Full flight to Boston. I see one other passenger masking. I'm so thrilled we finally conquered flu and COVID-19.

I went to the Home, Remodel, and Landscaping show at the Portland Convention Center last weekend. I was particularly interested in seeing how home automation is being presented these days. The answer: it isn't. Garage doors. Blinds. Heating and cooling. All prime applications for automation […]

This essay by @sarahjeong.bsky.social on gas masks in the style of a Wirecutter review is *chef s kiss* .https://www.theverge.com/policy/868571/best-gas-masks #portland

Having trouble pairing your Matter/Thread devices? Make sure you have IPv6 enabled. I had it off because my ISP doesn't do native IPv6, so I locked it down. That was the primary source is my Matter grief. Once I enabled IPv6 on my Home Assistant controller (set to "automatic") things went a […]

I was curious how the cheap Ikea TIMMERFLOTTE temperature sensor ($10, yellow line) compares to the Aqara Climate Sensor W100 ($40, blue line). https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/timmerflotte-temperature-humidity-sensor-smart-50618957/ […] [Original post on pdx.social]

I went to Ikea today and bought just about every single Matter device I could get my hands on. MYGGSPRAY - motion sensor ALPSTUGA - air quality sensor BILRESA - remote control switch MYGGBETT - door'window sensor TIMMERFLOTTE - temperature/humidity sensor (2x) […] [Original post on pdx.social]

Guy who makes all the cute cartoon animal signs everyone has in their yard here telling people to slow down for children has now made a downloadable/printable cute cartoon anti-ICE sign, available for anyone who wants it: drive.google.com/file/d/14Rks... (By @mikebennettart.bsky.social)

Portland ICE Facility tonight.

Current tally for Mastodon for Minneapolis fundraiser is $8611. We are benefiting the Immigrant Rapid Response fund of the Minnesota Women’s Foundation. You can donate at https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/doWhZ3Z/Mastodon-for-Minneapolis You will […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...

I got my JetKVM last night and I wish I had it a month ago when I was doing all my server migrations. It was a pain dragging keyboard and display around to do all the system setups. This thing makes it so easy. The device has three connections: USB (which also […] [Original post on pdx.social]

Having moved from Texas a year ago, I'm seriously afraid of pipes freezing when the weather dips below 32F. I've never had a house built over a crawl space before. So I thought I'd drop a wireless temperature sensor down there to see what's happening overnight […] [Original post on pdx.social]

Hey #teardown2026 people, if you want to make sure you don't miss posts to this hashtag, check out @NotifyBot https://notifybot.jampdx.net (Instructions say limited availability, but y'all get in one the "friends of Courtney" ticket.)

#esphome (and WiFi in general) is a horrible choice for battery-powered devices. I got a Seeed IOT Button. I need to hit the button once and wait 5 seconds for it to connect to WiFi, then hit it again to get it to take action. https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/getting_started_with_seeed_iot_button/ […]

There was music at the protest outside the Hilton in downtown #portland today. Here, two horn players give a rendition of "We Shall Overcome". #iceout #iceoutforgood

I have two temperature sensors in the house - one in the bedroom and one on the back patio. I moved the bedroom sensor into the crawl space under the house, where all the plumbing lives. I'm supa curious how that tracks when we get freezing temps tomorrow.

It feels like such a totally #portland thing that there are two "ICE Out for Good" protests on the same day at the same location but two completely different times. Anybody know which is the "real" one -- 3pm or 5pm? My spidey sense says it's the latter […]

I have a table lamp in my practice area. I put a smart light bulb in the lamp. So, now I can't use the switch on the lamp. To turn on the lamp, I need to find my phone or walk across the room to my keyboard. So, I got a wireless smart button and put it on the […] [Original post on pdx.social]

U know u wanna. #portland

On this bright sunny day in the PNW, Franklin is living his best life. #catsofmastodon

Last night's dinner. J grew tomatoes over the summer. I froze a bunch of them. This pie was the last of our backyard tomatoes. #pizza

Don't know if anybody caught this, but Nahla Ake (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Holly Hunter) appears to be a deadhead. There's once scene in her office where you can briefly see the "Aoxomoxoa" and "Skull and Roses" album artwork on her shelves.

RE: https://pdx.social/@agnes/115917265773308684 This, 1000%. With all the efforts at organized voter suppression these days, it's idiotic for progressives to do that work for them.

