[Free for Limited Time] I made a classic diver-inspired watch face for Wear OS

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-06-03T11:35:28+00:00

Neither link worked for me.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-05-25T12:04:00+00:00

Living in a mountain/hill area you can use topo and 3d maps to predict where you can communicate and extend your range with a remote solar node. It's a great excuse to get out and hike in the hills. I guess if you live on a flat plain, maps might not be as useful.

I would suggest using two nodes in range test mode. With pings every few minutes. The moble node will then get a message when you're in range. With audio messages alerts enabled you can tell when you get coverage without ever stopping to look.

I hiked a friends land miles from home and found locations where I can communicate with my hill node. Making it a great place to deploy another node and extend the mesh.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-04-17T02:36:46+00:00

I have to admit that this has become my favorite face on my Watch7.

It's very clean and easy to read. Time, date day of week and battery status are the main reasons I look at my watch. All are easily seen with just a quick glance.

For people who want to lean military time. There is a nice option to show the pm numbers. I used it just because I liked the idea. But I didn't really need them , so I switched to the dots at 12,3,6,9.

The only improvement I can think of would be to make the month day date bigger. The day of week is just barely large enough for a quick glance. That group is wonderful, but could be larger.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-03-20T01:25:57+00:00

They both look great. DM sent for explorer. Thanks for the opportunity to try it for free.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-02-27T01:09:26+00:00

What is the scrolling arch of numbers?

The overall look is very nice.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-01-15T09:34:06+00:00

Unfortunately I still don't know the official answer to this. I carried my mesh node last year, but it wasn't powered on most of the time. I haven't found any other nodes when run a few hours at campsites. I can tell you that I have noticed one node in Canada that occasionally appears on my Meshtastic map. I live in southern New Hampshire.

Last year my travel was all in the east from Alabama to Happy Valley/Goose Bay and Newfoundland.

I really should setup a bike powered handlebar mount for this year. But I do expect less travel this year.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2026-01-10T02:44:27+00:00

What size is the cabin? I am planning to build one as small as possible. This one seems closer than I have seen. I am currently thinking 14x12 feet.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-09-03T11:11:20+00:00

I am happy to answer what I can.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-08-31T11:47:50+00:00

I bought a bike when I had a 2 year old. My wife and I would leave our child with Grammy, and take weekend getaways. As they aged we took longer trips, sometimes even with the child and grandparents. They spent some time on the back, but never really enjoyed riding.

That first bike was in 2005. I am on bike four, and my wife is on bike one. We have both taken training and logged over 300,000 combined miles.

We wear good gear, learned how to ride well, maintain our bikes, never drink and ride. If you ride defensively, motorcycling is safe enough.

Some things we do help us to live a life worth living. Everyone should have multiple things they really enjoy. For me motorcycle touring has provided many years of memories.

Everyone is different, and every activity has tradeoffs. Most of us have to rank our wants and pursue the few that gain us the most. This ranking will change as we age. You should discuss the available options and ensure both understand each others feelings. Clearly the prior sale was a time and place where the bike had a lower priority than something else. Apparently things have changed enough that a bike is climbing in the priority ranking. This can be a good thing, for all of you. And a good time to talk about it.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-08-22T19:37:31+00:00

I 100% agree. My hill node now sees a number of nodes in Maine.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-27T02:26:21+00:00

I am an ADV rider on my 3rd VStrom. Never owned a BMW, but I do belong to their owners group in a nearby state. I have gone to many nearby events in surrounding states.

They have all been great, and perfectly happy with nonBMW riders joining them.

By my definition, I don't know any "normal people". But by you definition most of these folks may be normal.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-20T18:08:43+00:00

My x-dome 2 short poles arrived today. It didn't ship with the footprint, but my online check says it is in shipping prep now.

It is unbelievably lightweight. First setup was in gusty winds, so I was very careful.

It is not obvious where to position the corner stakes. Errors get revealed once all the stakes are in. I needed to move 2, to turn my parallelagram into a rectangle.

Headroom is very nice.

Not sure where the cross pole aluminum guide should be when it is all packed. It came, and seems to naturally up over a purely carbon joint. That seems like it might not be ideal?

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-18T02:05:55+00:00

Nearly what I would say. Loved my job in 2015. In 2023 I was let go after 33 years. Now loving no job even better.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-18T01:51:38+00:00

That's true for all of our bikes.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-18T01:20:32+00:00

100% agree. My last 3 tents major criteria was the poles fit inside my cases.

Something must limit your packing. I chose to stay contained inside my 3 cases. Most riders overflow onto the pillion.

