Aaron Parecki

Mitch https://mastodon.xyz/@mitchkiah • Jan 4
@aaronpk were you not a fan of the Hue switches?

They started getting really flaky for me lately, only registering every 4th button press. Plus I never used the middle dimmer buttons, I only wanted them for on/off, and the scene selection modes were super complicated. Really I just want a paddle switch with on/off, and that's exactly what the Caseta Pico remote does!

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Joe McLaughlin https://mastodon.social/@joemcl • Jan 4
@aaronpk Aha thanks, so the Caseta switches operate over existing light switches mechanically, that's why 'no wires needed'. Will check them out.

There's actually a special "pico" remote that talks wirelessly to any of the wired switches so you can add a switch anywhere on the wall without having planned a wire ahead of time too! But you need to replace the physical switches with Caseta switches first.

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Caleb Hearth :d6: https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb • Jan 4
@aaronpk I mean, what have you got?

Many many standard bulbs, several flood bulbs, a few of the old gen light strips and flood lights, a couple switches, two hubs.

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Joe McLaughlin https://mastodon.social/@joemcl • Jan 4
@aaronpk The Caseta switch connects to a Caseta light bulb(s)?

The Caseta switches replace your normal wall switches and can control whatever lights are at the other end. The great thing is you can completely forget they are smart switches and they behave just like normal switches that way

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Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Jan 3
Goodbye Philips Hue 👋

I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.

While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!

Side note, if you want a giant pile of Hue lights and switches at a steep discount, let me know 👀

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Goodbye Philips Hue 👋

I finally finished replacing all my Hue lights with Caseta switches.

While I will miss the color temperature control, I am excited that I can attach a switch anywhere that works and looks just like a normal switch, no wires needed!

Portland, Oregon, USA • 44°F

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Eric Likness https://mastodon.online/@carpetbomberz • Jan 3
@aaronpk For the cost an space of Waffle maker #2, why not? If you ever tire of waffles free cycle the whole thing.

when lily yells at me for getting a second one I will tell her you said it was okay

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Philip Borenstein https://mastodon.social/@pborenstein • Jan 3
@aaronpk the picture alone exhausted me, I gotta go lie down

honestly the picture is disappointing to me, I feel like I made a lot more food than the picture makes it look like 😅

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https://micro.blog/velocykel • Jan 3
@aaronpk I did this a few weeks ago too. I don't know why it took me so long to figure out that commercially made waffles are just waffles that are frozen. No secret to it. These look great!

haha right? I've been batch cooking and preserving a lot of things lately and it's given me a different perspective on commercial food production. Like yeah someone cooked that and then froze it and kept it frozen until it made it to your freezer.

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jack the nonabrasive https://mastodon.social/@karabaic

@aaronpk those look lovely!

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Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Jan 2
Just made eight weeks of waffles, going into the freezer now. Took almost 2 hours to cook the 8 batches. I should really get a second waffle iron cause it would literally halve the amount of time this takes.

Oops, eight days, not weeks. We only have them on weekends so that's four weeks of waffles. In that case I definitely need to speed this up if I'm going to be doing it every month.

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Just made four weeks of waffles, going into the freezer now. Took almost 2 hours to cook the 8 batches. I should really get a second waffle iron cause it would literally halve the amount of time this takes.

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