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  • Aaron Parecki
    This is so silly, I just need to vent. I have this Krups waffle iron, and part of the locking handle has been broken since I got it. I took it apart (really just removed like 6 screws) and there's clearly a plastic part that broke off inside.

    So I go to the Krups website and find the replacement part which is available for $3.90, except that shipping is $15.

    I emailed their customer support and said I need this replacement part. They wrote back that parts are available on the website for out-of-warranty repairs. I wrote back that it's still under warranty. Their reply:

    "Disassembling the unit will void the warranty."

    So I called up support to see if they would say anything different on the phone. They asked for my name and then pulled up my ticket, and the guy confirmed that because I opened it up I voided the warranty, and that they don't do warranty repairs by sending out parts anyway.

    So apparently I was not supposed to diagnose the problem myself, instead I was supposed to ship it to the appliance repair store in Seattle for them to replace the part and ship it back. It just seems so wasteful and expensive to mail it back and forth when all I need is this $3.90 part.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 50°F
    1 mention
    Tue, May 6, 2025 7:26am -07:00 #warranty
  • Aaron Parecki
    I absolutely do not understand the math on this, but it does make sense intuitively.

    https://docs.vention.io/docs/designing-with-t-slot-aluminum-extrusions
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 61°F
    1 reply
    Fri, Apr 25, 2025 8:22pm -07:00 #physics #aluminum #mechanics
  • Aaron Parecki
    oh no I just realized tomorrow is Monday
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 56°F
    12 likes 6 replies
    Sun, Apr 13, 2025 9:18pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    This is the second time this month that my boarding gate and seat number are palindromes of each other
    Las Vegas, Nevada, USA • 71°F
    6 likes 1 repost 3 replies
    Sat, Apr 5, 2025 3:19pm -07:00 #travel
  • Aaron Parecki
    Is it just me or does this current Model Context Protocol wave remind anyone of the early Web 2.0 days of everyone launching open APIs?
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 47°F
    6 likes 3 replies
    Wed, Apr 2, 2025 10:09am -07:00 #mcp #ai
  • Aaron Parecki
    I have 24 hours in Hong Kong on the way back home because of how I had to book the flights. I took a short flight from Da Nang to Hong Kong and I have a separate ticket for HKG-SFO-PDX.

    I ended up clearing immigration with the bags around 8:45pm, and my flight out is at 8pm tomorrow, so I was able to go up to the checkin counter and get my boarding pass and check the bag in already.

    We bought so much stuff that we had to buy a new suitcase in Hoi An. We were pretty rushed packing this morning after picking up the last of the clothing. So in the airport I did some rearranging between the bags.

    I moved some of my old cheap clothes and laundry into the new large suitcase to make room to move some of the new custom clothes into my small suitcase. I checked the big suitcase but I should be able to take the small one as carryon. I figure better to spread out the risk instead of checking both bags. Oh and I also had to buy a strap for the new bag because I don’t trust the zippers entirely. Now it’s also easier to spot.

    So cross your fingers that in 36 hours I will find the bag in SFO when I clear immigration!

    And of course the checked bag has an AirTag in it so I'll be able to keep an eye on it in the mean time.
    青衣, 新界, HKG • 74°F
    Fri, Mar 28, 2025 9:55pm +08:00 #travel
  • Aaron Parecki
    I've got 22 hours in Hong Kong on a layover and I'm staying overnight in a hotel near the old Kowloon Walled City. Any tips for what I should do on this very short trip?
    Hong Kong Airlines Flight 549 DAD to HKG in Đà Nẵng, Đà Nẵng, VNM • 80°F
    1 repost
    Fri, Mar 28, 2025 4:55pm +07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    The building that collapsed from the earthquake was right next to the train station we got off at when we arrived in Bangkok last weekend. We took the train from Chiang Mai to Chatuchak 😮 https://maps.app.goo.gl/YUANzTLHUfCZVi6b7
    Đà Nẵng, Đà Nẵng, VNM • 81°F
    5 likes 2 reposts 1 reply
    Fri, Mar 28, 2025 3:42pm +07:00 #travel #earthquake
  • Aaron Parecki
    Got the whole row to myself, almost makes me sad the flight is only 50 minutes
    หนองปรือ, จ.สมุทรปราการ, THA • 91°F
    Fri, Mar 21, 2025 5:16pm +07:00 #travel
  • Aaron Parecki
    In case you missed it, our IPSIE webinar recording is now available! I had a great time chatting with Dean H. Saxe, George Fletcher, Gail Hodges, and Jeff Reich about what IPSIE is, why profiling existing specifications is so important, and the progress the working group has made so far! Thanks for the great conversation!

