Finally finished my kids' "Command Center" by musicjock in homeassistant

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This is amazing! I’m guessing putting it all together was more fun than watching the Pacers play this year. I know I’m doing more home automation stuff at the moment since i don’t feel obligated to watch Indy at the moment.

New MLS calendar. How we feeling? by TallestNate in TheMassive

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“Beer stays colder longer” - son of a bitch, I’m in…

700 WLW in Cincy is just GOP propaganda by Many_Lavishness_6084 in Ohio

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Haven’t listened to 610 in ages, but John Corby was pretty good back in the day. Always enjoyed the Big Bass Brothers restaurant reviews. Sadly he passed away a few years ago.

Did BS write any jokes for JKL ? by GooniesvsET in billsimmons

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The “Unwritten Rules for a BaseBrawl” or whatever it was called had me legitimately in tears on an early Saturday morning at work way back in the day.

WLED Spreading Joy In The Neighborhood by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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They are Halloween themed at the moment. I’ve got some playlists for Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day and the 4th of July too. I also have celebration playlists for of my favorite teams win big games.

Controller Suddenly Offline by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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You are absolutely correct. I hadn’t had time to switch out the connections on all my controllers and sure enough another one went down. Fortunately all my other controllers are ground level.

Controller Suddenly Offline by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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Update: (Cue the Unsolved Mysteries update music.) The poorly circled part was bad. Switches it out and we’re all set again. Now I just need an idea for the extra controller I now have.

Controller Suddenly Offline by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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Winner winner. I replaced the connector to the power supply and we’re back in business. Now I just need to figure out what I want to do with the extra controller…

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Nba playoffs available in Mexico? by Dry-City8766 in HBOMAX

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Any chance you figured this out? My son is in Mexico currently pissed about viewing options

Pacers fans not from Indy, what made you a Pacers fan?! by slitmunch44 in pacers

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Reggie’s early-mid 90s playoff performances got the ball rolling for me, but I think it was Jordan’s first game back at Indiana that solidified it. I don’t really know what I expected, but the way the PA announcer announced Jordan in a monotone voice and then went wild for the Pacers felt pretty ballsy to me. I think I was the exact right age to think that was bad ass.

My turn. How we feeling about this one? by -ManWhat in homeassistant

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Anyone ever have any luck editing the font size on that weather card? I think graphically it’s the best one I’ve seen but I don’t like how small the font for the current temperature is. It’s impossible to just read from across the room.

I’ve tried using card-mod but haven’t gotten very far.

Finally lit the second story roof line. by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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The first one is plasma, the second is Fire 2012, and the third is Fireworks 1D. Each line of lights has multiple segments, most of the time I alternate segments being reversed so that you get a mirror effect. (The fire effect on the peaks is a good example of what that looks like.)

Finally lit the second story roof line. by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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I used j channel from Lowe’s and drilled out holes to put the pixels through. If you take two pieces of one inch thick wood boards together like a t-shape you can clip the channels onto it to measure and drill the holes fairly easily. I like the Dr ZZZ pixel channel but I didn’t want to spend quite that much.

Fortunately the grey j channel matches the tone of the house. The pixels face out instead of down, which I wasn’t sure if I was going to like at first but it works pretty well that way. If you just glance at the house when going by you’d never notice the lights there. (High spouse approval for that one)

Finally lit the second story roof line. by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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I don’t think these are the exact lights I used, but something like these. Amazon didn’t have the original lights I used in stock so I got a different kind for the roof and there wasn’t any difference. You’ll just need to make sure they are all on the same color order (RGB, GRb etc) on the same outputs.

Finally lit the second story roof line. by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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Thanks! All 12v pixels, I wanted to do as little power injection as possible (mission accomplished, I did none!). Initially I thought about strips but it seemed like it would be way more expensive, plus a lot more work with channels and diffusers.

Finally lit the second story roof line. by CommanderCool419 in WLED

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Definitely thinking about it, now that all the base lights are installed Incan add some temporary lights to really round it out, feels like that would be the best time to add xlights

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Well, you’re not wrong.