I replaced our flaky sprinkler system controller this weekend. All by myself.
The unit I chose was the Rachio 3 Smart Sprinkler Controller. They offer 4, 8, and 16-zone versions. My system has
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I decided that a single-player Mastodon instance isn't ideal. It's overkill for one person, and it's lonely! The #local feed is just me shouting to myself. That&
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You may have noticed that once again things have changed around here. This time, it's due to switching from WordPress to Blot. We've been around this block before, but
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I’ve seen a number of thoughts similar to this from Shane Parrish:
We unconsciously become what we’re near. If you work for a jerk, sooner or later, you’ll become one
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At the end of each month, I convert my Org-journal entries into a nice PDF, print it, and put it into a binder.
It occurred to me that my daily.baty.net website
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This is not a review, but I wanted to jot down some notes after a few days in a new app that I’m enjoying very much: Wavelength Messenger. You might like to
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I’ve tried so many “read-later” services that I can’t remember half of them. They’re all basically the same: visit a website, click a button, and the article is saved to
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I brought a Hasselblad 60 megapixel medium format digital camera to Africa with me. I took photos side by side with my film camera. The digital camera’s images were sharper. They had
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I’m wondering if I should become more like everyone else. Should I post “5 Tips to improve your workflow right now!” articles on Medium? Should I be “super excited” to humblebrag about
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Update: I think Org-roam is the right answer for most people, but I could not resist the simplicity and lack of dependencies of Denote, so I am back in Denote as of June,
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When I started building a new index card note box, I followed Scott Schepard’s lead and used the Wikipedia Academic Disciplines as the overarching structure. I’ve come to dislike that system.
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UPDATE: I’ve had trouble getting GoAccess to parse the logs consistently after changing the date format.
I’ve been using GoAccess on the VPS running my static sites for keeping an eye
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Ten years ago, Steven Johnson wrote The Spark File, in which he describes his process for keeping track of hunches, ideas, etc. in a single text file.
I, of course, thought this was
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I’ve been tracking an issue with the way backlinks are displayed that affects my use of Org-roam. Someone (hwiorn) finally discovered a workaround when using Doom Emacs: delete the compiled version of
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I’ve been a Flickr user since 2004 and a SmugMug user for nearly as long. For some reason, I prefer looking at my photos via online galleries rather than, say, my Photos
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The Leica SL2 felt inevitable. After an almost accidental run with the Panasonic S5, which I didn’t enjoy at all, I tried going back to the Fuji system. I’ve always liked
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