Good to see proliferation of presence detectors. Good for turning things off when nobody is around.
In my last job I got to play a bit with the SeeedStudio mmWave presence box. What was interesting (and a little confusing) was that it took multiple add-on boards for things like on-device fall detection (for elderly). For the time I had with it, it worked fine with HA: https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/mmwave_radar_Intro/
‘Steve and I were talking about children one time, and he said the problem with children is that they carry your heart with them. The exact phrase was, “It’s your heart running around outside your body.”’
– Eric Schmidt, quoting Steve Jobs.
At this point, do they really need to be in the same room?
They got a PhD in science from a well-known university and worked on research for a while. Last I heard, they got married and ended up selling real-estate.
Don’t know about kids, but “Clifford, the Big Red Dog” sure traumatized Grandma.
For starting basic structure, have had good luck with Plottr. If there’s a complex timeline, Aeon Timeline is pretty handy. And once ready to write, Scrivener.
Wonder what will happen to the “Knowledge Fight” podcast?
In our neck of the woods, membership in the Automobile Association comes with free maps. You have to go into their offices and request them, and they’re very helpful about which maps may come handy.
I usually get them before a long roadtrip into areas where they may be weak cell service. To be safe, I also download digital maps, but a paper map gives better broad context on where we are and what is nearby.
Problem is, we’re terrible at getting rid of them after the trips…
If I had one, inside the septic tank with a snorkel.
I haven’t but my kid playing Osu! Lives and breathes the game. Used birthday gift money to buy a special three-button keyboard. Walks around all the time, tapping fingers on every surface.
How to give land more votes than people. Not long before election results are measured in number of acres.
So many old and new ones. But if I had to pick one: American Pie by Don McLean.
1 out of 3. Swipe left.
Check again. Swipes left.
Misuse of the oxford comma and bad speling.
Loma Prieta earthquake.
Stan Rogers, Rolling Down to Old Maui: https://genius.com/Stan-rogers-rolling-down-to-old-maui-lyrics
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