I’ve upgraded some 1-gang electrical sockets to 2-gang ones. Not hard, I’ve just learned that those white electrical boxes are brittle as hell and you should not screw them in too tight or they will literally crack. I’ve learned what a spur and a ring circuit is, and now I feel like a magic cowboy at the circus.
Learning how to lay to brick watching some youtube videos. The back wall of the house is teetering over, and I’ve got all the bricks, the trowels, the easy-mortar mix, the will, the time, I’m just lacking the knowhow. There’s a seamless left-right-forward-back motion that every brick layer seems to know in loading a brick and I spend my commute visualizing this method in my head like I’m training for the olympics.
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I’ve automated my blinds with a mini-solar-powered blind tilter motor. Not zigbee sadly, but bluetooth, but it works great. I had to upgrade the blind tilting mechanism first so that it’s not just a string but a wand. The motor wraps around the wand and turns it. Plays reasonably nicely with Home Assistant.
I’ve hooked up frontdoor’s doorbell camera (which offers a nice RTSP stream) to a birdcall identifier utility. It runs day and night and tells me which birds I’m detecting and records their calls. I’m getting a lot of European Robins, and (sigh) Rose-ringed Parakeets, and apparently a (yay) Hawfinch!
I’m looking to upgrade the front porch halogen (GU10) light with a zigbee one that can display colours, so I can automate evil red lights whenever my camera detects movement past the house on halloween. Bought some hanging ghosts too.
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I met a young stray cat. He tried to walk himself in. I almost let him, but don’t know where he’d stay. He’s started stalking me every time I walk out towards the bins. I want a cat, but am deeply deeply afraid
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