    IPSIE:
    Interoperability
    Profile for
    Secure
    Identity in the
    Enterprise

    https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/18458/636068
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 56°F
    Wed, Mar 5, 2025 1:24pm -08:00 #ipsie #openid #okta
  • Aaron Parecki
    The extremely custom range hood is getting closer! The hood insert will slide in from the bottom, and the top part will have storage in front of the duct!
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    Wed, Feb 19, 2025 5:15pm -08:00 #365 #triplex
  • Aaron Parecki
    Today the crew hung the picture rails everywhere. It will eventually be painted the same color as the walls. I'm looking forward to never having to punch holes in the walls again!
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    Mon, Feb 17, 2025 6:00pm -08:00 #365 #triplex
  • Aaron Parecki
    Chase sends 8-digit 2fa SMS codes, which seems excessive compared to the 6 that most other places use, but even weirder is that the first digit of them has always been the same, effectively making it a 7 digit code. Anyone know what's up with that?
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 41°F
    4 likes 7 replies
    Sat, Feb 15, 2025 5:56pm -08:00 #security #sms #2fa
  • Aaron Parecki
    At long last, the OAuth working group has finished the Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 Security and it was just published as RFC9700! This has been a long time in the works, and I'm very thankful to everyone who has helped out with it over the years!

    https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9700.html

    This is one of the major inputs to OAuth 2.1, so I'm also very excited to be able to move that forward this year as well!
    Portland, Oregon • 37°F
    65 likes 36 reposts 3 replies
    Tue, Feb 4, 2025 11:15am -08:00 #ietf #oauth #rfc #security
  • Aaron Parecki
    Every now and then I remember how in 2014 I mined $20 worth of dogecoin, then said this is stupid and exchanged it for 0.05 bitcoin sent to a brainwallet. I can't remember the seed phrase, so it's just stuck in the blockchain, and is now worth $5000
    Portland, Oregon • 39°F
    10 likes 1 repost 4 replies
    Mon, Feb 3, 2025 11:17am -08:00 #bitcoin #doge
  • Aaron Parecki
    I am still getting monthly emails saying I have a $0 balance from the tenant portal of the apartment we moved out of 18 months ago. Today I logged in to see if I can delete my account, but instead I see new maintenance requests from the last few months 😮
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 44°F
    2 likes 2 replies
    Sat, Feb 1, 2025 2:51pm -08:00 #rent
  • Aaron Parecki

    Today I:

    • found a buyer for all the Hue lights I decommissioned
    • worked on the slides for the OAuth meeting on Monday
    • updated IndieLogin.com and dependencies to work with PHP 8.2
    • fixed the paper jam in Lily's printer
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 46°F
    Sat, Jan 4, 2025 8:42pm -08:00 #365
  • Aaron Parecki
    It just occurred to me that YouTube is named after a completely obsolete technology
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 51°F
    7 likes 7 replies
    Sun, Dec 22, 2024 9:01pm -08:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    I really need to remember to put my phone on do not disturb when I'm doing electrical work. The buzz on my leg freaks me out every time ⚡️
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 48°F
    14 likes 2 reposts 1 reply
    Mon, Dec 9, 2024 2:51pm -08:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    The new iOS app icons dark mode is really messing with my brain. I can't recognize any of the icons at a glance anymore, it's like having to re-learn all the branding.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 39°F
    13 likes 1 repost 5 replies
    Fri, Dec 6, 2024 8:32pm -08:00 #ios
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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