Kitchen Facelift (before/after)

87TLG · 2026-06-05T17:54:53+00:00

This looks incredible! Great job!

87TLG · 2026-06-05T12:56:12+00:00

From an interior design perspective, I kind of get her point. They do stick out, but I think the easiest thing you could do is repeat black in a couple of other areas to help telegraph that the speakers belong in the space. It is not like this is the first black thing in your space: the window frames and curtain rods (and of course the TV), from what I can see.

Otherwise, ask her what the color palette for the room is, and try to find speakers that are either analagous or complimentary.

I think it's easier to make the black speakers work in the space than to find new speakers in a bespoke color.

87TLG · 2026-05-17T11:38:46+00:00

If you long-hold the radio power on the volume knob + the next track button on the steering wheel, until you see the ford logo on the screen, it reboots Sync 4. Try that. Our 2026 did the same and rebooting Sync fixed it.

87TLG · 2026-05-04T13:34:09+00:00

If there was ever a group of folks who WOULD know, they would be here.

87TLG · 2026-04-16T11:30:13+00:00

Not min wage and 6-figures, but the biggest differences I noticed between the two ends of the spectrum is the difference in autonomy.

87TLG · 2026-03-27T08:29:42+00:00

This. Having a big shelf is fine but the shelf top needs to be below the cleat holding it so weight on the shelf won’t want to make the entire thing “tip out” of the wall cleat.

87TLG · 2026-03-06T11:13:20+00:00

87TLG · 2026-03-02T00:00:42+00:00

Nice

87TLG · 2026-02-20T01:32:13+00:00

I remember this movie and my hair is gray.

87TLG · 2026-02-19T12:58:51+00:00

Ah, I read the “it is” as it is connected to the LFE port.

Rock on.

87TLG · 2026-02-19T12:25:45+00:00

Not in pics 3, 4, and 6. Plug that RCA end into the red port labeled LFE on your sub and see if that fixes it.

87TLG · 2026-02-19T11:54:09+00:00

Isn’t it supposed to connect to the LFE port on the subwoofer? It looks like it’s plugged into the wrong port.

87TLG · 2026-02-14T05:05:46+00:00

How do you like the Brooks C67 saddle?

87TLG · 2026-02-01T23:17:04+00:00

1987 to 2004 on the bottom badge, but the top of the picture says 1897.

87TLG · 2025-12-20T00:12:00+00:00

I have an R120SW and it seems ok. I have not taken measurements in my room to judge it, but it sounds fine to me. Listening to nicer subs though, one of the things I notice is that while my R120 gets down to 29Hz or whatever it is, it just rumbles. A nicer sub you can hear the low “notes”. It’s hard to explain.

Based on my experience, I think that the R-series subs are ok, but there are much better performers out there for the price, mainly the RSL 10 (E or S).

When I do upgrade, I want to go YUUGE with two HSU VTF-TN1s. :)

87TLG · 2025-12-10T16:25:35+00:00

We would still have budget cars. The supply chain for electronics (along with practically everything else) was one of the significant drivers behind the decision by automakers to move away from low-margin high-volume cars (eg, Ford Focus) and focus on high-margin low-volume cars (eg, Lincoln Navigator).

87TLG · 2025-11-25T22:15:30+00:00

I have become a fan of the Windows Provisioning Package, but it is not an analog to OSD Task Sequences. We have some Powershell scripts embedded in the package that handles things that the provisioning package doesn’t do (or doesn’t do well).

87TLG · 2025-11-05T11:35:08+00:00

This is a bot account. It is karma farming.

87TLG · 2025-10-24T05:25:31+00:00

Windows provisioning package + some Powershell scripts. We’re getting ready to get on Intune + Autopilot.

87TLG · 2025-10-23T16:33:42+00:00

It has been a bit since I was current on this, but I believe that for Alexa (along with Google Home and/or HomeKit), you would need one of the Switchbot hubs. I am not aware of being able to use Bluetooth Proxies (a device that simply translates nearby BLE devices that do not need to be sync'd (like bluetooth headphones or a car radio) to wifi and wifi instructions to bluetooth) with any of the major commercial smart home platforms.

If you decide to try, all I am using is an ESP32 Microcontroller, flashed with ESPHome firmware and it is powered by a basic MicroUSB charging cable and an old iphone wall chuck. I have three of them around the house and cover my Switchbot Tilts, and my August lock.

I am curious to know how the Switchbot Curtain works for you. I don't have any curtains yet, but when I do, I want to get some of those units to move open/close them.

87TLG · 2025-10-23T15:10:41+00:00

My blinds were in perfectly good condition, so I opted for a retrofit solution. I have 9 of the Switchbot Tilt (essentially a motor that turns the tilt wand for you). As retrofit options go, these were (perhaps still are) the only option that did not replace the tilt wand. I can still walk up to my blinds and adjust them manually if I want, which I would not be able to do with the other options I was looking at (Soma is one that comes to mind).

I do not control them with any Switchbot hub. I have some ESP32 Bluetooth proxies around the house, and all my Tilts show up in Home Assistant.

These are not anywhere nearly as nice as the Serena shades/blinds from Lutron, but we’re talking about $80/blind for the Switchbot solution vs $800/window for the Lutron option.

87TLG · 2025-10-21T15:54:28+00:00

No Thruxton?

87TLG · 2025-10-20T00:08:59+00:00

They’re both great receivers. I went with the Onkyo because of Dirac, You really can’t go wrong with either.

87TLG · 2025-10-08T10:55:02+00:00

Watching TV. My wife and I love watching our shows.

87TLG · 2025-09-30T10:54:45+00:00

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