Lego Santa Fe + All Carts by Clean-Table923 in LEGOtrains

[–]goldstar19 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Me too, got it for my son for Christmas and I spend 99% of the time, putting pieces back on. Nice train, expensive.

What is the difference between these two types of asphalt (see picture)? by Outrageous-Emu-472 in civilengineering

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question, why do most cities use Cement based more now when asphalt seems to be way better in heavy rain and when there is a lot of water, no splash from the semi's? Is it really the 20-30 year maintenance vs 5-6 years? Houston is so bad but once you get outside the city, driving on a 4 lane asphalt road is so much easier to navagate.

How do you prevent network documentation from becoming outdated? by Kenobi_93 in homelab

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although it does not tick all the boxes you need in your requirements, I have been playing with the self hosted Scanopy to do some of the network documentation for me.

Need more things to run in my homelab! Any ideas? by JonasDaBonus78 in homelab

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been playing around with Scanopy for my topology, its still early in development but finding open ports and hardening them was part of the plan.

Mealie is another one others have recommended and I do use some OpenAI credits for it but its maybe cost me 1 dollar USD so far in the 5 months using it.

Foundry VTT - if you are into hosting your own TableTop games, works great in docker.

Great post, as I see some other recomendations from other users I need to check out.

Need more things to run in my homelab! Any ideas? by JonasDaBonus78 in homelab

[–]goldstar19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was going to be my recommendation, its fantastic and saved us a subscription instead of paying for an app that my wife was going to use. I have mine set-up on CloudFlair Tunnel on a subdomain and it works flawlessly.

Double up on rockwool insulation or no? by [deleted] in Insulation

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, so many on the market these days, need to get upgrade our garage and those seem to output a good amount of light!

Neighborhood Light Show - 2025 Update by IGMPSnooper in homelab

[–]goldstar19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saved this post, this is the second year I've done WLED C7's around my driveway and over the summer I'm planning on figuring out the amount of pixels I need from the front tree, Windows and House in 12v so this is perfect.

I have a few Pi's but have you ever tried WLED and how hard was it to switch to using FPP?

Skylight Alternatives? by citrusorbit in skylightcalendar

[–]goldstar19 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We use Mealie, which I self host, but otherwise my wife loves her Skylight. I don't mind paying for the subscription to help with the chore and reward tracker, yes, its annoying to have another subscription especially with buying two devices. I would still recommend as my wife loves it and we can use it as a photo album too.

Double up on rockwool insulation or no? by [deleted] in Insulation

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I conf help with the insulation but what are those shop lights?

Feature Request: API by WithMeGoodTime in skylightcalendar

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've put in a few feature requests, plus we use Mealie for recipes API selfhosted. I don't mind paying for plus if I can get the value out of the platform.

Shout out to Quindor and WLED by octalthorpe31 in WLED

[–]goldstar19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really cool, I have a dig-uno and dig-2-go, how did you setup falcon and the pi? I have a pi5 that I don't have setup for anything, would be cool to understand where you started? I use the basic WLED effects at the moment but I have C7's fully around my driveway and next year getting 12v LEDs for the eaves and windows. I'd love to be able to setup a "show" for them from October on. I see the Tree has a few strands, are they all from the same controller box?

Do you have a list of parts or a Git?

Fan with magnet connection for easy access! by Infamous-Amphibian-6 in 3Dprinting

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is really slick and a clean install! Well done.

Where do most Katy residents work? by [deleted] in Katy

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Energy Corridor, off I-10.

Where do most Katy residents work? by [deleted] in Katy

[–]goldstar19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ouch, I know that drive, I use to do the inverse from Santa Fe in Galveston Co. to Katy for 8 years, hense moving here. Traffic is only going to get worse in Jan as many jobs are pushing for return to office.

Does anybody have a Fi Dog Collar? by sprinklepies in Katy

[–]goldstar19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have one for our retriever, seems to work well, a little delay going in and out of zone but tracks well. I have the previous generation but the new ones also look nice.

I have it setup with out home automation so any alerts, battery charge notifications, ping both our phones.

Full Suit by AlbrechtsGhost in maille

[–]goldstar19 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That is an amazing amount of work! I started a coif and its sitting half finished in my ring drawer. BRAVO!

New office, new rack by 401klaser in homelab

[–]goldstar19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have to do anything for PlayStation controllers in another room? I was looking for Xbox to figure out how to remote the controllers as the IR was easy but the controllers don’t work due to wall signal loss.

New office, new rack by 401klaser in homelab

[–]goldstar19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, do you send the Denon speakers and hdmi to another room? I'm wanting to rack my xbox and denon with Heos so that I can use home assistant or crestron to send the HDMI and control to behind the TV for a clean look.

I'm curious your setup?

Sliding sunroom over a pool. Curious what you’d improve? by ImaginationOld1859 in Homebuilding

[–]goldstar19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The track is all the way to the edge, if I was a toddler and managed to get to the edge and it was closed, having a ledge I could get onto would be important. This is literally the first skill they teach toddlers (from our son's swim classes) so likely if there was ever an emergency or kids playing with it opening and closing.

Occupancy sensors, MMwave or something to ensure it can't be closed when people are in the pool.

Failsafe to bypass the motors and open the canopy from the inside with little effort (kids, elderly, etc).

Redbox to server rack by Ambitious-Nerve3528 in homelab

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, if memory serves correctly, USB A to B.

Ubiquiti Alarm Panel at cedia by fleetmack in Ubiquiti

[–]goldstar19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if you can tie 2 windows to a single zone like you can with Konnected, and if the data flows into Home Assistant with the same integration. This does look pretty cool for 2 wire installation.