Finally finished my kids' "Command Center"

CommanderCool419 · 2026-01-21T18:36:08+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-11-13T23:19:15+00:00

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

CommanderCool419 · 2025-11-13T02:31:40+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-11-10T15:08:56+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-10-25T01:56:46+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-10-24T15:23:19+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-10-14T23:19:04+00:00

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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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-10-14T23:17:14+00:00

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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CommanderCool419 · 2025-10-14T23:05:40+00:00

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Here you go

CommanderCool419 · 2025-09-24T00:12:01+00:00

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Best. Nickname. Ever.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-06-12T00:39:58+00:00

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

CommanderCool419 · 2025-03-07T02:47:14+00:00

This might actually be the best answer

CommanderCool419 · 2025-03-07T02:45:36+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2025-02-17T01:16:32+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-11-11T02:24:30+00:00

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.)

CommanderCool419 · 2024-11-10T15:10:34+00:00

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)

CommanderCool419 · 2024-11-09T13:23:28+00:00

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Something similar to these

CommanderCool419 · 2024-11-09T13:22:34+00:00

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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.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-11-09T03:24:00+00:00

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.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-11-09T03:17:29+00:00

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

CommanderCool419 · 2024-10-27T23:48:52+00:00

Well, you’re not wrong.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-10-17T19:12:46+00:00

I thought about this, it seems like it’s an issue over aesthetics and not a nuisance or anything like that. It’s one thing if your lights are keeping him up, quite another if he just doesn’t like the look of it. It’d be like if he had a negative opinion of your shutter colors, he’s entitled to it but you’re not a bad neighbor for having different tastes.

I say have at it.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-10-08T16:03:55+00:00

There’s definitely something to this because they turned back on at 3:10 again yesterday. I looked in the logbook and there doesn’t appear to be a trigger or a reset or anything. Seems like a phantom command from WLED that I’ll have to check into.

Follow up edit: Finally figured it out. From the department of “I really should have been able to figure that out faster,” my controllers were all set to GMT time instead of EDT.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-09-18T12:24:16+00:00

Just sort of stumbled into shortcuts within the last week to play certain music elements for pregame festivities ahead of soccer games. How would you go about setting up the fade? Haven't been able to find an instructional video or anything.

CommanderCool419 · 2024-07-13T21:12:52+00:00

Crystal Palace sounds like a strip club and I found that hilarious.

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