Success in limited ways

So, the plan is to run Home Assistant. If you’ve not gathered that already. Why? I dunno. Because it interests me. Things I’d like to…
Comments Off on And slowly we move onwards

And slowly we move onwards

So after the last post, it’s not exactly been a hive of progress making activity. And I have to admit, today I’m feeling pretty negative*,…
Comments Off on OrangePi One Home Assistant

OrangePi One Home Assistant

This is my list of things I threw at the wall trying to make it work – and could obviously be rationalized into only the…
Comments Off on Deliberate productivity and the curse of overwhelm

Deliberate productivity and the curse of overwhelm

So, intermittently I’m overwhelmed by the magnitude and number of jobs ahead of us. We still need to: And that’s before we get to: “oh…
Comments Off on Future perfect

Future perfect

There are so many points in my life where there’ve been these big deciding things. Forks in the road. Places where things could have gone…
Comments Off on Accidental Productivity, and Psion failures

Accidental Productivity, and Psion failures

Today I was unintentionally more productive than I intended to be. I’d not intended to be productive, well, maybe a little productive, but it got…

Another upgrade, and another fix, and endless errands

Yesterday was a solid day of progress on things. In fact, in general, there’s been a lot of progress on things. We’ve been working on…
Comments Off on Upgrade and Fix

Upgrade and Fix

So today was a bit of a mission. I’d iiiintended to be back by lunchtime from a quick errand – namely, getting my glasses, grabbing…
Comments Off on Horror Show: Resurrection

Horror Show: Resurrection

So, having replaced all the capacitors, today was the day for reassembly. In a hilarious misjudgement I thought I’d do it before lunch, and then…
Comments Off on Horror Show: Restoration (plus bonus new toys)

Horror Show: Restoration (plus bonus new toys)

So I spent today (literally nearly all of today, although I was kinda slow to get going) working on the A4. Having cleaned up the…