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August 2019

plane
24 hr 47 min
 
bicycle
7 hr 52 min
 
taxi
7 hr 36 min
 
train
4 hr 24 min
 
walk
2 hr 55 min
 
car
1 hr 41 min
 
scooter
25 min
 
tram
21 min
 
bus
16 min
 
9445 miles
 
plane
212.2 miles
 
taxi
90.7 miles
 
train
73.3 miles
 
bicycle
37.9 miles
 
car
6.2 miles
 
bus
6.2 miles
 
tram
4.1 miles
 
scooter
4.1 miles
 
walk
Productivity
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1
6h 25m
Clackamas, Oregon
Oregon City, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
2
5h 56m
Portland, Oregon
3
8h 27m
bicycle 1h 03m (9.8mi)
Portland, Oregon
4
11h 02m
Portland, Oregon
5
11h 27m
Portland, Oregon
6
8h 40m
bicycle 05m (0.7mi)
scooter 24m (4.1mi)
train 16m (3mi)
walk 06m (0.4mi)
Portland, Oregon
7
10h 13m
bicycle 07m (1.1mi)
Portland, Oregon
8
16h 50m
plane 3h 59m (1302.4mi)
taxi 1h 01m (46.6mi)
Portland, Oregon
Salt Lake City, Utah
Midvale, Utah
Midvale, Utah, US
Salt Lake City
Portland
9
9h 32m
bicycle 40m (7.1mi)
Portland, Oregon
10
7h 26m
Portland, Oregon
11
10h 04m
plane 3h 54m (1951.3mi)
taxi 31m (17.2mi)
Portland, Oregon
Austin
Cedar Park, Texas
Austin, Texas
12
14h 35m
bicycle 04m (0.4mi)
plane 1h 28m (5.9mi)
taxi 31m (8.9mi)
Austin, Texas
Portland
13
14h 44m
bicycle 1h 24m (10.8mi)
bus 11m (4.6mi)
plane 5h 27m (1930.5mi)
taxi 28m (10.2mi)
Wimberley, Texas
Portland, Oregon
Auburn, Washington
SeaTac, Washington
Tukwila, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Portland
14
11h 06m
plane 2h 10m (908.8mi)
taxi 1h 15m (32mi)
Portland, Oregon
Ontario, California
Redlands, California, US
Redlands, California
Ontario
15
15h 57m
bus 04m (1.7mi)
car 39m (24.5mi)
plane 2h 13m (880.1mi)
taxi 29m (9.7mi)
Redlands, California
Ontario, California
Long Barn, California
Portland
Portland, Oregon
16
13h 26m
Portland, Oregon
17
3h 30m
taxi 41m (25.6mi)
Portland, Oregon
Clackamas, Oregon
18
8h 20m
taxi 24m (7mi)
Portland, Oregon
Irvine, California
Santa Ana
Irvine, California, US
Yosemite National Park, California
Santa Ana, California
19
13h 13m
plane 2h 10m (975.8mi)
taxi 56m (19.3mi)
Irvine, California
Santa Ana, California
Creston, California
Portland, Oregon
Portland
20
6h 08m
bicycle 1h 42m (16.3mi)
walk 12m (0.3mi)
Portland, Oregon
21
10h 28m
Portland, Oregon
22
9h 49m
train 36m (7.4mi)
walk 24m (1.5mi)
Portland, Oregon
23
11h 16m
train 40m (8mi)
Portland, Oregon
24
7h 54m
bicycle 43m (7.9mi)
walk 1h 49m (1.2mi)
Portland, Oregon
25
10h 13m
Portland, Oregon
26
12h 27m
bicycle 48m (7.9mi)
Portland, Oregon
27
10h 27m
car 24m (5.1mi)
train 22m (3.9mi)
Portland, Oregon
28
17h 25m
plane 3h 24m (1490.2mi)
taxi 15m (9.1mi)
train 1h 06m (44mi)
tram 21m (6.2mi)
Portland, Oregon
Oakland, California
Dublin, California
Pleasanton, California
Willows, California
Oakland
Portland
Oakridge, Oregon
Castro Valley, California
Ashland, Oregon
29
10h 24m
bicycle 13m (2.4mi)
Portland, Oregon
30
3h 29m
car 37m (8.3mi)
train 1h 21m (24.5mi)
walk 23m (0.8mi)
Portland, Oregon
Beaverton, Oregon
31
4h 59m
Portland, Oregon

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  • Aaron Parecki
    Something about Apple's decision to do "OAuth-but-not-quite" rubbed me the wrong way, but this is a great example of how it breaks down very concretely.

