» esp32-staircase-m5stack-atom-lite firmware from github and WLED Sync Mode has my rollerblade skate lights working great, super happy. I was concerned because I was finding WLED info for the AtomS3 Lite, but I have the original Atom Lite (NON s3) and this firmware worked perfectly. #
» Be Alert to European Paper Wasps. Last year I had true yellow-jackets (ground dwelling, highly aggressive) and I've had paper wasps for a long time around this house and I think they've always been the European version. #
» OPNSense and BSD Boot Environments. This worked great for the 24.7 upgrade, and now I see it built into the OPNSense UI so it'll be extra handy in the future. #
» One Minute Park, just a calming minute long video of a random park. #
» NoiseCard, Solar-powered decibel measuring business card. That's impressive. #
» Nextion Thermostat with ESPHome (youtube video). That's a really nice interface, if I didn't already have a zwave thermostat I'd be tempted to build one myself. This github repo: kbx81 esphome-configs has the ESPHome details you'd need to add one to Home Assistant. #
» 88MPH: The Story of the DeLorean Time Machine | Full Documentary (youtube). I recently re-watched Back to the Future, with my 19 year old niece who'd never seen it, and I still absolutely love that car. #
» 3D printed Dupont connector for jumper cable. That's a great idea, I appreciate they've included a variety up to 8. Being able to make something like a ribbon cable is handy, and dealing with individual connectors is too fiddly. #
» Dakota Hogback, I had no idea it had it's own Wikipedia page. And I recognized the view from the photo immediately. #
» Live Lightning Maps, that's just fun to watch. #
» DevToys. There's some duplication with what you can get via CyberChef but there's also something nice about having a local desktop application (and the cli is extra handy) #
» Give Me the Green Lightpart 1 and part 2 - traffic camera hacking. I'm hoping there's a part 3 soon, this is interesting. #
» Dunkey's Guide to Streaming Services (youtube). Hilarious and frustrating at the same time. #
» Defeating the Orange Haze – Lightroom Flat Field Correction – An Essential Tool for Digitising Film? I've been considering doing some film scanning recently and did a trial of VueScan since my old flatbed scanner has a film/slide mode. Turns out it not only drives the scanner just fine it also does the color (or black & white) conversion, figures out the edges of the frames, and scans the whole strip sequentially. Worth the $120 I paid for it last week. Before figuring all that out though I was considering my options for using my SLR to capture the negatives... #
» Letterboxd - Best Films People Haven’t Seen. I'm happy to say I've seen a surprising number of those. #
» Don't be a Sucker, from the US National Archive (as in this is an official US Government produced film on not being a fascist...) #
» Home-Assistant with Raspberry Pi 4 Camera on Bookworm. Huh, wonder if it's better to just scatter ESP32Cams around or wait for more Pi Zero 2 to come into stock... #
» [Tutorial] Libretuya - Flash ESPHome to Tuya Device (Non ESP chip). Tagged here because I have some led strips with Tuya controllers on their way from Aliexpress and I'd rather have ESPHome and Home Assistant integration than some app. #
» OctoPrint Bed Level Visualizer – Complete Setup Guide!. Neat but I prefer to just let Octoprint deal with it in gcode. #
» Siberian Elm, had one in the back yard that died so I'm having it removed soon but there's a bunch in the neighborhood so I keep getting the suckers popping up in the yard. Wikipedia isn't kidding when they call it invasive. #
» Diy Presence Sensor. Using the mmWave is way better than a PIR if you are trying for presence detection, they just cost a lot more. #
» Raspberry Pi - What to do if your camera is not detected. My old Pi3 that was taking a picture every minute out my window was having problems with the camera so I thought it'd be a good time to upgrade to a small Pi Zero 2 W that I got a Microcenter not too long ago. I 3d printed this case: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with Camera Module v 3 Case (which came out fantastic, just have some spare M2 screws on hand to assemble everything).
I ended up feeling like I was fighting everything including a new camera (since the old one was so flaky). I tried both Raspberry Pi OS Lite and DietPi images, going back and forth (the Pi OS Lite wouldn't boot unless I had an HDMI monitor plugged in!) and finally have a system that's working well.
Part of the issue is there's a LOT of information out there for older versions of Pi OS and cameras and very little for the Bookworm version that's current. This page was helpful, especially with the Do not use "vcgencmd get_camera" as it will only mislead you. statement. #
» Watch Duty, wildfire maps for your mobile devices specifically. Probably a good idea if you live in a fire-prone area.
I also use FireSmoke.ca and InciWeb, especially if I'm trying to figure out where the smoke is coming from. #
» Gouach Infinite Battery, a self-serviceable e-bike battery. I'm not sure about their claim that it fits 90% of bikes but I think having something so simple you just refill with basic 18650 battery cells is a great idea. #
» Lewis Black's Anger Button. Hah, even better than an Easy button. #
» Here's the How, When & Why of Buggy Rubber Tires | Engels Coach Shop (youtube). This was amazing, I had no idea the tire was just a piece of rubber like that and not a pre-made band). #
» Double rucksack, backpack hanger. I am definitely printing a couple of those soon, I have far too many backpacks in a jumble in the closet... #
» Home Assistant Control Panel For My Wall (youtube). That's pretty amazing honestly even though I have no desire to have one of my own. #
» Sourdough Ciabatta Bread. I've been making these since I came across the recipe and they are amazing, I don't know if I'm ever going to make a "regular" loaf of sourdough again... #
» Making the Ideal 3d Printer Montioring Live-Stream. That's amusing to me, using a live stream from a different camera than a camera directly attached to Octoprint. #
» exif-database - photo details into sqlite. I have somewhere around 4Tb of my own digital photos that I've taken over the 22 years I've had a digital camera and while my organization is pretty good there's still times I want to do things like "show me all the photos I took October 6 2008" or some such. I pointed this at my drive and it took a bit (maybe 45 minutes?) but now I have an sqlite database that's super easy to query, for example:
sqlite3 photos.db "SELECT filename FROM exif_data WHERE json_extract(exif_json, '$.DateTimeOriginal') LIKE '2008:10:05%';" #
» Galah honeypot, an LLM (Large Language Model) powered web honeypot, currently compatible with the OpenAI API, that is able to mimic various applications and dynamically respond to arbitrary HTTP requests. So devious, I love it, waste all the script kiddy's time. #
» MySQL Schema for Developers, really nicely done free course. I'd argue it's not just for developers, anyone who's creating databases in MySQL (or MariaDB for the better version) would benefit from this. #
» Replacing worn shock-cord in REI Half Dome 2 Plus. This is a fantastic guide, used it last year to replace the stretched out cord in my half-dome and everything is great, was pretty inexpensive as well. #
