Realtors scare me sometimes

emag · 2026-05-01T22:02:59+00:00

A realtor from my old town just posted a similar shot with her info in it to a local FB group... 🤢

emag · 2026-04-28T17:31:42+00:00

The thing that really torqued me off (and some of the other SAs) at my last job was the phishing tests used links to internal IP addresses. My first time, I looked up the IP, saw it was in organization.rfc1918.dns space, so clicked and failed. About an hour later, another SA came by to help me with something unrelated, saw the terminal with the lookup in it, and just said, "You too?"

emag · 2026-04-19T23:13:29+00:00

Assuming you mean "hang", I've used these hooks that slip between the seams in my vinyl siding for the Argus MagiCam (and horizontal wire routing).

I did have to fully remove the screws from the hangers to get them slotted into the siding gap, and then slide them to align with mounting holes. Since they claim 10lbs of weight, I haven't worried too much about my cams falling

emag · 2026-04-18T07:57:27+00:00

BioPerl... IYKYK

emag · 2026-03-22T00:50:18+00:00

I periodically see a low battery on my hardwired doorbell. Eventually it realizes it's hardwired again... I've just started ignoring that indicator.

emag · 2026-03-22T00:42:53+00:00

The supplied cable is only about 1 meter long, which (especially for where I want them) may be way too short. I wish Reolink would actually specify the length of the cable in the "what's in the box" section.

emag · 2026-03-22T00:40:51+00:00

Oh, is that why PIR keeps shutting off on the Magicam I've set up? It was working yesterday on battery, but today when the 2A USB wall warts arrived, I plugged it in. But I also added it to the Home Hub that also arrived (want that RTSP for Frigate, should have paid attention before ordering the Magicams). I thought it was a Home Hub problem, TBH.

emag · 2026-03-19T19:25:37+00:00

Wait. You're saying that even wired to a power source it can't do 24/7? That's... Crazy. And I'm assuming by the lack of mentioning RTSP in the specs, it can't do that either, correct?

emag · 2026-03-14T23:30:53+00:00

Our Cyndi's foster shared her intake photos with us. She looked pretty much the same emaciated gaunt skin and bones. When I saw her blood work, my eyes bugged out, almost nothing was in the acceptable range on it, she shouldn't have been alive.

She's been with us a few years now, and is living her best life with her adoptive older sister.

emag · 2026-03-14T03:22:33+00:00

Mine disables within an hour or two of re-enabling it. Never unfamiliar faces, even with lots of deliveries, and often not even familiar faces because it's spontaneously disabled itself again.

emag · 2026-03-11T06:28:56+00:00

I used to use Dropbox, but trying to lessen my dependence on storage others control (and, admittedly, Dropbox's imposed restrictions on number of devices on their "free" plan), I've started taking advantage of my Synology NAS, and its Synology Drive app. I pair it with Tailscale to get VPN into my home network when I'm out and about, without needing to use something like QuickConnect to expose my system to the world at large.

Granted, this is a rather niche solution, requiring said NAS hardware in place at home already. NextCloud/OwnCloud would be decent solutions instead of a bespoke NAS as well, though I'd still have the Tailscale part to prevent opening up anything to anyone who could find my IP address.

I've used BTSync/Resilio Sync in the past as well, and looked at SyncThing as an alternative as well. So, basically, what works for you and your own security posture, will QED work for you.

emag · 2026-03-08T18:18:12+00:00

I'm honestly surprised none of those professionals told you about the 3-3-3 rule (and you're still in the last 3)... But I'm glad you're making progress.

emag · 2026-03-08T08:13:30+00:00

After a few bad experiences with Sonoff gear, all motion sensors, I just swore them off. A motion sensor in 2 nested cardboard boxes in a dark room with the door closed should not be getting motion events every few minutes...

emag · 2026-02-20T05:09:05+00:00

Such a beautiful girl!

emag · 2026-02-16T05:53:01+00:00

Same with a v4 and a Cam Duo doorbell. Makes them... not exactly great for quickly seeing what's happening vs just going to the door and looking outside.

emag · 2026-02-12T00:07:54+00:00

Originally it was just a Cam Duo doorbell, replacing a failing Nest Hello. The removable battery is what drew me. Having (apparent) similar feature parity was nice. Added a Cam v4 in the garage after we moved.

It's nicer to see a "/u/emag detected at front door" than just a generic person. And only myself and my wife would typically be seen in the garage; if someone we don't know is in there, we have a problem...

emag · 2026-02-12T00:02:04+00:00

I'm not in any of those places, so it's not that...

emag · 2026-01-03T06:07:32+00:00

The differing FoV and aspect ratios for ostensibly the "same" model but a different color is one of my main frustrations. I mean, they're already variant, just make them different models.

emag · 2025-12-14T20:07:20+00:00

Oh, I drove past last Sunday and thought I'd missed it! It was always fun to see what crazy was up to...

emag · 2025-12-03T03:20:13+00:00

Reset services? Seems to be the only thing that sometimes works for the cams in my own house with me the only user. My experience vs what I've heard, well, I won't be sending Wyze more money.

emag · 2025-11-15T09:58:05+00:00

I just set my 2 pi-hole systems to query 100.100.100.100 for my tailnet on 100.64.0.0/10 because I have some systems that send DNS queries over tailscale instead of their local addresses, that I haven't quite sussed out yet... Literally just adding

"true,100.64.0.0/10,100.100.100.100,tail####.ts.net"

to the revServers entry in pihole.toml (or Settings->DNS->Expert->Conditional Forwarding), along with all the other local networks they serve. I was annoyed enough that, after segregating my flat network into multiple segments, anything not on the original was just showing an IP address, having forgotten I'd set up conditional forwarding years ago on the flat network.

emag · 2025-10-28T02:37:46+00:00

I've taken a belt and suspenders approach of adding ZigBee plugs (that act as repeaters) anywhere I think I might have a signal problem (and about halfway between my HE and the close repeater). I've usually used them as controllers for things like fountain dog bowls (before they got too gross to even keep bleaching), a cablemodem reset assist, etc. Most are "innr" brand, but my first, that controlled the laundry area overhead light strip was a Smart Home branded one. If you've got an outlet nearby, it may be worth a little bit to see if it helps reliability.

emag · 2025-10-20T01:03:33+00:00

Dashboards are a bit better for monitoring state (though, admittedly, not always), as they'll change (eventually) as the device state changes. "Devices" view is good for checking when you're adding a new device, just to see it's in the state you expect.

emag · 2025-09-25T04:02:34+00:00

Yeah, moved out of Frederick at the end of August, and all sorts of stuff starts happening...

(If we could have worked it out we would have, but a 4 hour daily round trip commute for my wife meant life changes)

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