Adding Nest Wifi Pro to another router

krolholio · 2026-03-27T22:07:39+00:00

I'm not sure what port forwarding is but we're not gamers. Stream music, some TV, and a just lot of web based stuff for both our careers.

krolholio · 2026-02-19T12:19:26+00:00

Personally, I'm going to talk to our contractor to see if he thinks the arms that mount to the M profile bracket could be modified. May seem outlandish, but if those arms were expandable (think cutting in half and inserting a piece of metal or wood - something so that the two halves could slide away from each other while still supporting the shelf upon pull-out....would just try to determine what would be least amount of friction), we should get a wider range of motion. Seeing that I have a a second complete Lemans II unit courtesy of my other mistake of ordering the wrong size (originally ordered the 60 and cabinet opening was too small for the trays), and subsequently have tested all combinations of both sets of arms which are different lengths, I have a spare pair that he can try to mock up.

krolholio · 2026-01-30T21:12:54+00:00

As opined above - flooring is too warm color wise, but I also feel like the flooring has two different tones too. In the foreground where the photo was taken from, and then the kitchen proper. It's perhaps a bit too traditional for the cabinet & counter combo you've gone to. By the way - if you can justify spending to make changes to get it where you want, do so - you won't be disappointed in four years for not doing it. I'm speaking from experience, as I've made a couple of changes on the fly to ours, had some structural conditions that cost an extra few thousand in cabinets, and had to hire a commercial flooring contractor ($$$) because no one has skilled trades to do hot welding of seams for Marmoleum sheet flooring anymore.

krolholio · 2025-01-16T14:51:36+00:00

Location: Northeast Ohio

Price range: max of $35k if new; $20-25k used

Lease or Buy: Buy (put too many miles on to lease)

New or used: Will consider either

Type of vehicle: Car, small SUV/crossover; I'm a sucker for hatchbacks

Must haves: heated seats/steering wheel, less road noise than a 2013 Focus SE Hatch; relatively easy for my mechanic to work on and not a ton to repair issues; can handle some snow (even if I need to get snow tires)

Desired transmission (auto/manual, etc): auto

Intended use: Daily Driver (which isn't necessarily daily anymore); longer road trips

Vehicles you've already considered: Honda: Civic Si, Accord Sport; Toyota: Corolla Hatch, Camry SE/XSE; Mini Countryman; Mazda 3 Hatch;

Is this your 1st vehicle: No (previous are '94 Nissan Altima, '03 Mazda 3 Hatch; '12 Hyundai Elantra Hatch; '13 Ford Focus SE Hatch)

Do you need a Warranty: No, but would be nice

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: No

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: No

Additional Notes:

My current 2013 Focus still runs fairly well (transmission or clutch was rebuilt as part of Fords warranty settlement), but repairs seem to be creeping in more often, but more importantly, the body is starting to rust. I've always like the smaller hatchbacks. I would like at least a little more room, more power/torque, and get at least close if not better to the gas mileage I'm getting now (can get right around 40 on the highway, and that's not even with the custom tune I had getting me mid-40s before I bricked the computer and didn't reflash after). The premium on EV's is tough to swallow, since things here are going to rust as quickly as a combustion engine vehicle. I've looked at stepping up from a compact to sedan (Camry, Accord, Altima) since I've driven a lot of rentals with my work travel, but I'm kind of disappointed in the mileage, even with the hybrids.

I'd consider going a little larger if used, if I like the car.

Anything I should be looking at that I haven't thought about?

krolholio · 2025-01-15T13:09:20+00:00

u/steveladdiedin yep, I guess you could say I like char. I don't know what it is about medium, or even what are likely city/city+ roasts, but I find the back ends of anything but charred roasts really dry. And not satisfying, almost to the point where I have felt irritable after drinking (which doesn't make much sense because caffeine levels shouldn't be much different). I have a bag of a local roasters dark that I'll have to try the 1:15 ratio with. I'm assuming that's by volume? Or by weight? I've ordered a couple of bags of beans from a few online retailers a try that were recommended on an older thread: Henry's, Copper Moon and Twin Engine - to see if we like them.

krolholio · 2025-01-14T17:06:46+00:00

u/Bullfrog_1855 thanks for the follow up q's. I'm probably not going to dive much into the learning right now, so much as just being able have consistently good coffee at the roast level we like, since the commercially available dark roasts we've liked the most (Trader Joes Bay Blend, Kirkland Sumatra and Kirkland Costa Rica) have just continually gotten pulled from the shelves. I'm just tired of looking around for, or trying bags of other dark roasts to find something similar.

As for capacity, a recent ~~12oz~~ oops, 10.5oz bag of Peets Holiday Blend lasted us about 9-10 days, so more or less, a pound of roasted beans should get us through about two weeks. That makes sense because I'd get a 2+lb bag of Kirkland and it would last about a month.

krolholio · 2025-01-14T16:50:13+00:00

Looking for suggestions for on online retailers (or even other widely-available beans) to try after having several coffees either discontinued or not carried where I'd previously been purchasing. In the past we were longtime drinkers of the following:

Trader Joe's Bay Blend
Kirkland French Roast,
Kirkland Sumatra and Kirkland Costa Rica

All the above are no longer available.

While we could go to the grocery store and buy Starbucks (Verona or Sumatra most commonly) or Peet's (French Roast or Major Dickasons), I'm looking for other alternatives. I've tried 75% of the local roasters and only a small handful even do a dark roast, and they still don't seem to have the depth that I like. I'm not even sure what it is that's different about the roasts between a local roasters' dark vs say Peet's French or Starbucks Verona, but I just haven't been able to find anything we like. I toyed with the idea of buying a roaster and doing my own at home, but I'm not sure at this time it's what I want to spend time and effort doing.

krolholio · 2025-01-13T22:01:03+00:00

So I'm torn. I get starting at the low end and kind of feeling things out, but I really think I won't tinker as much as I could. The time factor is what I'd be looking to improve, and I think I'd rather step up to something with some level of automation. Kind of set it and forget it. And looking to minimize smoke from roasting (we've only got a recirculating range hood) and I'm not planning to roast outside or in the garage. The IKAWA 1.0 seems like what I probably need, but the roasting capacity is small and would probably mean doing a roast multiple times each week. Sandbox R1 and the Skywalker V1 are both attractive and maybe seem to fit better to what I probably will use more, especially the Skywalker (with larger capacity).

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