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Factotum. Former @ethanschoonover on twtr / Photo & Design & Tech & RPGs / SeattleACS ham radio volunteer / Cascadia Radio cofounder / @TeenHorrorCast.com intern / "skoon-over" / he 📍 Seattle, Earth 🌐 https://ethanschoonover.com
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How to take your 💊vitamins with Apple Homekit (bonus: 🐱cat ) (yes yes I know supplements are a ? in terms of do they do you any good, I split the difference and just take a multi) (this works by matter sensor in apple home -> homebridge webhook -> streaks action URL, took 10 min to configure)

How to take your 💊vitamins with Apple Homekit (bonus: 🐱cat ) (yes yes I know supplements are a ? in terms of do they do you any good, I split the difference and just take a multi) (this works by matter sensor in apple home -> homebridge webhook -> streaks action URL, took 10 min to configure)

If you are one of us, the ELITE that use @panic.com's macOS text & code editor *Nova*, download @eirvandelden.vandelden.family's sweet new implementation of my Solarized color scheme for it: nova://extension/?id=com.eirvandelden.SelenizedRails&name=Selenized%20%26%20Solarized

If you are one of us, the ELITE that use @panic.com's macOS text & code editor *Nova*, download @eirvandelden.vandelden.family's sweet new implementation of my Solarized color scheme for it: nova://extension/?id=com.eirvandelden.SelenizedRails&name=Selenized%20%26%20Solarized

Filling up tiny squeeze tubes with hand lotion and a sketchy looking syringe definitely the most "Breaking Bad for Little Old Ladies with Dry Hands" thing I've done.

The two primary branches of the current government (monarchy & oligarchy) are fighting and that ain't bad

Signed up to donate blood at the high school my wife teaches at and now I am on the same email list as the students. Kind of excited to get a pass to excuse me from classes. Going to start flashing it all over town. Attendant: that's $10 for parking Me: Think again my friend (flashes hall pass)

If you haven’t read it, Blindsight is a book for our time. Published almost 20 years ago, it speaks to issues of intelligence, AI/LLMs, tech breaking social bonds, …and space vampires. We don’t have those yet but like I said this book has a good track record so I’d start reading up on them now.

Skipped a gasket change on my espresso machine group head (because I ran out) and by the time new gaskets arrived I'd totally cooked the old one (big Andromeda Strain vibes as I pulled out the crumbling rubber)

I will be running a game of Invisible Sun, and we are having a Gleam raffle promotion to select who gets to play! It could be… you!

" What if you lost your #AppleNotes " (access or data, same problem) is the thing that should prompt you to, right now, make a recurring reminder to backup your notes to a standard format. I use "Exporter" from the app store: apps.apple.com/us/app/expor...

My current #MothershipRPG playtest involves a high tech hypo injector and one of the players in that group showed up with this prop tonight along with this cool 3D printed sign he made to remind me to remind the group to always take stress on failed rolls :)

web 1995: low quality design with absolutely baller content people just poured their heart into web 2025: every site looks so damn slick but it's just trash out there

I just shoved a clean extra tissue up my sweater cuff so it's only a matter of time before I complete my transformation into a matronly spinster solving murders in the british countryside.

The old AVR/amp I use to power my gaming table in-wall surround sound has ancient Airplay v1 and no upgrade path so I finally got around to dropping shairport-sync onto a spare rPi for Airplay v2. Now almost no latency on the streaming & it's much more network stable, plus volume control is better.

Got split ssh key auth for login and sudo working and a) I let out a whoop b) should have set this up ages ago. So I can now ssh in to the remote system and initiate a sudo and auth both with a fingerprint or Apple Watch. Definitely feels futuristic :)

The story of my character Nine make that Eight Finger

Best workout gear I have is this magsafe thing that wraps onto any metal part of the workout station you're on. Super handy.

I appreciate this PAM module having the most David Cronenberg default interaction prompt possible.

this is accurate in that a lot of what i say is useful but at least 10% is pure bullshit

Yet another confirmation that moving off Google for my personal email was one of the best decisions I've made. Just checked on my elderly father's Google Workspace to fix high volume scam mail. Turns out enhanced spam protection is only available for business users. Not, you know, senior citizens.

if you aren't using figlet and lolcat to slap a sexy banner on your remote logins you have no business ssh-ing

The pile of clothes to donate/recycle is SO BIG in our garage right now that an entire section of garage shelving is like that part of the video game map where you can see the next level but can't reach it without getting the double jump upgrade.

Today's soundtrack/mood/fictional-scenario-I'm-disappearing-into-mentally: album.link/i/1442242672

Finally setting the rest of the family up on @kagi.com search. I'm not vehemently anti-Google but I sure am vehemently pro-privacy and I'd rather pay for search with money than my private data. ( kagi.com ... not affiliated, just a satisfied user and they have a cute mascot on the logo ).

"I want to be the richest man on the planet!" *monkey's paw curls*

If you'd like to perform a cognitive denial of service attack against a computer nerd the level 1 attack is: "What is your file and folder management structure." The level 2 attack is "What is your SSH key naming strategy?" (target will spend at least an hour explaining then rethinking both those).

Reorganized my networking gear into a rack mount case I had sitting around. Slapped a big noctua fan on the front of my NAS and the drive temps instantly dropped by 20% (dropped a noctua on top of my DIY @opnsense.org router as well).

Please enjoy some of my vintage Emigre type specimen catalogs that I’ve held on to since the mid 90s.

I've been running the same firmware since initial release and truly could have used a few hot fixes along the way

How many years have I been doing repairs like this... and still I occasionally forget to check that the boot is on the cable first. Today I did this *twice* 🤦

Apple, all I want from your improved Siri is that when I roll over in bed and say "turn on the coffee maker" it turns on my coffee maker and does not start blasting the song "coffee maker"