I got this super-cheapo USB-to-serial device to flash my Sonoff S31 smart sockets with ESPHome. Except the device would never connect to the system. SEE THE PROBLEM ???? The clear plastic shrink wrap is so far up the body of the plug that it wouldn't insert […] [Original post on pdx.social]

Hollywood Theatre in Portland showed it in 35mm last year and it sold out. FYI, later this month they're showing DESIGN FOR LIVING (my other favorite pre-code Lubitsch film; also about sex) and it'll prob sell out too and is absolutely worth your time.

Dear 10-month ago me, Thank you for setting up static archives of some legacy websites, and setting up redirects so search engines won't lose them. Now I can begin to release those domains. https://www.crosenthal.com/web-vault

21 years ago today, this sweet guy came into our lives. Rufus T. Firefly died just before COVID hit. We missed him terribly during lockdown. We carry him in our hearts. And in our email. (We use the chezruf.us domain for email and household services.)

I moved my Home Assistant instance from a VM onto bare metal (an X86_64 SFF system) and now voice processing is SCREAMING FAST! Right now it's just a toy, but I imagine having some room-specific mics with wake words would be an awesome addition. #homeassistant

The mountain was OUTSIDE today #pdxbikes #pdxtst

I got one of those notices that my personal information has been stolen, and as a consolation they will give me a year of identify monitoring services. Here's who they designated to protect me:

Hey have you seen the cutest little water bird ever? 📷🌿🪶

Hey #austin #civictech folks ... the Open Austin 2026 kick-off is coming up. Meet up with the folks that are using tech and data to make their city better. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-2026-open-austins-new-year-kickoff-tickets-1975239228705

Have an opossum. 📷🌿🦊

I am flummoxed by the terrible performance I'm getting from "speech-to-phrase" voice processing in Home Assistant. It takes a good 10-12 seconds for processing to complete. I'm running it in a VM hosted on a Core i5 with 6GB memory and 3 CPU threads -- I'd think that's plenty of resources […]

I was excited back when, to hear GM announce they were bringing back the Chevy Bolt -- a highly affordable, compact electric vehicle. But then, late last year, I rented a Chevy Equinox -- an SUV built on the platform that Bolt will use. The vehicle was superb in every way -- but one. It […]

My project for the past couple weeks has been a mass migration of self-hosted servers. Most of the stuff now resides on a Dell Optiplex 3050 running Proxmox.(That's "pve".) I've got one standalone host, an ODROID M1S, that watches over everything. (That's […] [Original post on pdx.social]

In a bed, in a bed By the waterside I will lay my head Listen to the river sing sweet songs To rock my soul Bobby Weir Binghamton, NY May 9, 1979

Anti-ICE protest in Portland today.

At the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center at The Dalles.

Oregon Attorney General announces state investigation into the CPB shooting in Portland today.

I posted last week about the CMOS battery in my Dell laptop -- the thing that keeps time and configuration when powered off -- died. The battery is a plain ol' CR2032 "coin" battery, except with leads soldered on and adhered to the motherboard. I ordered from […] [Original post on pdx.social]

Also if your are in the Portland Oregon Area join us on discord here: https://discord.gg/4QGs7asQEA #meshtastic #meshmonday #pdx

Goodbye #pdx tree.

If you have a moment, file a complaint against X with the Apple App Store.

The relocated #multnomahcounty Library's Northwest branch is going to open up this weekend with two days of events. Looking at the two small photos, they've opted to expose portions of the concrete floor and seal it, which is always a fun thing to do with old warehouses. Lots of different […]

Is there a way to browse Netflix titles without paying for an account, do y'all know? I don't mean an alphabetical list, or searching for a specific movie/show. I mean being able to browse the current library to see everything that's there. (It seems like I can't w/o paying, which ... whaat?)

Ten days to get tickets for Studio Ghibli fest, #portland family-friendly film fans. https://omsi.edu/exhibits/studio-ghibli-film-festival/ Soooo many great titles, including "Tales from Earthsea" 1/24 & 2/22, based on books by Portland's own Ursula K Leguin!

Tiling window manager is MESSING WITH MUH BRAIN 🧠

Is anyone else planning to ditch their Fitbit this month because they don't want to hook it into a Google acct ... and if so, what option are you choosing? My wife found the Xiaomi smart band for me and ... maybe? I really liked the Fb (heart rate, sleep mode, steps ... good size for tiny wrists).

I hate that there isn't a supported Armbian image for the ODROID M1S. I don't want to run Ubuntu or Gnome on this little SBC, but here I am. https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-m1s-with-8gbyte-ram/