When a project might be a good idea, it’s better for me to do it, then to worry about regretting it later. This project might be like that.
Vehicles will rust if they are parked on dirt as moisture comes up. The camper needs to be parked on the new asphalt, but the new asphalt needs to stay nice.
There always seems to be a construction project going on around here.
A couple of days ago, Sparky wanted to go out to talk to the construction guys to find out what they smelled like. That seemed like a good idea. I had some questions.
Home automation is addicting. Once the window shades in the solarium were automated, I looked for anything else to add to the system. Some people go nuts. If you have looked at a new furnace, refrigerator, thermostat or hot water heater, you see that they can all be web-enabled. I don’t want to go crazy.
As soon as the camera picked up the guy, it was obvious. With the aux driveway paved and the regular driveway unimproved, Amazon is delivering to my back deck. That might be better than the front door.
Porch thieves aren’t a problem, but packages are less obvious on the back deck. Packages on the deck will be more obvious to me, so my stuff won’t be sitting outside for a couple of days. For the drivers, this is quick and easy.
When I got out of bed this morning, it was 46o outside. A fire would be overkill, but really nice.
Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the second-fastest single-GPU graphics card you can buy, and only because there’s a $1200 Titan Xp offering questionable value out there, too.
That was from an article written in 2017.
When I wanted to try out virtual reality, I bought a gaming computer with that graphics card. At that time, it was almost impossible to buy a graphics card because crypto-currency miners were buying all available graphics cards.
Getting grass to grow always seems like a hit-or-miss deal. It worked this time, so here’s what happened.
Sparky isn’t eager to go out in the heat, but he likes to lounge in the sun. I modified the software for my robot window shades so that the center shade doesn’t go all the way down. I am so pleased that Sparky enjoys this feature.
Sparky won’t thank me for this because dogs don’t think that way. I’m not certain that when Sparky feels a tug on his collar, he understands that I pulled on the leash.
Having home automation and a dog is giving me more project ideas.
The robotic window shade project is completely operational. Ever since the IKEA motorized blinds were installed, this is how they needed to work. It seems like it’s been longer than a few weeks since work started on 2 weeks since on Implementing Home Assistant.
Maybe I’m a chump.
Yesterday, Impact Paving was doing a driveway down the street. While I was working in the yard, the foreman came by. He’s got the equipment and the guys here, so he could offer me a deal.
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