philosophy
User Experience is Computation
If human brains are computational machines, then any computer program with a human user is parallel computation.
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philosophy
The Reflective Universe Hypothesis
Is the universe a simulation? If so, what does that mean?
ai
The Meaning Of Life According to ChatGPT
"All right," said the computer, and settled into silence again. The two men fidgeted. The tension was unbearable. "You're really not going to like it," observed Deep Thought. "Tell us!" "All right," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the
Board Games
Incan Gold - Two-Player Variant
If you love push-your-luck games but usually play with just two people, here's a variant you might enjoy. I designed a two-player variant for a board game called Incan Gold (also known as Diamant). It's a fun little warmup game I like to introduce to people.
How I Turned Our Rented House into a Smart Home
We've been renting a house in Auckland, New Zealand. This house needs a lot of maintenance and renovation, but the landlords let us have two cats and a dog so we can't complain! They also let us do whatever we want to the house (within reason)
home-assistant
Desk Lighting For Each Day Of The Week
I have an LED strip behind my desk in my office. It's controlled by an ESP32 running the WLED firmware. I've had it stuck on a fixed color preset for around a year. (See above.) I still like these colors, but I thought it would be
workshop
3D Printed Pegboard Mounts for Stanley Fatmax V20 Power Tools
I have some Stanley Fatmax power tools: * Impact Driver * Drill * Jigsaw * Sander * Circular Saw I also have their lawnmower, leaf blower, and pressure washer. It's great that we can use the same batteries for everything. I decided to mount the hand-held power tools on a pegboard in my
home-automation
Zigbee Commands To Configure the Start And Stop Limits for a Zemismart ZM25 Zigbee Blind Motor
If you use Home Assistant and Zigbee2MQTT, you can use the following script to configure the motor limits for your Zemismart Zigbee blinds. alias: Update Zemismart ZM25 Blind Motor Limit fields: entity_id: required: true description: Entity ID of your cover entity example: cover.blinds selector: entity: filter: domain: cover
home-assistant
3D Printed Blinds Motor Adapter
I bought a Zigbee motor for some blinds in our living room. I got it on AliExpress. Blind motors can be really expensive from New Zealand suppliers. I got a quote from one supplier for $350 per motor, but you can find motors on AliExpress for less than $100. The
web-design
Do we need more HTML colors?
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 With GIMPPlease note: This post is a stream-of-conciousness journal entry that describes all of the mistakes I made while trying to
painting
Color Matching Paint With GIMP
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