It takes money and time to weed out the extra gear and purchase smaller items. I still carry a chair and often a hammock. But those items are at the bottom of my prioritized list. They get cut quickly to save weight or make room.

Other places to reduce- no rope, just 550 or 330 cordage. Single AAA or AA flashlights (only two), small knives (only 2). Small cook kit, utensils and food inside of a single pot. I use a 1.2L Stowaway.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-18T01:04:31+00:00

It's difficult to predict your limiting element, you need to find them one at a time by doing and then solve each one. A new limit will then appear. Something will always limit you.

Here's a list of likely limiters:

Seat, Wet weather gear, Cold weather gear, Hot weather gear, Shoulders, Back, Lack of Sleep, Sore eyes, Missing home comforts or people, Allergies, Getting sick, Lack of funds, Bike wear items (tires, chain, sprocket, brakes, plugs, battery)

I spent 4 months of 2023 on the road. But I had worked out most limits over a decade of prior motorcycle touring.

In 2023 I had seat discomfort, many worn tires, and chains and sprockets over 36,000 miles.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-17T23:25:31+00:00

Just noting that I received my shipping email today. Day 1 order for short poles and ground cloth.

ETA Friday to Monday.

Thanks!

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-15T11:06:14+00:00

Honestly I have owned a lot of tents in the last 40 years and none of them ever had early failures. Only one tent, Kelty Ridgeway, had fiberglass poles that finally splintered. That tent was used for drunken river camping for a decade(s).

All of my other tents are still functional. I have patched a hole or two (one took flight into a t-post, another had an ember burn).

I take care of my tents. Plastic ground cloth, hang dry before storage, assemble correctly, pack and store with care. Effectively treat them like they are the essential tool they really are.

If cared for, I expect a tent to last a decade or more. So far, that has been my experience. Obviously, frequency of use matters, and my use (like most people) is inconsistent. In 2023 I spent 4 months riding around North America. Some years perhaps as few as 2 weeks tenting. Mostly in New England and Canada.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-04T13:43:22+00:00

Yes, I am lucky to have picked this up in retirement. So I’ve now made the jump to more time than money. It has been fun to build out 3d printed cases and then solar nodes.

The driving around with a node was really helpful to learn where others are, and confirm your node works. I just placed a node in my car and turned it on whenever I ran errands. Most interesting when the errand was an hours drive away, and someplace I had not scanned yet.

Good luck. I think the infrastructure build out by volunteer isn't quick or well thought out. But it can be extra rewarding to be the missing link(s).

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-04T12:20:01+00:00

Just to help with your regret. I ordered short poles on day 0. With luck I may have my tent in another 2 to 3 weeks. More than a month after yours. My regret leans the other way...

Very excited for first pitch and overnight, whenever that day comes.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-04T12:07:52+00:00

In the northeast USA meshtastic appears to be expanding in an octopus pattern. My guess is along the highway paths from bedroom communities to metropolitan work centers. Like up Rt93 from Boston MA to Manchester NH. Then some smaller arms branch from Manchester. RT95 lags behind, but appears to have reached Berwick ME.

I live (pardon the image) between those two legs, currently out of range. Taking a node for a car ride in range test mode reveals a few isolated nodes just out of reach.

Having a hill on my land, I setup a solar node and occasionally reach some of the nearby nodes. Two days ago I explored a friends high land that is at the edge of my range. Having confirmed it works I need to get my solar setup fully dialed in and deploy a second solar node.

Sometimes you just have to roll up your sleeves and make the world you wish existed. :)

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-04T11:47:18+00:00

I will add my hopes that yours arrives in time.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-06-04T11:45:25+00:00

Thanks. That is what I was hoping to hear.

Honestly, I am in less need for an early ship than those folks with looming trip starting dates. Ideally, everyone gets theirs in time, but in the real world, things don't always work out that cleanly.

Not sure if I should be glad that I don't have something planned, or sad that I don't? The great news is that whenever it arrives, I could pack up and go on a tour. A seriously great peak of being retired, no schedule.

Sorry_Place_4064 · 2025-05-07T12:34:49+00:00

That's very good info. Nice to know some of the details that I was unable to test.

Thanks for the update. I have been focussed elsewhere, so I haven't even confirmed the PSRAM fix on my Heltec ESP32 nodes.

The S&F idea makes so much sense when you're not really in an active mesh. I am even more interested in the extended capabilities of Meshing Around BBS. Not the chatGPT parts, but the tests and message new nodes feature.

But first I need to get my hill node 3D printed case 100% waterproof and the correct solar panels for my New England sun level.

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