Aaron Parecki

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  Is it even possible to buy a TV that isn't smart? I want a screen I can plug things in to, not a computer with a terrible UI I can't change

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  25 likes 12 replies

  Thu, Apr 9, 2015 11:34pm -07:00
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  I do my best work when I'm procrastinating on other projects. Is there some way to capitalize on that?

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  16 likes 13 replies

  Sat, Apr 25, 2015 6:01pm -07:00
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  "Aaron and Aaron enjoy working together on projects to solve difficult problems, but each needs time to think independently." @crystalknowsme

  

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  7 likes 7 replies

  Tue, Apr 14, 2015 4:09pm -07:00
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  This $10 wifi Arduino-compatible board by @DigiStump is giving me so many ideas for making home automation devices! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digistump/oak-by-digistump-wi-fi-for-all-things-arduino-comp

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  4 likes 4 reposts 4 replies

  Fri, Apr 24, 2015 3:49pm -07:00 #homeautomation
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  How not to cold-email someone

  

  4 likes 6 replies 1 mention

  Mon, Apr 6, 2015 12:41pm -07:00 #spam
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  @AirBnB is so frustrating sometimes! If you're going to provide a messaging system, be sure it shows all the messages sent and received!

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  6 replies

  Fri, Apr 24, 2015 4:21pm -07:00
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  and we're live! http://live.act-w.org Streaming from an LTE connection so hopefully it stays up! #actwpdx

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  4 likes 5 reposts 2 replies

  Sat, Apr 11, 2015 10:52am -07:00 #actwpdx

• HTML is my API

  In August 2012, I wrote a quick script to stream front-page Hackernews stories to an IRC channel on Freenode. It broke after 2.5 years, at which point I switched to their new JSON API. That one broke after 2 days. Here is how we can fix this.

  continue reading...

  8 likes 5 reposts 2 bookmarks 1 reply 55 mentions

  Sun, Apr 26, 2015 9:48pm -07:00 #indieweb #api #html #microformats
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  Well that was unsettling. Was harshly woken up by the sound of crackling and my lights flickering, then a pop and the apartment went dark. In a half-awake stupor I was confused why one of my lights was still working. Took me a while to realize it was only the circuit for my outlets that had tripped.
  
  I tried to reset the breaker, but it snapped again immediately after I turned it back on. So my thought is something on the circuit has shorted, or I've just overloaded that circuit.
  
  Either way, I can'e believe they built a brand new building and put all the plugs in this apartment on a single 15-amp circuit. Seems like it wouldn't have been that much harder to at least split it into two!

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  5 likes 4 replies

  Wed, Apr 22, 2015 6:13am -07:00
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  It's amazing how incremental progress all adds up after a while. @bmndr is the only reason I've made this much progress on this book.

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 like 3 reposts 2 replies

  Mon, Apr 13, 2015 8:01pm -07:00 #beeminder