> house announcement system

Please tell us more!

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upofadown 204 days ago
Just some speakers hooked to an amplifier which is plugged into a computer audio output jack.
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ramses0 211 days ago
With Home Assistant (or even Apple HomeKit Shortcuts) it's relatively trivial.

Shortcuts: Intercom: Events: Get [1] Event From [All Calendars]

https://i.postimg.cc/X750NyjC/IMG-9677.jpg

People dump on Apple/HomeKit (deservedly!), but only because there is so much untapped potential!

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