Latest posts:
- New House 3: Modeling and Ideas
Modeling the new house in Sweet Home 3D to understand the layout, then spitballing ideas for renovations, testing out colors and textures, etc. - New House #2: Window Film
Remediating an annoying neighbor light pollution situation on the cheap, at least until the permanent fix is feasible. - New House #1: The Dryer Deflagration
The dryer receptacle in the new house tried to kill us, so it got replaced with the new hotness. - Hello, interwebs!
I’m back after a hiatus. We moved into a temporary apartment, bought a house, and sold a house. But we’re finally sessile again. - Modifying a 3-phase kiln for single phase power, part 1
Convert a Skutt KM1027-3 kiln from 3-phase power, to more common single phase 240V power with surprisingly few tools and parts.
New House:
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Extending the life of a free hockey goal
I got some hockey goals about a month ago. A hockey rink a few towns over was shutting down permanently, and the city (it was a city-ran rink) decided to give them away rather than sell them. Turns out it was all or nothing, so I ended up with 4x NHL regulation hockey goals, which…
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The joys of homelabbing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0%3Fsi%3DRhg9BF3TpapHHRxw I have an upcoming project to add some insulation into the attic of our addition. The previous owners added on this portion of the house, and did a lot of things poorly. But very few people have hard numbers to backup their claims. Mostly it’s just, “I spent $1,800 upgrading my attic insulation, and…
Home Lab:
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Running Home Assistant OS in Proxmox 8
I had trouble running Home Assistant Operating System (HAOS) on my new-ish proxmox server, because it’s expecting to have UEFI, and secure boot turned off. This isn’t the default when you create a VM, and isn’t entirely configurable within the Proxmox GUI. You would think this would be well documented, but from what I have…
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The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent
The problem is always in the last place that you look…
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The joys of homelabbing
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0%3Fsi%3DRhg9BF3TpapHHRxw I have an upcoming project to add some insulation into the attic of our addition. The previous owners added on this portion of the house, and did a lot of things poorly. But very few people have hard numbers to backup their claims. Mostly it’s just, “I spent $1,800 upgrading my attic insulation, and…