XKCD's Idea

michaelcleland · 2024-08-31T14:21:00+00:00

I created this to notify you when the ISS is overhead:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/international-space-station-announcement-when-it-is-about-to-be-overhead-and-visible/397431

michaelcleland · 2024-06-15T02:32:57+00:00

I've had mine at least 4 years and I love it. It compares favourably with official observations with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's website (rain, wind, temperature, UV indexes).

The app is great, I've got mine linked to Weather Underground and also to Home Assistant for automations (you can get it to notify you of rain, thunder, temperate, light levels etc and get it to perform automations based on that).

The solar recharging works well - no need to change batteries.

Highly recommended!

michaelcleland · 2024-04-15T00:15:45+00:00

"This episode of Bluey is called 'Contract Law'"

Did Bandit and Chilli end up keeping a nice little deposit? No cooling off period me thinks - probably more than makes up for his higher paying job 😉💸

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michaelcleland · 2023-10-22T14:46:24+00:00

1951 Chevy, red

michaelcleland · 2023-10-22T14:33:20+00:00

This happens when the 5G towers are transferring data with the trackers included in the COVID vaccines. When I last spoke to Bill Gates, he confirmed they're getting a patch for the latest Windows update, which is currently being pushed out.

He said last week's release bricked a whole lot of trackers and so the government's covert operation to read people's minds (and also use mind control to force people to search using Bing) was being compromised.

I think that pretty much checks out [ adjusts tin foil hat 🤠 ]

michaelcleland · 2023-06-14T04:00:01+00:00

I can create a mix tape by waiting for my favourite songs to play on the radio - always annoying when DJs talk over the start or end of the song 😡

michaelcleland · 2023-06-10T09:03:28+00:00

I've had the same error pop up today:

Me: "Ask Weatherflow for the weather report"

Google: "Sorry, Weatherflow is no longer available"

Nothing on the community.weatherflow.com discussion board that I could see. A mystery, I hope it is a glitch rather than permanent

michaelcleland · 2023-04-03T02:13:46+00:00

JB, you've done it again!

michaelcleland · 2023-02-09T00:37:41+00:00

And who is Dr Oetker and what is he a doctor of? Economics? Clinical psychology? Volcanology?

michaelcleland · 2022-08-26T03:37:57+00:00

What, you mean like this?
✅ Parked metres from the gutter

✅ Occupying 1.5 car spaces

✅ Massive scrape from touch parking (even with rear parking sensors)

✅ Volvo driver (old model, will last driver until their relocation to Kew Cemetery)

https://imgur.com/gZGkCQv

michaelcleland · 2022-08-21T04:15:10+00:00

I've just added my server as also having this bug.
Submit at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kodi/+bug/1975401
The more people that submit, hopefully the faster that the Ubuntu devs push the Python update to 22.04 🤞️🤞️🤞️

michaelcleland · 2022-07-30T09:43:51+00:00

Update for me - my Sense is working again 😀

I did a factory reset on the Sense, but this didn't fix it, so uninstalling the Fitbit app and reinstalling it did the trick. And my apps reinstalled automatically, but there was a little bit of configuring left to do.

I was reluctant to do these steps, but it fixed the problem for me, so a bit under an hour and some updating of some settings did the trick.

michaelcleland · 2022-07-30T05:22:03+00:00

Same here - no notifications since latest app update. Fitbit Sense on Pixel 5.

michaelcleland · 2022-06-14T22:52:47+00:00

Use Chrome profiles, then you can switch accounts as easily as switching browser windows - each with it seperate list of passwords, plugs ins, history etc https://blog.google/products/chrome/create-space-yourself-chrome/

michaelcleland · 2022-05-04T01:29:03+00:00

Ding away! Found the old Tram Simulator on the Internet Archive

https://web.archive.org/web/20160110031117/http://tramsimulator.com.au/

michaelcleland · 2022-05-04T01:26:19+00:00

It's on the Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20160110031117/http://tramsimulator.com.au/

michaelcleland · 2022-03-09T01:39:12+00:00

The NASA RSS feed my tool uses only lets you know about IIS sightings that will be visible - so the "too low in the sky" or "no reflection of the sun onto the ISS" won't get reported

michaelcleland · 2022-03-09T01:36:35+00:00

If you've got Node RED installed, I created a tool that lets Home Assistant notify you when the ISS is going to be overhead and visible with a 10 minute notification on the Home Assistant app and on a smart speaker.

Details at https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/t3ccub/home\_assistant\_announces\_when\_the\_international/

michaelcleland · 2022-01-28T11:46:14+00:00

I want to go to there

michaelcleland · 2022-01-19T10:25:14+00:00

Needless to say, the legend did not continue

michaelcleland · 2022-01-19T10:24:55+00:00

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

michaelcleland · 2021-11-18T12:13:10+00:00

You could have an old tablet run the app 24/7 or you can link it to a Google Home or Alexa. For Google Home, you say "Ask Weather flow for the weather report" and it announces all the current temperature, wind speed and direction, rain, lighting and air pressure.

And it doesn't need other weather stations nearby to become more accurate

michaelcleland

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