@mikesusz social feed.

i realized a photo of this at night would be useful to demonstrate what i’m talking about. no direct path from lightbulb to eyeball, can see the tv without moving to avoid the lamp.

@Meyerweb you’re one of them fancy lads aren’t ya

i got tired of being blinded while walking by this lamp in our great room so i took an old piece of broken plexiglass, cut a circle out of it, hit it with the random-orbit sander for a while until it was “frosted” and it’s worked really well.

@hotdogsladies Ned!

obligatory “ton of work” photo. looks like it’s been 74 days since we bought our last ton.

transfer station run, full pickup, then a ton of pellets brought home, then a section of kitchen flooring demo’ed and new flooring installed. as the kids would say, i’m cooked, chat.

@jdarnold that’s a cool station! i’ve been looking at this newer generation, not sure how long mine will last (but it’s pretty hearty!) but definitely considering them when i need to replace it. ideas on if you’re going to upload data and to where? (i’ve been sending data to wunderground for … 18 years now)

@atpfm good perspective on AI development from Grady Booch, he’s been doing a few podcasts recently e.g. https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-third-golden-age-of-software

i find that roughly half of my projects around the house benefit from some combination of patience and luck.
while the other half call for a bigger hammer.

if you ever have one of those little shelf support pins break off inside the hole, a tiny screw and a lot of luck might save you.

@shanselman :) i think you taught me Corillian Voyager when i was working at WaMu, they’ve only been gone for a few years, right?!??

how it started / how it’s going

when i trim my beard i first brush it upward and then i suddenly have strong opinions about things like taxation without representation

@jerzone it must have been something you said

@jerzone 🔪

apologies for the spoiler, but today’s Apple Crosswords Mini: “Song from the ‘80s” = “OLDIE”

i. will. stab. you.

@jerzone there are power tools that do this and fit into tight spaces, but i opted for the $140 manual tool vs. the $399 dewalt tool that would work with all my batteries. maybe if i am building a cabin someday, that will be worth it. but for this purpose - i was able to make all the joints and make the assembly in my shop, i only had one joint to make on a ladder/in a tight-ish space.

@jerzone since i completed the project i was using PEX A for, i can comment that it’s pretty straightforward and foolproof. you put the expansion ring over the pipe, use the expander tool to stretch it out, quickly insert the fitting to the shoulder designed to mark the proper depth, hold it for a while while it contracts back to its original size.

the caveat is, the stretcher tool is large and awkward, and if you have to use it in a tight space (e.g. a joist cavity) it will be tough

that was a boring as heck football game. but even though i couldn’t understand the lyrics of the halftime show because im a basic american, i had to pay extra attention to the context provided by the scenes and i really loved it.

go ahead, call me woke. i care about people, even if they don’t look exactly like me.

especially if they don’t.

@mescutia i should probably come up with some silly name and start my own youtube channel. please like and subscribe.

this weekend i did plumbing, electrical, flooring. i’m exhausted. but on the plus side, i now possess all the skills to build my own cabin.

-6.2F (-21.2C) here this morning. the dogs didn’t spend a lot of time outside when they woke up.

whoa, big update. the other side of the yard, looks like deer were bedded down here overnight and got startled. the first few leaps across were probably 8-10ft apart!

these tracks in my front yard are about 6' apart, it was a deer running! i can see their hoofprints at the edge of the driveway. no other tracks like they were being chased.

imagine instead of ‘infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters' it was 'infinite monkeys with a monthly token usage limit’

today while taking my son to school for band, i had to stop and chip the ice out of a wheelwell becuase i could hear it rubbing on the tire when i turned right.

currently feeling like i should register a domain name for the lulz “do-i-need-to-get-my-vehicle-inspected-in-new-hampshire-dot-com” and the content will be … “maybe?”

@beep i feel this. i just had the urge to add a Projects section. then i thought - Projects can have updates! so now i’ve got a Updates collection also.

i made a project for my Projects, then i made a project for my Projects project.

@jerzone most of house is PEX A. it transitions to copper in annoying places. under my sink, the shutoff valves have failed completely so i’m replacing the stub of copper+valves with PEX->PEX. first time doing this myself though, so i’ll let you know if it’s a disaster. but PEX A seems pretty foolproof - if it’s physically connected, it’s sealed. joints just continue getting tighter over time.

the large, flat area of inside of my PEX A fitting tool’s case is being used to show step by step usage instructions, with pictures!

@threetonesun that is pretty cool, thanks!

the car next to me at the grocery store yesterday.

@jerzone yeah what about newtons or something

down to -21C here tonight, wind chill -31C.

@justsnook it’s a vibe.

@justsnook is this an industrial loft decorating aesthetic? 🤔

in case i've been posting too much snow-related content, here's a keyboard i built. details in the alt text.

how it started / how it’s going

@atpfm (listening this morning while i shoveled snow) interesting to hear @siracusa’s adventures with AI assisted coding. coincidentally, Claude and i made this last night, maybe it’s useful for y’all if you have any frustrations with publicly available “tierlist” websites.
https://github.com/mikesusz/tier-sqd-co
https://mikesusz.github.io/tier-sqd-co/

claude and i made a new fun app. my kids complained that free “tier list” websites are full of crap. this one is free & can run from an html file on your computer, or clone the repo and host it on github pages, or push it to your own domain (or use it on mine!). it has export (json), export (image), import (json) functionality. you can rename images & customize tiers!
repo: https://github.com/mikesusz/tier-sqd-co
see it on github pages: https://mikesusz.github.io/tier-sqd-co/
use it on my site: https://tier.sqd.co/

enjoy!

@jerzone i know the feeling from my old machine. the one i have now has some kind of dynamo/generator (to support the headlight) so it also has hand warmers built into the grips. i'm spoiled!

this much snow requires switching the dogs to the egregiously large dog toys outside, lest they be buried and lost until spring/thaw.

i guess what really gets me about this is, i live on a cul-de-sac. if the plow driver went clockwise instead of counter-clockwise around the circle, they would have great visibility on the left edge of their plow (vs. mailboxes, etc.) and they would be pushing the snow in towards the center of the circle - where nobody lives. maybe there's a compelling reason they don't do it this way, but i wish they would.

@jerzone depends on the density. if it's heavier snow, what's above will flow over the top of the intake and pile up in/against the discharge chute. this stuff was lighter so i plunged through it mostly.

more snow fun. the intake on my blower is 26” wide and 23.5” high. the pile left by the plow in front of my driveway was roughly six feet wide and 2-3 feet high.

@jerzone i tried it one time with the gopro attached to the blower itself but it kinda made me seasick watching the video

another snow removal timelapse. this one's different. https://youtu.be/xtLmkU1W9-Q