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Aaron Parecki

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  • jthingelstad https://micro.blog/jthingelstad   •   Sep 3

    @aaronpk we did a remodel years ago and the general contractor suggested I take photos like this. It allowed us to uncover an HVAC duct that was completely sheet rocked over!

    Aaron Parecki
    whoops! Yeah you can be sure I am going to photograph the crap out of every wall in the new house! The contractor normally does it himself but he was like "I know you'll do a better job of documenting this than I will" ๐Ÿ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 70°F
    Sun, Sep 3, 2023 5:01pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Sep 2
    Sadly my hopes of getting a mailbox opened notification seem to be a lost cause. The 433mhz sensor doesn't have enough power to reach the 80 feet to the street. The Zigbee one does reach that distance, but not once it's inside the mailbox.

    I just found a LoRa line of home automation products, and while I'm not a fan that their Home Assistant integration is all through the cloud API, I might have to give it a shot for this anyway.
    Aaron Parecki
    Update: The LoRa sensor has no trouble at all with the range, but it's still touchy when the transmitter is inside the mailbox.

    If it's in exactly the right spot it works, but not when the transmitter is where I actually want to mount it on the side.

    The one I found has the transmitter box with a breakout cable to the contact sensors, so I was able to run the wire for the contact sensors to the door flap and stick the transmitter on the underside outside of the box. Now it works great!
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 61°F
    2 likes 1 reply
    Sun, Sep 3, 2023 7:51am -07:00
  • Sven Lakemeier https://chaos.social/@sven   •   Sep 2

    @aaronpk anything in between with mains power where you could put a Zigbee repeater, like a switched outlet adapter or similar?

    Aaron Parecki
    Right now the closest distance to any power is 80ft. I did just stick a repeater on the outside wall up high with more or less direct line of sight, but I think it takes a while for the network to sync up so I will have to check on it again tomorrow to see if it's found it.
    Portland, Oregon • 87°F
    Sat, Sep 2, 2023 3:12pm -07:00
  • jack the nonabrasive https://mastodon.social/@karabaic   •   Sep 2

    @aaronpk also, if you get Informed Delivery, you get sms for all tracked mailโ€ฆ

    Aaron Parecki
    but I wanna know exactly when the mail is delivered!
    Portland, Oregon • 87°F
    1 reply
    Sat, Sep 2, 2023 3:10pm -07:00
  • Nils https://coolworld.cc/@n   •   Sep 2

    @aaronpk It's been done.. ..in Switzerland.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2zJ5dqDKBk

    Aaron Parecki
    That's legit!

    I'll update my thread once the part arrives
    Portland, Oregon • 67°F
    Sat, Sep 2, 2023 9:35am -07:00
  • Melissa Santos https://social.coop/@ansate   •   Sep 2

    @aaronpk ooooo loving these updates!

    Aaron Parecki
    haha thanks! I'm mostly doing this just so I have a record on my website of all the random home automation things I'm setting up
    Portland, Oregon • 67°F
    1 reply
    Sat, Sep 2, 2023 9:35am -07:00
  • carpetbomberz https://mastodon.online/@carpetbomberz   •   Aug 31

    @aaronpk So I can see now why the home automation topic was burning a hole in your proverbial content pocket. Lots going on there, right now,... on the home front.

    Aaron Parecki
    This is just one of many home automation projects in the works!
    Portland, Oregon • 72°F
    Wed, Aug 30, 2023 7:58pm -07:00
  • https://indieweb.social/@rzen/110896899227501294
    Aaron Parecki
    Thanks, but this is only the temporary space! This goes back to being a rental after the big project is done!
    Portland, Oregon • 98°F
    Tue, Aug 15, 2023 7:21pm -07:00
  • Arynn Crow :donor: https://infosec.exchange/@arynn   •   Aug 12

    @aaronpk somewhere in Portland still?

    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah! Moving into the loft behind the triplex we're building!
    Portland, Oregon • 64°F
    Sun, Aug 13, 2023 7:05am -07:00
  • Tim Lavoie https://cosocial.ca/@tim_lavoie   •   Aug 11

    @aaronpk Same goes for boxes unopened since the last move.

    Aaron Parecki
    Hah yeah, my favorite one of those from my last move was labeled "WTF"
    Portland, Oregon • 69°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Thu, Aug 10, 2023 9:33pm -07:00
  • https://indieweb.social/@johanbove/110835639129297979
    Aaron Parecki
    Thanks! Just a few miles, we have a bunch of friends coming with bikes and everyone will take a couple things and do it all in one trip!
    Portland, Oregon • 66°F
    Sat, Aug 5, 2023 6:09am -07:00
  • Thom Slattery https://indieweb.social/@thom   •   Aug 5

    @aaronpk upper right looks like Ghibli and lower left Pixar. Not sure about the others. Good luck.

    Aaron Parecki
    Good one! First is "kawaii" and last is "Rembrandt" but you got the other 2!
    Portland, Oregon • 80°F
    Fri, Aug 4, 2023 8:12pm -07:00
  • david celis :official: https://xoxo.zone/@davidcelis   •   Jul 23

    @aaronpk how many bulbs are we talkin

    Aaron Parecki
    umm like 20 or so?
    Portland, Oregon • 85°F
    Sat, Jul 22, 2023 7:13pm -07:00
  • V_ https://micro.blog/V_   •   Jul 19

    @aaronpk Networking cables I assume. I love that I'm not the only one still installing wires for networks.

    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah! Ethernet everywhere!
    Portland, Oregon • 60°F
    Thu, Jul 20, 2023 6:42am -07:00
  • Michael Slade https://mastodon.cloud/@michaelslade   •   Jul 18

    @aaronpk Is it an electric bike? Do you do live switching? If so, with what?

    Aaron Parecki
    It wasn't when I got it, but I swapped the front wheel with a Swytch kit and it's been amazing!
    Portland, Oregon • 74°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Mon, Jul 17, 2023 7:47pm -07:00
  • carpetbomberz https://mastodon.online/@carpetbomberz   •   Jul 15

    @aaronpk Great Success! More stuff you don't have to pack and move into the ADU โ€ผ๏ธ

    Aaron Parecki
    I actually first stuck them all in a box and then was like wait maybe I don't need these anymore! ๐Ÿšฎ
    Portland, Oregon • 95°F
    1 reply
    Sat, Jul 15, 2023 4:30pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Jul 15
    oh no the shredder overheated before I was done
    Aaron Parecki
    Success!
    Portland, Oregon • 79°F
    3 likes 1 reply
    Sat, Jul 15, 2023 10:36am -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Jul 15
    I think it's finally time to shred my 2011-2017 tax returns ๐Ÿ˜…
    Aaron Parecki
    oh no the shredder overheated before I was done
    Portland, Oregon • 74°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Sat, Jul 15, 2023 9:41am -07:00
  • Dick Hardt :verified: https://verified.coop/@DickHardt   •   Jul 12

    @aaronpk I misread it as an episode of House Flies ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿชฐ

    Aaron Parecki
    That's a very different show ๐Ÿ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 59°F
    Wed, Jul 12, 2023 6:18am -07:00
  • Nate https://xoxo.zone/@voiceofunreason   •   Jul 11

    @aaronpk donโ€™t rate-limit my leftovers!

    Aaron Parecki
    I swear microwave UX design got forked in an alternate reality in the 1980s and has kept evolving in its own timeline since
    Portland, Oregon • 66°F
    Mon, Jul 10, 2023 9:05pm -07:00
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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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