Sun: Apr 10, 2022

NotePadNext. Definitely watching this project, moving over to Linux this was the one application I wished I had (and the original Notepad++ works fine under WINE but there was always just something weird about having to start it that way...)     #>


Little Free Libraries. There's a few in my neighborhood and they get good traffic. On our walks we've run into a few older people that use the heck out of a couple of them, reading a book a day it seems like and always checking what's new. This site also gives you a map of them that might be around you.     #>


Salvage and Antiques google map, locations you can find salvaged (recycled?) materials and antiques.     #>


It’s Time To Break Up With Our Gas Stoves | Climate Town. I'd been thinking about converting to a gas stove just for temperature control but the more I read about that the worse the idea sounds. My new plan is to get a decent induction cooktop but that's going to involve getting rid of my old aluminum pots and pans (I do have some Misen Cook carbon steel pans I've been using with a countertop single "burner" induction cooktop and it works great.)     #>


$5 Can Get You a Smart Bed, I don't have any use for this right now (there's nothing that I need to know if I'm in bed or not.) but this is incredibly genius. Maybe if you have a remote-door lock and "if in bed for more than 5 minutes be sure lock is locked"?     #>


Homesheet Home Inventory. This is something I'd prefer to self-host but I understand that's not for everyone. I've also heard that the more specific you are about your items the more it's actually worth to an insurance company, if you have a "direct replacement policy" and for example you have a "electric tea kettle, blue, with a dial for setting temperature" and they can't find the direct replacement they'll replace with the more expensive item that satisfies the largest number of adjectives. All that is to say why you would want to use some kind of home inventory (if you just tell them you have an "electric kettle" you are getting the cheapest thing they can find at WalMart).     #>


Compass location server. I'm currently using ulogger on my phone feeding into PhoneTrack on a Nextcloud server (and then into my local Home Assistant) and find that it works surprisingly well but I'm always interested in options in case something happens with this...

One of the things I really like about PhoneTrack is that it has intelligence so I can have it backup my history and then scrub the current track going back any arbitrary time (I think mine scrubs every two weeks)     #>


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