Happy NQACT for everyone who celebrates!
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Not Quite Almost Christmas Time - (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tom Cardy
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November 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Happy NQACT for everyone who celebrates!
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In other news, I finally had success using Copilot for some coding, but only because I was able to give it little bite-size tasks to work on.
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In other news, I finally had success using Copilot for some coding, but only because I was able to give it little bite-size tasks to work on.
Saw a headline about "ionocaloric cooling", but the article didn't really explain how it worked.
But I guess it's really new and there's no YouTube videos explaining it yet. How am I supposed to learn about it if there's no educational videos! (Only half kidding)
But I guess it's really new and there's no YouTube videos explaining it yet. How am I supposed to learn about it if there's no educational videos! (Only half kidding)
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Saw a headline about "ionocaloric cooling", but the article didn't really explain how it worked.
But I guess it's really new and there's no YouTube videos explaining it yet. How am I supposed to learn about it if there's no educational videos! (Only half kidding)
But I guess it's really new and there's no YouTube videos explaining it yet. How am I supposed to learn about it if there's no educational videos! (Only half kidding)
Started the process of replacing my router with IncusOS running OpenWRT.
One of these days I'll just leave well-enough alone, but so far I've been super impressed with Incus.
One of these days I'll just leave well-enough alone, but so far I've been super impressed with Incus.
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Started the process of replacing my router with IncusOS running OpenWRT.
One of these days I'll just leave well-enough alone, but so far I've been super impressed with Incus.
One of these days I'll just leave well-enough alone, but so far I've been super impressed with Incus.
Great. Just learned that the word "dinner" comes from the Latin for "to break one's fast".
What is English even doing? How am I supposed to teach this to my children?!
What is English even doing? How am I supposed to teach this to my children?!
October 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Great. Just learned that the word "dinner" comes from the Latin for "to break one's fast".
What is English even doing? How am I supposed to teach this to my children?!
What is English even doing? How am I supposed to teach this to my children?!
I still only vaguely know what I'm doing, but it looks super sciencey!
June 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I still only vaguely know what I'm doing, but it looks super sciencey!
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It's time for another electric vehicle charging video.
Too many people believe EV charging solutions require expensive, huge electric circuits (or worse: service upgrades).
The really high-power ones people tend to go with can be a headache, but there are many other options!
youtu.be/W96a8svXo14
Too many people believe EV charging solutions require expensive, huge electric circuits (or worse: service upgrades).
The really high-power ones people tend to go with can be a headache, but there are many other options!
youtu.be/W96a8svXo14
The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but you electrician might not know that
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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June 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's time for another electric vehicle charging video.
Too many people believe EV charging solutions require expensive, huge electric circuits (or worse: service upgrades).
The really high-power ones people tend to go with can be a headache, but there are many other options!
youtu.be/W96a8svXo14
Too many people believe EV charging solutions require expensive, huge electric circuits (or worse: service upgrades).
The really high-power ones people tend to go with can be a headache, but there are many other options!
youtu.be/W96a8svXo14
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hook it to my veins
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
hook it to my veins
Sure enough, OpenWRT up and running smoothly via Incus.
Gave up on Technicium and going to try AdGuardHome for DNS. 🤷🏻♂️
Gave up on Technicium and going to try AdGuardHome for DNS. 🤷🏻♂️
Oh man, Incus might have saved the day for these containers... we'll see but it looks promising.
May 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sure enough, OpenWRT up and running smoothly via Incus.
Gave up on Technicium and going to try AdGuardHome for DNS. 🤷🏻♂️
Gave up on Technicium and going to try AdGuardHome for DNS. 🤷🏻♂️
Oh man, Incus might have saved the day for these containers... we'll see but it looks promising.
May 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Oh man, Incus might have saved the day for these containers... we'll see but it looks promising.
Oof, thought I'd try Podman again. Nope, still not ready; back to Docker (but might at least try rootless this time).
May 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Oof, thought I'd try Podman again. Nope, still not ready; back to Docker (but might at least try rootless this time).
Alright, look, controversial take, but:
Google's Gemini has actually been a pretty useful tool lately for both PCB design and preparing to set up a new router.
The *huge* caveats are:
Google's Gemini has actually been a pretty useful tool lately for both PCB design and preparing to set up a new router.
The *huge* caveats are:
May 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Alright, look, controversial take, but:
Google's Gemini has actually been a pretty useful tool lately for both PCB design and preparing to set up a new router.
The *huge* caveats are:
Google's Gemini has actually been a pretty useful tool lately for both PCB design and preparing to set up a new router.
The *huge* caveats are:
Well, as a birthday present to myself I ordered a new x86 mini PC to use as a firewall/router earlier this week.
It arrives tomorrow, and I'm unreasonably excited about doing basically some IT work. 😂
It arrives tomorrow, and I'm unreasonably excited about doing basically some IT work. 😂
May 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well, as a birthday present to myself I ordered a new x86 mini PC to use as a firewall/router earlier this week.
