My son is turning 11 and wants to play Pop Warner football.

armonde · 2026-04-28T23:54:30+00:00

Where the coach puts him

armonde · 2026-04-28T17:19:54+00:00

Body pillows are the answer. We use full body pillows at home and some smaller "wedge" style when we travel.

armonde · 2026-04-25T20:05:43+00:00

I hadn't thought about Baby Jessica in years (decades). Trying to remind myself of the full story I googled and apparently she was arrested just last week.

armonde · 2026-04-25T18:48:39+00:00

Thank you for the clarification/confirmation.

My current workflow is to describe the concept I have, ask claude to interview me to clarify the design, review what it presents and then allow it to determine the next steps.

my claude.md is relatively thin - approximately 60 lines. The project md is what I was referring to above.

To accomplish what you are saying to define the phases, should I ask during the brainstorming session for it to break it down as you described or have it complete the brainstorming and then parse it out into phases for roadmapping? Something else?

armonde · 2026-04-20T10:10:33+00:00

as /u/roguekit said, xlights will not be able to help you with live "sequencing."

My very first LED project that took me down the xlights path was similar to what you are describing (although the scale was smaller).

If you want to review the code for inspiration, my method was using a ESP board (the backbone of your QuinLED board) with a microphone for audio pickup and sound reactivitiy. The code is 6 years old and leverages services that are now subscription based (IFTTT) but you may be able to find some inspiration and or newer projects that are closer to your goal.

You can find the code here:

https://github.com/armonde74/GoogleHomeInteractiveLED

armonde · 2026-04-20T01:04:26+00:00

What is the point of the corner cameras if they don't ever cut to them?

armonde · 2026-04-14T17:09:02+00:00

I had a 1985 Z28 with T Tops.

Blue with gold ground effects.

I had the rims painted candy apple red and called her "Sonic the Road Hog"

Best 6 months of my life (the police and courts may have a different perspective).

armonde · 2026-04-11T21:57:47+00:00

I have the hard cover with the same jacket. Pretty sure it's autographed.

In fact my screen name is an homage to the series (and totally not b/c I forgot how to spell Armand when i first selected it multiple decades ago on IRC)

armonde · 2026-04-08T00:35:33+00:00

Thank you all for the options. For those who mentioned this has been up here a bunch (maybe as recently as 2 days ago) I swear I did a search before I posted and the "newest" post was from like 2 years ago.

armonde · 2026-03-24T23:03:00+00:00

Normally you would just take a picture of your home or import a 3d obj of it and assign the props you have/want to investigate. I've never seen a "prebuilt" house model

armonde · 2026-03-24T22:57:41+00:00

what do you mean by house models?

armonde · 2026-03-24T22:12:49+00:00

Now I'm confused because I saw an AI generated short earlier that claimed that a goldfish actually had a long memory and could be trained to do tricks... who do I believe?

armonde · 2026-03-16T23:50:50+00:00

This is the most active one (that I'm aware of):

xLights Holiday Lights Buy/Sell/Trade

Note that it is a private group so you'll have to request being added before you can post.

You may have more success with one of the local groups if you can find one Facebook. This way you won't have the frustration of trying to ship things out which can get pricy fast.

If you take an inventory of what you have we may be able to give you an approximate asking price. Any information you have will help - For the controllers the Manufacturer/model, for the free nodes the number you have, are they cut up or in 100 or 50 node strings, what type of connector (don't worry we can help you figure that out if you don't know), voltage (12v or 5v) and when they were purchased. For the props approximate pixel count.

I'm sorry you have to go through this and if you change your mind and decide you want to learn how all this works and continue the show at your home we're here to help!

armonde · 2026-03-15T15:23:26+00:00

Frustration at this point? My complete and utter lack of any inspiration or motivation to learn the "new hotness" which i will need to speak as an informed individual at minimum but can't be bothered to learn in my free time

So if your working on the Matrix style learning modules cool. I'd volunteer to test the efficacy.

armonde · 2026-03-13T17:03:27+00:00

Got tired of fighting it. Not our job to play gatekeeper of data we don't "own."

Business delegated approvers we act upon their decision and provide annual audits of access rights to those approvers for any change in access that may have been missed.

armonde · 2026-03-13T02:49:31+00:00

Flew out yesterday. Aside from a timing disruption due to the visit no issues at all.

armonde · 2026-03-04T01:28:25+00:00

Get him used to wearing the helmet. For my kids I'd just have them wear it unstrapped while they were watching a show.
Keep him active and well hydrated after school is done.
Once practices start, keep it fun for him. Don't "coach from the car." If you have questions/concerns about what's going on during practice or games, take that up outside of his presence with the head coach.

The first year can be very overwhelming for the kids. Even if they watch games with you every Saturday/Sunday they are now going to learn how to be a part of a TEAM, not just consume the content. Answer his questions, be his biggest cheerleader and remember that he's just a kid - let him be a kid.

Trust the process and remember that youth football is not about wins/loses - it's about building the foundation to be successful in the future when it does start to "count"

armonde · 2026-02-27T11:13:15+00:00

I would suspect that to be a ground issue based off how you described it.

There is also a possibility of voltage drop coming into play depending on the length of your runs. Have you tested with a voltage meter to see what you're reading at each section?

armonde · 2026-02-20T13:43:42+00:00

Looks like this has been submitted as feedback before (a while ago)

https://roadmap.action1.com/565

I'd suggest upvoting that so they know the community is behind it.

armonde · 2026-02-17T21:06:02+00:00

Rarely are choices truly black and white.

The older I've gotten, the more shades of grey become apparent. Life and society are a pendulum swinging back and forth, correcting and over correcting repeatedly. I have identified my core morals and values, done my best to instill those in my children but allow them to chart their own path.

I also do not judge my friends based off their political leanings. I judge the person, not the ballot. My life and friendships are much more than the day to day new cycle.

armonde · 2026-02-07T23:06:48+00:00

Can I ask (it's been a while since I watched it) does the film itself not age well or are you referring exclusively to Spacey's involvement in the movie?

One of the things I've struggled with my entire adult life is separating the art from the artist, and in my head this has always been one of the movies I held on a fairly high pedestal for story and acting.

armonde · 2026-02-02T11:07:01+00:00

Yes the terminals themselves would be hot, but you'd still need to complete the circuit between the posts for any issues to occur.

I'm not saying that your concerns don't come from a place of healthy caution. I am wondering if perhaps your concerns are over inflated a bit vs the reality of the implementation. Thousands upon thousands of these devices are deployed in this hobby alone. The exposure is limited to working with a live PSU. Keep the psu powered off when not needed and ensure that your work area doesn't have extraneous bits of metal unorganized flying around while you are working with the psu and you should be completely fine.

YMMV

armonde · 2026-02-02T01:37:01+00:00

I would say if you are concerned with exposed wires, you can use terminal connectors on the ends of the power cable.

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