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Why so quiet

So, y’may have noticed that I’ve been kinda quiet on here. That’s because I’ve been rambling a lot on mastodon (@pyoor@lgbtquia.space) and I’ve also been…

Sing a happy melody

A little while ago I decided I was going to start having singing lessons. I’m not sure where exactly, but it’d been lurking in the…

Well, that’s a thing that happened.

This post talks about weight, and body image. A lot. It might be triggering for some folks (and some trans folks). So – I’ve lost…
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Away/Back

There’s an interesting vague anxiety which I find now accompanies being offline. I notice it if I forget my phone – generally a rarity –…
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Getting Motion Going on a Raspberry Pi 2B 1.1

Plan was go use the Pi’s own built in camera connector and add a USB camera for a second view. I also added a USB…

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…
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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*,…
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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…
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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…
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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…