Aaron Parecki

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https://micro.blog/velocykel • Jan 6
@aaronpk completely! I actually started making my own yogurt, which is cheaper and tastes better and never seems to go bad. I’m all for knowing what is going into my food.

ooo I'm glad you've cracked that! I'm still scared of making fermented things, I'm always worried I'm going to do it wrong and then get very sick!

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Mačka being a cute loaf

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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
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Veggie Ramen with Tofu

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Joe McLaughlin https://mastodon.social/@joemcl • Jan 4
@aaronpk Ok got it. So what did you spend, ballpark, to replace your Philips Hue bulbs with the Caseta switches?

👀 depends on how you count. I decided to put in Caseta switches in the 2 new rental units as well as our new unit, so adding the current smaller loft we live in was not a huge amount on top of all that.

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Caleb Hearth :d6: https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb • Jan 4
@aaronpk Would you take 250 for the lot?

I was originally thinking $300 for the lot, but if you cover shipping I'll take 250!

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Caleb Hearth :d6: https://pub.calebhearth.com/@caleb • Jan 4
@aaronpk Yeah I might be interested. Floods especially I could use more of, and I think the strips could be fun to scatter about. With the standard/floods, are we talking color, ambiance, or just dimmers?

I have 6 floods, 4 old style and 2 new style, all are white+RGB. The two strips I have are very old and may not be 100% on all the LEDs so I'll throw those in for free.

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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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