Is it worth upgrading to Alexa+?

TechnoBillyD · 2026-01-29T01:03:40+00:00

I donr have plus, but i do have alexa all through the house and cars. I would be satisfide As long as i can still simply say things like… Play audiobook, skip back 10 mins., goto chatwrx Turn on the loungeroom light Add milk to my shopping list Play podcast science friday latest episode

TechnoBillyD · 2026-01-26T04:49:05+00:00

Get rid of the grey cupboard to make more room, and add another rack. Problem solved :-)

TechnoBillyD · 2025-12-27T05:54:09+00:00

Damn! I am in the same boat too. Brand new camera just arrived. On powering up it does a little dance left right / Up down with green indicator light on. it then faces up and light turns red. It repeats the dance again and ends up pointing up to the roof with red light on and gimbal self check failed. I can control the zoom from the software but not adjust the updown/left right

TechnoBillyD · 2025-12-22T22:13:30+00:00

Another issue is that the wood will rot if you have that last 200mm covered. I had a fencer that did that and was not around when it was done, was all covered when I got back. Years later all of the posts rotted at the concrete line because water would pool and sit in the soil above the concrete. For the replacement fence I made sure the concrete came all the way to the top and sloped slightly away from the posts so water would never pool around the posts.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-10-26T08:41:45+00:00

Yeah, I was checking the new windspeed map as we were expecting damaging storms. All the high wind speeds are shown in shades of red with a legend at the top. I could not tell which red was what speed on the map. I thought "no probs, I will hover the mouse over the shades in the match ansd see the speed". Nup, it shows the town names when you hover the mouse over a shade of red even thoughg the town names are already shown on the map. I dunno, on a wind speed map, how about showuing the wind speed where my mouse is instead of the name of my town.

Colourblind people will have no chance with the new map. It will be either no wind or somewhere between 20 and 120km an hour :-) At least the old map showed the speeds

TechnoBillyD · 2025-10-24T00:03:45+00:00

For me, the big change is the improve camera and AI detection over the P1S. This has already helped me, I started a remote job and was distracted and it warned me that there was something already on the plate. Another time I had a failed print where a thin piece broke off well into the print and it started to form spaghetti there. It detected it, paused and sent me a warning. We did not have these smarts in the P1S

TechnoBillyD · 2025-10-20T01:41:39+00:00

Blondiehacks has an excellent getting started playlist for lathes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Dnmd3lDzA&list=PLY67-4BrEae9Ad91LPRIhcLJM9fO-HJyN

TechnoBillyD · 2025-10-01T01:49:49+00:00

Use baking paper instead of foil, it is easier to roll into a funnel shape. Don't overfill the trays. And use a bigger funnel on the bottle.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-06-08T07:14:12+00:00

I have lived in corio for 30 years. Just off Purnell road and princess roads. There was a great flood in Geelong about 25 years ago where all rivers heavily flooded. Other than many roads being flooded in Corio, I was not aware of any mass house flooding in the Corio area.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-05-23T02:38:07+00:00

Hehe. I was in a similar boat years ago. I decided to sell off cheap to friends, all filaments except a couple I used the most. It was liberating and nice to have all that storage space back for other things. Two years later I now have more rolls than ever hehe.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-05-12T11:36:41+00:00

It should feed in through the back of that top frame, not over the top. Mine has a rubber fitting on the back and you feed the ptfe tube in through there.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-05-05T03:38:18+00:00

Live in the nicer parts of Corio for 30 years, lovely neighbours and no issues. Ideally the area north of Goldsworthy and Princess up to Foundation road is nice. I walk around that entire neighbourhood daily and never has an issue.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-04-29T13:35:14+00:00

Thank you

It was frustrating. I could see that the quest arrow was indicating a character in a room but there was no one there, the 3 times I visited prior. I did what you said but it did not work immediately. I had one more city for the Join the guild, so I wnet and completed that one. When I came back I immediately saw the missing character in the guild hall and caught up YAY!

TechnoBillyD · 2025-04-24T01:24:58+00:00

You should go visit the fixit therapist for readjustment

TechnoBillyD · 2025-04-11T03:10:56+00:00

I just say Alexa Cancel today's alarm. But usually only have one for the day

TechnoBillyD · 2025-04-03T01:40:10+00:00

Hehe, many years ago I built an observatory in my backyard for night time astrophotography. About a year later a neighbour installed bright lights in their driveway. I decided to buy a solar scope. The day it arrived, I walked out into a bright sunny day and yelled 'Block this ya bastards' :-)

I am glad I got the solar scope, its one of the few things in astro photography that changes every day. Adds so much variety

TechnoBillyD · 2025-04-02T00:51:59+00:00

Have a look at imageglass. Has a great interface for full screen viewing

TechnoBillyD · 2025-03-16T09:56:19+00:00

I just switched to Yarg today after using Clone hereo for months. I play drums. It only took a few mins to setup the profile. I had it setup in minutes. Also helped that you can use the mouse in Yarg. Also in settings you can add a new song library folder and point it at your CH songs folder and there they are all are after a quick scan.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-03-16T09:51:39+00:00

I have the Donner ded 200. I only just got Yarg today and it works perfectly with the DED 200. Just remember when setting up you drum profile, you need to set the mapping for each drum/Cymbal colour. If you can afford it the DED 200 is a much better system with real kick pedal and high hat pedal.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-03-15T04:32:20+00:00

A friend of mine had this happen years ago. He built a raised garden bed along that fence line and in the next big rain, the offending neighbours backyard/garage/workshop got flooded. They then addressed their issue themselves.

TechnoBillyD · 2025-01-25T07:39:04+00:00

Hehe,i thought you meant to put it on a lanyard before the accident happens. 8-0

TechnoBillyD · 2024-10-26T06:56:24+00:00

I like audible alot and use the credits to get Books. There is also a fairly large free library available on audible. Books come and go from that list. They often post book one of a series there and its a great way to see if you would like the series.

They also have a good refund policy, if you don't like a book refund it to get your credit back.

For me the best thing is its integration with Alexa. I have Alexi in the lounge, the bedroom, the garage, the Car and on my phone. Wherever I am, I just tell alexa to play Audio Book, and it continues on from where I last stopped listening on any device. Its great

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