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Continue reading →: electron apps are not real apps
The use of electron apps, especially on macOS, should be banned by the Geneva convention. ChatGPT moving to an all singing all dancing app because Codex isn’t as popular as Claude Cowork/Code alienates most of ChatGPT users who just want a simple app. And goes from an app bundle that…
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Continue reading →: Courage sucks
I really lament the death of the 3.5mm headphone jack. I know, bluetooth all the things. But the 3.5mm headphone was just dead easy. Universal. Batteries were usually optional, and you could use any headphones with any device. Damn you Apple.
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Continue reading →: State of (my) Smart HomeSince I used to write a lot about my smart home setup, thought I’d try to get back into the swing of blog posting by revisiting this tired and thoroughly unentertaining topic. I had been almost exclusively using Home Assistant for almost a year, but some Zigbee things were kind…
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Continue reading →: Yet another beginning
I’ve never been good at keeping a running blog. I’ve done things on WordPress.com, a third party hosted WordPress site, dalliance with micro.blog, and now back to WordPress.com. Once again I will try to do some semi-regular posting for the audience of 0 that I expect. Maybe someday my family…
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Continue reading →: SlackingIt’s 9:30am on January 1st…Apple, you’re a glass half empty kind of thing, aren’t you?
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Continue reading →: Black Friday emails
It’s that wonderful time of the year where I get reminded of all the places I’ve ordered in the past 20 years. What did stores do for Black Friday sales before email?
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Continue reading →: Sorry for the lack of communication
Not that I expect there’s a lot of people reading this blog, but I apologize for the long time in between posts. It’s been crazy busy in other aspects of my life, and this blog always gets pushed to the back of the line. Fish tank update. Nothing much. I…
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Continue reading →: The More Things ChangeSo, I was making a transition to being more HomeKit oriented for the smart home. Hubitat was having issues, and the capability of redundant multiple standby hubs in HomeKit was appealing. So, I started to build out routines, swapped some items from Zigbee to HomeKit compliant Thread based ones, and…
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Continue reading →: Never One to Leave Well Enough AloneSo this is another smart home update, because that seems to be what I do in my free time these days, when I get it. The HomeKit integration from Hubitat is ok, and I’m using HomeKit more and more for day to day control. Most automations are still in Hubitat,…
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Continue reading →: CorrelationI bought a snow blower a few weeks ago because 1) I’m getting older and shoveling snow is a pain in the back, literally, and 2) because I could. I thought for sure that would mean we would not have any appreciable snowfalls the rest of the winter since I…
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