It arrives tomorrow, and I'm unreasonably excited about doing basically some IT work. 😂
It arrives tomorrow, and I'm unreasonably excited about doing basically some IT work. 😂
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May the fourth be with you...
May 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
May the fourth be with you...
I don't have much in-car time to listen to podcasts these days so I just finished episode 2, but it's been fantastic so far and I'm looking forward to episode 6 by, like, fall 😂.
Happy Wednesday, friends! I'm here to remind you that there's a new episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts.
it’s storytime with wil wheaton episode 6 – if we make it through this alive by a.t. greenblatt
Happy Wednesday, friends! I’m here to remind you that there’s a new episode of It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton, waiting for you wherever you get your podcasts. This week’s story […]
wilwheaton.net
May 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I don't have much in-car time to listen to podcasts these days so I just finished episode 2, but it's been fantastic so far and I'm looking forward to episode 6 by, like, fall 😂.
Success! (Sort of)
Finally got a Matter over Thread light switch added to Home Assistant, but it's *super* fragile. I have to manually add a route on the matter server, so if it ever restarts it breaks...
Somethingsomething VLANs and RAs or something?
Finally got a Matter over Thread light switch added to Home Assistant, but it's *super* fragile. I have to manually add a route on the matter server, so if it ever restarts it breaks...
Somethingsomething VLANs and RAs or something?
April 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Success! (Sort of)
Finally got a Matter over Thread light switch added to Home Assistant, but it's *super* fragile. I have to manually add a route on the matter server, so if it ever restarts it breaks...
Somethingsomething VLANs and RAs or something?
Finally got a Matter over Thread light switch added to Home Assistant, but it's *super* fragile. I have to manually add a route on the matter server, so if it ever restarts it breaks...
Somethingsomething VLANs and RAs or something?
I love that someone decided medium gray was the best default background color.
April 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I love that someone decided medium gray was the best default background color.
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April 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Phew, finally got some orders for PCBs and cases out the door, so it's time to do all the stuff I've been ignoring in the meantime.
(And also, the weather is suddenly very nice and I should take advantage of that)
(And also, the weather is suddenly very nice and I should take advantage of that)
April 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Phew, finally got some orders for PCBs and cases out the door, so it's time to do all the stuff I've been ignoring in the meantime.
(And also, the weather is suddenly very nice and I should take advantage of that)
(And also, the weather is suddenly very nice and I should take advantage of that)
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The best feeling in the world is showing someone you deeply respect something you made and them not going “well now I understand what’s wrong with you…”
(The feedback was good and constructive and useful, and I got to talk about my brainworms!)
(The feedback was good and constructive and useful, and I got to talk about my brainworms!)
April 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The best feeling in the world is showing someone you deeply respect something you made and them not going “well now I understand what’s wrong with you…”
(The feedback was good and constructive and useful, and I got to talk about my brainworms!)
(The feedback was good and constructive and useful, and I got to talk about my brainworms!)
Okay, hadn't planned for this account to just be IoT griping, but:
It's weirdly hard to find answers for some circuit design things. People will *very* confidently choose e.g. different values/types of capacitors for the same circuit.
It's weirdly hard to find answers for some circuit design things. People will *very* confidently choose e.g. different values/types of capacitors for the same circuit.
April 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Okay, hadn't planned for this account to just be IoT griping, but:
It's weirdly hard to find answers for some circuit design things. People will *very* confidently choose e.g. different values/types of capacitors for the same circuit.
It's weirdly hard to find answers for some circuit design things. People will *very* confidently choose e.g. different values/types of capacitors for the same circuit.
Reposted by Sam Archer
Daily reminder to you all that not all is lost. There is hope despite the constant deluge of horrible things. We are in a bad state, but there is a path to get out of this if you commit now. We will survive this and come out better if we choose to stay productively engaged. ✊🏽
April 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Daily reminder to you all that not all is lost. There is hope despite the constant deluge of horrible things. We are in a bad state, but there is a path to get out of this if you commit now. We will survive this and come out better if we choose to stay productively engaged. ✊🏽
Okay, I sorta see why there's not much support yet, lol...
This is not an easy thing to get set up. The lack of libraries makes it especially tough though, so hopefully some day it won't be too bad.
This is not an easy thing to get set up. The lack of libraries makes it especially tough though, so hopefully some day it won't be too bad.
I really like the *idea* of Matter-over-Thread, but there doesn't seem to be a ton of support for it yet...
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Okay, I sorta see why there's not much support yet, lol...
This is not an easy thing to get set up. The lack of libraries makes it especially tough though, so hopefully some day it won't be too bad.
This is not an easy thing to get set up. The lack of libraries makes it especially tough though, so hopefully some day it won't be too bad.
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