Aaron Parecki

Pretty neat trick Wordle used to migrate everyone's saved game state:

The main Wordle site was replaced with a bit of JS that grabs the game data from LocalStorage and puts it in the query string when redirecting to nytimes.

Also notable: that code is vanilla JS, no libraries!

Portland, Oregon, USA • 42°F

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Fri, Feb 11, 2022 8:15am -08:00 #wordle
This microphone sounds great and looks incredible! 😍

It's a USB-C mic with built in storage for on-board recordings, and you can also use it as a headphone jack for an iPad! I just posted a video going over all the features of the mic, so be sure to check it out on my channel! Thanks to @tula.mics for sending this over to check out!

Portland, Oregon, USA • 42°F

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Fri, Feb 11, 2022 7:04am -08:00 #tulamic #proaudio #studiogear #youtube #recordingstudios
Sometimes Duolingo makes up sentences that don't make any sense, but I think even this is something they couldn't have come up with if it weren't for the pandemic

Portland, Oregon, USA • 43°F

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Wed, Feb 2, 2022 9:39pm -08:00 #german #duolingo
I'm curious what, if any, types of websites you actually want and allow browser notifications from.

I feel like there's a good use case for them, but it's certainly not being notified of news articles or new recipes.

Portland, Oregon, USA • 40°F

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Wed, Feb 2, 2022 9:12am -08:00 #notification
Stream a USB webcam to HDMI on a Raspberry Pi

This post exists to collect my notes on displaying a USB webcam on the Raspberry Pi HDMI outputs. This is not the same as streaming the webcam (easy), and this is not for use with the Raspberry Pi camera module. This is specifically for USB UVC webcams.
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Sat, Jan 29, 2022 1:53pm -08:00 #raspi #webcam #hdmi #streaming #video
In this week's video I showed the step by step for how to green screen your live videos using the YoloBox Pro! Frankly it couldn't be any easier, I was really impressed how well it handled even my poorly lit green screen.

Also can I just say again how much I like the Elgato green screen? It collapses down onto my floor so it's totally out of the way, and only takes a few seconds to set up when I want to use it!

Watch here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAL7ZoHprz4

Portland, Oregon, USA • 43°F

Sat, Jan 22, 2022 6:17pm -08:00 #greenscreen #livestreaming #yolobox #streamingsetup #elgato
oops, I accidentally viewsourced wordle and it turns out the next day's words are already chosen and visible in the source code. Don't look if you don't want to be spoiled!

Wordle 216 1/6

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Portland, Oregon, USA • 53°F

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Thu, Jan 20, 2022 10:06am -08:00 #wordle
Dear @Eventbrite, I have an account, so please make sure it is not possible for other people to sign me up for events with only my email address. I've been added to dozens of events over the last two weeks and it's an interesting new vector for spam. @EventbriteHelp

Portland, Oregon, USA • 41°F

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Tue, Jan 18, 2022 9:08am -08:00 #spam
How to Green Screen on the YoloBox Pro

This step-by-step guide will show you how to use the chroma key feature on the YoloBox Pro to green screen yourself onto picture backgrounds and videos, or even add external graphics from a computer.
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Mon, Jan 17, 2022 7:55am -08:00 #chromakey #greenscreen #yolobox #videoproduction #livestream
In case you missed it, I posted a video with my 10 favorite tech/video purchases from 2021 on my YouTube!

I included only things that I actually bought myself, not including anything that was sent to me to review. I did get to review a lot of great gear too but that will be for another video.

Here's to another year of livestreams and video production!

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

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

Sun, Jan 16, 2022 8:16pm -08:00 #yearinreview #videoproduction #livestreaming #lumixgh5 #streamdeck #djiaction2
Fellow conference speakers! I'm tired of posting my slides on Speakerdeck, I want to host them on my own website.

What awesome tools are there for doing this in a way that looks as close to Speakerdeck as possible? I'm thinking maybe an old-school JS slideshow viewer?

Portland, Oregon, USA • 49°F

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Fri, Jan 14, 2022 4:22pm -08:00 #presentations
Just used this handy XKCD chart to determine that it was finally time to build a web interface on top of this little PHP script that generates PDFs of checks, rather than continuing to hack up this code by hand every time I need to print one. https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/is_it_worth_the_time_2x.png

Portland, Oregon, USA • 48°F

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Tue, Jan 11, 2022 10:18am -08:00 #checks
How to convert USB webcams to HDMI

There are a handful of interesting USB webcams out there, which naturally work great with a computer. But what if you want to combine video from a USB webcam with your HDMI cameras in a video switcher like the ATEM Mini?
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Tue, Jan 11, 2022 9:33am -08:00 #video #atem #streaming #usb #uvc #webcam
In late 2019 I stuck a raspberry pi and e-paper display in a picture frame and made it show my upcoming travel plans. Now it is just blank. What should I use it for now?

Portland, Oregon, USA • 41°F

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Sun, Jan 9, 2022 7:14pm -08:00 #travel #raspberrypi #raspi #iot
I think this is the first time the "elevator" on a plane has made sense to me!

Too bad it has nothing to do with the quadcopters I want to fly but I need to learn it for the test anyway 😅

Portland, Oregon, USA • 42°F

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Fri, Jan 7, 2022 5:04pm -08:00 #drone #pilotinstitute
It's okay nobody really knows how maps work anyway https://twitter.com/lavenderashtray/status/1479285712641875968

Portland, Oregon, USA • 50°F

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Thu, Jan 6, 2022 10:30pm -08:00 #covid
software you've purchased that auto-updates to a new version and makes you buy a new license is worse than software that is just a straight subscription model, just saying

Portland, Oregon, USA • 53°F

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Thu, Jan 6, 2022 2:45pm -08:00 #software
If you just finished watching The Matrix Resurrections, next go watch Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. You won't regret it I promise.

Portland, Oregon, USA • 47°F

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Sun, Jan 2, 2022 9:20pm -08:00 #matrix
Setting some 2022 YouTube channel goals and making stickers to track my progress!

Now that I have an online shop set up I put these 4x6" sheets up for sale there so you can buy them too! (Sorry only shipping to the US for now until I can figure out international taxes!)

Each sticker is about a half inch and the sheet includes each 1K from 1K-72K or 73K-144K.

You can find them here in my online shop if you'd like to order them!

Portland, Oregon • 34°F

Sat, Jan 1, 2022 3:09pm -08:00
New year new rack!

I just moved all my gear from my desk into this 20U rack! There's definitely a lot less of a giant mess of cables now that everything is tucked neatly into the rack! Swipe for the in progress shots 😂

And yes, I did 3D print a bracket to mount my ATEM Mini Extreme stand hanging off the front of the rack. We'll see if this holds up, and if so I might make it available to purchase!

#studio #StudioSetups #VideoProduction #overkill

Portland, Oregon • 27°F

Fri, Dec 31, 2021 7:38pm -08:00 #studio #studiosetups #videoproduction #overkill

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Stream a USB webcam to HDMI on a Raspberry Pi

How to Green Screen on the YoloBox Pro

How to convert USB webcams to HDMI