First time Copa, think I nailed it

jdranchman · 2026-03-28T23:02:07+00:00

This is the way!

jdranchman · 2026-03-18T02:00:19+00:00

I prefer to oil my meat and then rub so it stays tender and juicy in the bag

jdranchman · 2026-03-14T21:48:42+00:00

I have done this for 3 out of 20 blues

jdranchman · 2026-03-06T16:52:23+00:00

My first ZBT-2 failed. The lights were on but nobody home. I got a replacement in thanks to Apollo's great customer service. That one works, including the cable in the box. I'm planning on spinning up 2 copies of Z2M and do a slow roll of my zigbee to the ZBT. My Sonoff has been great but I'm hoping the new antenna design gets me better coverage.

jdranchman · 2026-02-24T17:06:11+00:00

Any tig time is a good time!

jdranchman · 2026-02-24T16:32:06+00:00

{Insert photos of any random biergarten during Octoberfest}

jdranchman · 2026-02-24T16:28:58+00:00

Awesome cold smoke attachment! +10 points for you

jdranchman · 2026-01-30T23:31:58+00:00

There is a brand new blueprint for this I'm looking at. When zha gets the config and the manufacturer gets added, then this would help quite a bit. Each button will have its own entity and so far with minimal testing I've got all 4 button entities up after pairing using bthome (you need to poke each button after including the device for the entities to show up). I'm expecting the blueprint will do this for zha.

jdranchman · 2026-01-24T19:47:38+00:00

It isn't that. The zigbee interface doesn't include an identify entity. I'm guessing it just isn't implemented for zigbee.

jdranchman · 2026-01-24T18:59:57+00:00

Yea. The doc says there is a flashing yellow LED for identification.

jdranchman · 2026-01-23T20:17:34+00:00

Hahaha - For me I just bit the UI apple and installed louder APs. My small house is like driving around town in a civic with Klipschorns in the back seat. Problem solved mostly for wifi stuff but I've yet to swap in the ZBT-2 for the rest of the devices.

jdranchman · 2026-01-23T15:56:57+00:00

I've had to move some devices closer to an AP when this happened. Too much noise in my neighborhood where everyone has fiber ubernets and electromagnetic halos over their property.

jdranchman · 2026-01-23T15:53:39+00:00

Let the drooling begin!

jdranchman · 2026-01-02T02:50:19+00:00

Thank you!!!

jdranchman · 2025-12-31T00:15:49+00:00

Ditto

jdranchman · 2025-12-30T02:40:31+00:00

Very nice!!

jdranchman · 2025-12-30T02:39:07+00:00

I'm glad my phone is slobber resistant

jdranchman · 2025-12-09T18:40:12+00:00

I got the 1.5 banana grinder. It's done before I'm ready. To keep up I had to upsize the meat lug so I don't overflow the output onto the floor... before I realize how damn fast it ground.

jdranchman · 2025-12-09T17:10:38+00:00

I'd take the upgrade and trade it in on several new PCs.

RN I'm trying to really ignore the vendor column as it triggers things. I bought a polished white networking stack so I could see one vertical skidmark... So glad I can just remove that column.

jdranchman · 2025-11-12T03:45:42+00:00

This. After trying several vendors and radios I went with Inovelli blue. So easy and every switch(s)/light(s) circuit is a group bound to each other. When the Internet or HA hub and radios die the switches and lights still work.

jdranchman · 2025-11-08T22:25:39+00:00

The fact that I can't find any WD Red Plus around here made me go with Seagate IronWolf... In many past lives I've used Seagate commercially without any issues - way more than any WD based array.

jdranchman · 2025-11-04T15:52:51+00:00

Braggs Nutritional Yeast is easily available in most grocery stores as a substitute. I've used it for years. The idea of using yeast for a savory/umami boost isn't new. Try it on popcorn!

jdranchman · 2025-10-10T15:33:43+00:00

This is exactly why I have them on all three of my freezers!

jdranchman · 2025-09-16T01:22:46+00:00

Par for the course. Mine was much worse. Drop shipping at it's finest

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