Found a harness and took one of the indoor cats out for his first “walk”. Mostly he just wanted to eat grass and check out the bird feeder up close. #Caturday#CatsOfMastodon
Wife and I were out for anniversary dinner last night and saw a guy in a t-shirt with something like, “the first 70 years of childhood are the toughest.”
Battery powered vs. alway plugged in:
For our kitchen it adds an extra hassle of suddenly not working and needing to be charged. For somewhere without any power options that you don't use frequently it would be a nice option.
Motion vs. on/off switch:
This is something that sounds ideal, but is fussy and erratic in practice. It may or may not turn on, and when it does turn on there’s only 3 options for how long it stays on (15, 60, 120 seconds), none of which typically match what you want. Part of this is to conserve battery, but also how would you signal turning it off? Using motion to turn off would mean false triggers and more frustration.
That being said it’s easy to remove battery and run off USB power, could also wire a remote on/off switch. That or jettison the whole board (use for somewhere that makes more sense) and wire the lights up like the other string with simple usb power and switch.
Troubleshooting battery powered LED lights that quit working after a few weeks. No charge LED and measuring where the USB’s 5vdc is being lost I realize there isn't any at all, even at the jack. Remembering some of the usb-c spec, I try an A to C cable with old USB A power cube and the device starts charging. The C to C cable which charges an iPad doesn't do a thing.
After a little searching:
TL;DR: USB-A charging ports by default provide 5V to whatever is plugged in. USB-C charging ports don't.
Early trail run with a friend. Efts were out, but now they're wondering where all of the water went. Hoping next week's forecasted rain and cooler temps plays out.
This Spring has been a bit confusing on the poison plant front. Someone on strava posted photo that my phone said was wild sarsaparilla and he swore was poison ivy. They say the sarsaparilla is commonly mistaken for ivy in the Spring. I've never been that good at ID’ing poison ivy.
Monday's trail run through the woods was punctuated by me leaping over/around clumps of the stuff, whatever it was I didn't want to take a chance.
Along the rail trail today we found lots of poison ivy and when compared to the sarsaparilla it’s obviously different and distinct.
Apropos of nothing (I hope), Shawn Mullin's Beautiful Wreck has been swirling around my brain the last 24 hours. Making dinner last night, “such a beautiful wreck". 2am wandering to the bathroom, “what a beautiful wreck you are”. Walk the dog this morning, “but you make such a beautiful wreck”.
The other day, shortly after my wife told me about an appt she'd set up in September I said, “great, now that's stuck in my head.”
“What?”
“The song”
[blink, blink]
“September? Earth Wind and Fire??”
"uh, maybe? not sure”
[I pull up the song sure she'd instantly recognize, she doesn’t]
"Not sure I listened to lyrics back then.”
Meanwhile I see a sign that says “turn around” and end up with Bonnie Tyler stuck in my head for days.
Hoverflies are the most recent to investigate my edibility. That big toe is getting pretty calloused after a few weeks of being barefoot, might be too tough even for macerating fly spit.
Hot day as we hit the 90’s for the first time. Enjoying shade and a light breeze on the deck while bugs check my blood levels and a tent caterpillar detours over my foot. 🦶 🐛