I wrote a blog post about painting my fence. This got me thinking a lot about colors and how I use them as a web developer. Color Matching Paint In GIMP: Don’t Make These MistakesPlease note: This post is a stream-of-conciousness journal entry that describes all of the mistakes
Please note: This post is a stream-of-conciousness journal entry that describes all of the mistakes I made while trying to color match paint. This is not a how-to guide from an expert. We're renting an old house that needs a lot of maintenance. The landlords are very easy-going
My wife is a counselor who does "play therapy" at a primary school. She has a sand tray and some toys that kids can play with during their sessions. Sometimes she asks me to 3D print things for the kids to play with. For example, I printed this
I bought this awesome device that sends me notifications whenever we get a new letter or package in our mailbox. I bought it from the creator's online store: MailBox Guard Wireless IR SensorPricelessToolkitPricelessToolkit The design is also open source and available on GitHub: GitHub - PricelessToolkit/MailBoxGuard: Lora
3D Printing
I bought a Bambu Lab X1-Carbon 3D printer in March 2023. I'm extremely happy with this 3D printer and highly recommend it! It's more expensive than entry-level printers, but it's a very high quality machine and is very reliable. I can focus on designing
I haven't been able to write any blog posts since I got an M2 MacBook. I was using an old version of Hugo and got it running in a Docker container, but the Docker container only ran on my old Intel Mac. It was too painful to update
electronics
I used a ring binder and card sleeves to organize 1,700 through-hole resistors. You can use this PDF to make your own ring binder: * Download E24_Resistor_Kit_Folder.pdf * Liquid and SCSS that was used to generate the PDF The template code and generated PDF document are released
plex
Plex-Cleaner is a Python script that can clean up your Plex directory by deleting movies and TV shows after you've watched them. This will stop your disk from filling up with lots of old media files over time. You can run this script on your server (or Raspberry
home-assistant
Yes. SATA and SAS use very similar connectors, but a SATA connector has a gap in the middle. This means that you can physically plug a SATA drive into a SAS connector, but you can't plug a SAS drive into a SATA controller (because it won't
web-design
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post about creating a favicon.ico file for your website or blog. Things have changed a bit since I wrote that blog post in May 2010. I've been updating the CSS for my blog recently, and I
home-automation
I originally posted this write-up on the Home Assistant Community Forums. I thought I would post it here as well, since I haven't written anything on this blog for a while. I've been getting more serious about Home Automation lately, so I might start writing some
docker
2024 UPDATE: I've migrated from Hugo to Ghost. The following Docker solution broke when I started using a M2 MacBook. I wasn't able to run the older version of Hugo in a Docker container (even with Rosetta.) I haven't written any blog posts for
home-automation
I bought a wifi-connected kettle and flashed it with a custom firmware. Kogan Smart KettleJust Tasmota it with AND it works - platform: mqtt name: “Kettle Power” state_topic: “stat/Kettle/POWER” command_topic: “cmnd/Kettle/POWER” payload_on: “ON” payload_off: “OFF” optimistic: false qos: 0 now with MY
games
I used React Native to build a cross-platform game for iOS, Android, Windows, and the web. SudoBlock is a cross between Sudoku, jigsaw puzzles, and Tetris. You can find SudoBlock on the web, App Store, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store. React Native only supports iOS and Android, but I
raspberry-pi
A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it
ruby
Whenever I'm looking at backtraces, logs, or failing tests in the terminal, I often need to open one of those files in my text editor. It was previously a semi-arduous process that involved highlighting, copying, pasting and the return key. Now, all I need to do is double-click