Michael Conrad Tadpol Tilstra

Finished reading: The legend of Zelda. 2, Twilight princess by Akira Himekawa 📚

Finished reading: The Stonekeeper: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #1) by Kazu Kibuishi 📚

Finished reading: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1 by Akira Himekawa 📚

Finished reading: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 7 by Akira Himekawa 📚

To have the Arc backup icon appear with Sonoma and Bartender 5, it nows needs a script trigger. It took a little bit, and I have the Arc icon only appearing when a backup is running. Here is a gist for the script. 💻

After messing with a chain of different products to control lamps and lights, have finally picked up a Lutron Caseta system. It is so much better than everything else I’ve tried. It definitely cost more than all the others, but then it actually works. Turns out that extra cost is totally worth it.

Lily hanging out while a much needed rain falls. #mbsept

Rainbow road #mbsept

Edge #mbsept

Salvaged red LEDs that I will someday turn into something awesome. #mbsept

Glowing jack o’ lanterns #mbsept

Panorama #mbsept

Forest #mbsept

Precious #mbsept

abstract #mbsept

Fair day!

Someday, I’m going to try going to lcoalhost and it won’t be what I expected… 💻🧑‍💻

Boys wanted to try grilling watermelon, and then somehow a banana appeared.

Sea caves on Devil’s Island.

Finished reading: Tasting History by Max Miller 📚

Am being mildly reminded that there is not much sleep in a sleepover.

Taking a moment to contemplate why I decided to insulate the shed when it was 90°F outside. Realizing of course, the reason is because it is that temperature.

My new grill toy

Recently discovered that one can do per entity custom overrides in Home Assistant. Nicely solves the issue where some sensors were not getting line charts because of missing units.

It would be nice if potato salad lasted as long as it takes to make it.