Aaron Parecki

Someone broke through the chain link fence last week, in broad daylight, while I was home, and didn't notice at the time.

I started thinking about what I could do about it, and it turns out the EA Unifi cameras have a new webhook feature. So now my cameras send a webhook to Home Assistant when someone crosses a virtual line, and it will trigger the siren. Since this is a line crossing event, not generic person detection, I can leave it armed 24/7, since nobody should be in that area at all.

why am I always either drowning in lens wipes or can never find one??

Just posted another video of me working through my 100 songs to make them full length! This one involves cats 🐈

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Awoj6C7Lg

I've been finishing my 100 short 30-60-second songs by uploading them to an AI tool and having it extend them. So far I'm done with 60/100 songs! I also started making videos to document the process, and the first video is up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88aDTntYMmM

If you have a personal website, which I assume you do if you're following me here, you should add yourself to the Internet Phonebook while the call for websites is still open! They even have an "indie web" category! https://internetphonebook.net

"I've always wanted to ride a Unixcycle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlwWSB-Y7w4

I've been using AI to extend my 100 Days of Music sketches into full length songs and it's been super fun! I upload the song I wrote and tell it to extend it, give it some guidance, then piece it back together in Logic Pro. I've finished 25 songs so far!

me: $30 is way too much for 16oz of vegan cheese mix!

also me: **adds $60 of various powdered ingredients to a shopping cart in the hopes of recreating said cheese mix**

My new hobby is finding vegan mac and cheese sauce powder products online, and looking at the ingredient list and trying to recreate it

ok I think I just got my Home Assistant set up with Matter and Thread using the SkyConnect USB dongle and I have to say this is way more complicated than it should be and those names are terrible. I hope this gets smoothed out in the next couple years!

Well this is moving quickly! You can now spin up FedCM on your own website and log in to https://webmention.io thanks to this open source project from Sam Goto! This is so much better than having to type out your website or even email address when logging in! Full instructions here:

https://github.com/fedidcg/FedCM/issues/240#issuecomment-2118606184

Pro tip: if you file taxes in the US, go get yourself an IRS PIN so someone can't fraudulently file taxes using your SSN trying to get your tax refund deposited in their account. Ask me how I know.

https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin

This weekend I built a prototype of using FedCM for IndieAuth! This gets rid of the need to enter your domain when logging in to websites using IndieAuth! Demo video and notes here: https://aaronparecki.com/2024/05/12/3/fedcm-for-indieauth

OAuth for Browser-Based Apps has entered Working Group Last Call! Please share your comments in the next 2 weeks, even if it's just a general voice of support!

https://aaronparecki.com/2024/05/02/5/oauth-browser-based-apps-last-call

My cat is theoretically not allowed on the counters, but this week she has learned how to gracefully jump onto the counter completely silently and I'm just so impressed that I can't bring myself to try to get her down