My Raspberry Pi display with a representation of earth overlayed by the locations of a few key satellites. Solar weather related data is across the top. The info is useful in understanding current radio propagation as well as for making contact with satellites. 🌍
Roses are red
Violets are blue
My branches are thorny
And so are you 😉
A toolbox full of components used in my experimental projects. This is not my only such toolbox. 😃
It has been a long time since I took a photo with this
Great job @vincent on the new Gluon release! One request re hiding replies. It would be great if there was an indicator whether or not replies existed on a post. Like a little dot or something.
I installed this automatic light switch when our youngest was too short to turn on the bathroom light. The kids are teens now but when it recently broke everyone complained until I replaced it. First world problems…
Watching YouTube vids on the back patio. Life seems good. 👍🏻
We went to a temple site for Songkran today. Mostly to shop for some hard-to-get Thai and Lao foods and plants. This was the first one since Covid started. We didn’t find it nearly as good as in the past and prices were $$$.
I’ve been journaling in DayOne for about 12 years. I think today’s “On This Day” hit a new record of over 20 prior entries. It is nice to be able to do this daily “look back”. ✍️
Our son and I finished the Lego Skywalker Saga storyline. It started off fun but by the end we were pushing to finish it like a bad chore. There were a lot of “what is going on” moments in the last set of episodes along with blocking bugs that required tricks to work around. 👎
After last night’s rain storm this tree decided to bend over and see if it could touch the ground
Just watched the Liverpool v Everton ⚽️ game. Everton’s juvenile approach leaves me hoping they do indeed get relegated. Thanks to their antics there was only 28 minutes of actual play in the first 45 minutes.
On the eve of her senior prom, our daughter’s first hamster passed away. We found a good spot and gave Uno a proper burial tonight. RIP.
Today’s parenting event: at her request I’m helping our now 18 yo daughter open a brokerage account and discussing options for her to start investing. Here’s hoping I can guide her properly
Got our 2022 home appraisal from the tax office today 💵💵💵 👀 👀 👀
Not really a surprise of course but still… Also how did our area somehow surpass Austin for median home prices !?!
My wife had a heart scan for calcium scoring this morning. She was pretty nervous about the result and didn’t sleep well last night. She was delighted to hear “your heart is perfect, go have a nice steak for dinner.” Her actual score was 0 which is good as it gets.
My son and I started Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga today. It has a much faster pace than the prior games in the series and the co-op is worlds beyond them. The co-op player has a lot more independence while P1 pursues the story.👍🏼👍🏼
I just introduced our 13 y/o son to the amazingly useful app that is Wolfram-Alpha. Puts Google to shame not only for computational topics but has a ton of knowledge from Music to Health to Finance. I hope I don’t learn to regret this!
I’m in that singular American hell that is bouncing around amongst the doctor’s office, 2 labs and the health insurance company over bills we received for my wife’s labs - which should have cost us nothing. 😖
All the Frees
Our daughter’s high protein (and high priced) cereal.
More Covid boosters are coming but I’m doubtful about getting another (had 3 Moderna). They’re not without risk. A friend’s wife can no longer walk due to this J&J side effect. Months of medical visits haven’t helped her. Just saying it’s not a no-brainer to me.
Well, a nearly unblemished sky… ✈️
Busy day today.
✅ Trimmed 3 live oaks
✅ Sprayed the outside of the house for bugs
✅ Cleaned leaves out of gutters
✅ Installed sprinkler head guards along the curb
✅ Leveled our new outdoor griddle (which is a great purchase)
Our 13 yo son is in Kirby heaven. The new game released today and he jumped right on it when he walked in the door from school. Makes me happy to see him so happy. 😃
Spring has arrived: weather sirens blaring, heavy rain, some hail, tornados in the area and the SkyWarn network activated. ⛈