    https://twitter.com/atomicbird/status/1163478833326108673
    Santa Ana, California, USA
    18 likes 9 reposts 6 replies
    Mon, Aug 19, 2019 2:29pm -07:00 #apple #oauth #openid #oidc
  • Aaron Parecki
    Made some good progress on building my automatic cat feeder today!
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    ⁣Tore apart a kitchen scale to extract the load sensor and platform. Built a stand out of some MDF board. Attached the scale to the base, mounted the dispenser to the back.
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    ⁣Tomorrow I get the motor and can mount that to the back as well as wire up all the circuitry!
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    ⁣In the end, this will be able to drop food into the bowl only if the bowl isn't already full. It'll also track how much is left in the dispenser, as well as hopefully be able to tell when she actually eats by measuring the weight of the bowl!
    ⁣
    ⁣#homeautomation #internetofthings #automaticcatfeeder #smartfeeder #diy #arduino
    Portland, Oregon
    indiewebcat.com
    38 likes 2 reposts 6 replies
    Fri, Aug 16, 2019 10:23pm -07:00 #homeautomation #internetofthings #automaticcatfeeder #smartfeeder #diy #arduino
  • Aaron Parecki
    I made more progress on the cat feeder tonight! ⁣
    ⁣I attached the motor to the back, and the shaft now goes thru and connects to the original (modified) plastic shaft from the dispenser.
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    ⁣The lid has an ultrasonic distance sensor pointing down at the food to be able to tell how much is left in the chute.
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    ⁣There's a button on top to be able to manually dispense a dose.
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    ⁣Lastly, I added a terminal block to connect the wires from the scale for easier mounting to the processor later.
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    ⁣Next up, I need to start connecting all the components to the circuitry! The load cell amplifier, stepper motor driver, and finally the esp32 controller. Then it'll be time to write some software!
    ⁣
    #homeautomation #esp32 #arduino #catfeeder #hackyourcat #cathacks
    Portland, Oregon
    34 likes 1 repost 5 replies
    Fri, Aug 23, 2019 7:59pm -07:00 #homeautomation #esp32 #arduino #catfeeder #hackyourcat #cathacks
  • Aaron Parecki
    Having one of those moments where I feel like I need to tear up my entire office and living room and reorganize things and get rid of clutter, but that is not a project I should start at 5pm on a Sunday
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    19 likes 8 replies 1 mention
    Sun, Aug 25, 2019 4:50pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    Finished the picture frame that shows my upcoming travel!
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    ⁣It shows my current location and local time, the dates of my next trip, and my departing or arriving flight information! ⁣
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    Let's call this v1 tho, because I need to get a better matte for the frame, not just the cheap cardboard that came with it that i tore while cutting it. I might spring for a bigger display next time too! ⁣
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    But overall I'm pretty happy with it!
    23 likes 5 replies
    Fri, Aug 30, 2019 12:18am +00:00 #homeautomation #travel #travelframe #eink #e-ink
  • Aaron Parecki
    So far out of all the home automation devices I've connected to this Raspberry Pi, the most reliable ones have been 433mhz transmitters and ESP32s on wifi. I've been getting spotty performance of Bluetooth and Z-wave devices. Could be that the Pi isn't powerful enough, or could be because simpler is just better.
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    1 like 6 replies
    Tue, Aug 20, 2019 10:45pm -07:00 #homeautomation
  • Aaron Parecki
    :sigh: another day, another website that hardcodes their @oauth_2 client secret in JavaScript 🤦‍♂️
    Oregon City, Oregon, USA
    10 likes 4 replies
    Thu, Aug 1, 2019 10:36am -07:00 #oauth
  • Aaron Parecki
    Signs you might be traveling too much:

    You start measuring streaks not by the number of nights away from home, but by the number of nights you spend *at* home.
    Creston, California
    9 likes 4 replies
    Mon, Aug 19, 2019 6:00pm -07:00 #travel
  • Aaron Parecki
    Over the past few weekends I've been overhauling my home automation systems. At the core, as I decide what to buy and how to configure it, there are three primary principles:

    • Manual override: Everything automated has to still have the ability to be controlled manually
    • Keep it at home: No "cloud" services unless absolutely necessary (e.g. push notifications to a phone)
    • Open: Avoid vendor lock-in, use open source and open protocols where possible

    So far, I've removed my Dropcam (acquired by Google/Nest), removed SmartThings (acquired by Samsung), and replaced everything with the best alternatives I can find, and making a few sensors myself as well.

    It's been a fun experience for sure! Not something I would recommend as an "out of the box" solution, but I've learned a lot, and have a lot more ideas still! I'm planning on doing a full writeup once I get a few more things hooked up.
    Irvine, California
    10 likes 1 repost 3 replies
    Sun, Aug 18, 2019 9:53pm -07:00 #homeautomation #iot
  • Aaron Parecki
    I've reached the point that a day trip to the Bay Area from Portland is effectively the same as a "long commute to work". I'm also pretty sure this is still shorter than some peoples' commutes within the Bay Area.
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    14 likes 2 replies
    Wed, Aug 28, 2019 11:55pm -07:00 #travel

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)

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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