James O'Gorman
@fedi.jamesog.net
General geek, gadgeteer, tea drinker, occasional photographer, wannabe musician, and liker of Oxford commas. Recovering sysadmin. Lefty woke liberal. 🏳️🌈
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Really, Apple Music? 🤨
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Really, Apple Music? 🤨
Justified ancients of
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Justified ancients of
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New toy to play with this weekend.
Already had a quick go after work and it’s great!
#bossxs1 #bass #guitarpedal #gas
Already had a quick go after work and it’s great!
#bossxs1 #bass #guitarpedal #gas
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New toy to play with this weekend.
Already had a quick go after work and it’s great!
#bossxs1 #bass #guitarpedal #gas
Already had a quick go after work and it’s great!
#bossxs1 #bass #guitarpedal #gas
Home Assistant, I know I can do better than you.
Let's try streaming a raw tar file over the network to a machine that can compress faster.
On the HA machine:
time tar -cvf - --exclude='backups/*.tar' --exclude='*.db-shm' --exclude='*.log' --exclude='*.log […]
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Let's try streaming a raw tar file over the network to a machine that can compress faster.
On the HA machine:
time tar -cvf - --exclude='backups/*.tar' --exclude='*.db-shm' --exclude='*.log' --exclude='*.log […]
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September 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Home Assistant, I know I can do better than you.
Let's try streaming a raw tar file over the network to a machine that can compress faster.
On the HA machine:
time tar -cvf - --exclude='backups/*.tar' --exclude='*.db-shm' --exclude='*.log' --exclude='*.log […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Let's try streaming a raw tar file over the network to a machine that can compress faster.
On the HA machine:
time tar -cvf - --exclude='backups/*.tar' --exclude='*.db-shm' --exclude='*.log' --exclude='*.log […]
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Just had a little visitor. 🦋
I’ve seen plenty of white ones fluttering about this year, but this is the first non-white I’ve seen.
I’ve seen plenty of white ones fluttering about this year, but this is the first non-white I’ve seen.
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Just had a little visitor. 🦋
I’ve seen plenty of white ones fluttering about this year, but this is the first non-white I’ve seen.
I’ve seen plenty of white ones fluttering about this year, but this is the first non-white I’ve seen.
MFW my carefully crafted commit message gets squash-merged into a one-line commit
July 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
MFW my carefully crafted commit message gets squash-merged into a one-line commit
Oh hi. JetKVM acquired.
May 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Oh hi. JetKVM acquired.
March this year was much better for solar PV generation than March last year.
We imported less electricity from the grid this March than last, despite now having an EV and having charged it twice.
(It's weird how HA doesn't show consumed solar every day in […]
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We imported less electricity from the grid this March than last, despite now having an EV and having charged it twice.
(It's weird how HA doesn't show consumed solar every day in […]
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April 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
March this year was much better for solar PV generation than March last year.
We imported less electricity from the grid this March than last, despite now having an EV and having charged it twice.
(It's weird how HA doesn't show consumed solar every day in […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
We imported less electricity from the grid this March than last, despite now having an EV and having charged it twice.
(It's weird how HA doesn't show consumed solar every day in […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
This is definitely a weird one. Now HA lumps 29th and 30th together but only shows data for one day. Where has a day of data gone?!
March 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is definitely a weird one. Now HA lumps 29th and 30th together but only shows data for one day. Where has a day of data gone?!
I seem to have a found some kind of off-by-one bug in Home Assistant. On the same day as DST change. (N.B. I couldn't swear it wasn't there before the time zone change.)
On the Energy dashboard, clicking forward to tomorrow, and then the day after, gives me the 31st twice, and then the 1st.
On the Energy dashboard, clicking forward to tomorrow, and then the day after, gives me the 31st twice, and then the 1st.
March 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I seem to have a found some kind of off-by-one bug in Home Assistant. On the same day as DST change. (N.B. I couldn't swear it wasn't there before the time zone change.)
On the Energy dashboard, clicking forward to tomorrow, and then the day after, gives me the 31st twice, and then the 1st.
On the Energy dashboard, clicking forward to tomorrow, and then the day after, gives me the 31st twice, and then the 1st.
@GrantMeStrength I was reminded of https://emojikitchen.dev/ today so I made this just for you 😄
March 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@GrantMeStrength I was reminded of https://emojikitchen.dev/ today so I made this just for you 😄
I'd been using some spare 3TB WD Red drives but the slow speeds were driving me potty. I dug around and realised I had some 10TB ones lying around too. So now instead of using 4x 3TB I'm now using 2x 10TB. That sped things up a bit (~2x), but still too slow for my liking.
February 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'd been using some spare 3TB WD Red drives but the slow speeds were driving me potty. I dug around and realised I had some 10TB ones lying around too. So now instead of using 4x 3TB I'm now using 2x 10TB. That sped things up a bit (~2x), but still too slow for my liking.
The funnier thing with this is, now that I have a tracking number, I've looked it up on the website and it clearly shows it being out for delivery on the 24th, a text message supposedly sent, and delivered the same day.
So why did the text I _actually_ received say it's coming on the 30th? Bonkers.
So why did the text I _actually_ received say it's coming on the 30th? Bonkers.
December 28, 2024 at 9:57 AM
The funnier thing with this is, now that I have a tracking number, I've looked it up on the website and it clearly shows it being out for delivery on the 24th, a text message supposedly sent, and delivered the same day.
So why did the text I _actually_ received say it's coming on the 30th? Bonkers.
So why did the text I _actually_ received say it's coming on the 30th? Bonkers.
Great job, Dacorum Borough Council.
(Bins were collected today, a day earlier, for obvious reasons.)
(Bins were collected today, a day earlier, for obvious reasons.)
December 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Great job, Dacorum Borough Council.
(Bins were collected today, a day earlier, for obvious reasons.)
(Bins were collected today, a day earlier, for obvious reasons.)
The collection as it stands today.
What I really want to add: a Music Man Stingray Special.
What I really want to add: a Music Man Stingray Special.
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 PM
The collection as it stands today.
What I really want to add: a Music Man Stingray Special.
What I really want to add: a Music Man Stingray Special.
New bass day! Spector Euro LX 4 neck-through in natural sunburst matte.
This thing is gorgeous.
#nbd #newbassday
This thing is gorgeous.
#nbd #newbassday
December 24, 2024 at 11:52 AM
New bass day! Spector Euro LX 4 neck-through in natural sunburst matte.
This thing is gorgeous.
#nbd #newbassday
This thing is gorgeous.
#nbd #newbassday
Oof. Octopus Agile hitting the price cap tomorrow. First time I’ve seen that.
December 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Oof. Octopus Agile hitting the price cap tomorrow. First time I’ve seen that.
The top albums are a bit less jazzy though. Gnome were a good Bandcamp find this year.
Doggerel was also in last year’s top album list.
Doggerel was also in last year’s top album list.
December 8, 2024 at 10:12 PM
The top albums are a bit less jazzy though. Gnome were a good Bandcamp find this year.
Doggerel was also in last year’s top album list.
Doggerel was also in last year’s top album list.
Apple Music Replay just popped up. I reckon this top 5 is about the same every year 🙂
#applemusic #pixies #belafleck #Flecktones #snarkypuppy #tool #pinkfloyd
#applemusic #pixies #belafleck #Flecktones #snarkypuppy #tool #pinkfloyd
December 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Apple Music Replay just popped up. I reckon this top 5 is about the same every year 🙂
#applemusic #pixies #belafleck #Flecktones #snarkypuppy #tool #pinkfloyd
#applemusic #pixies #belafleck #Flecktones #snarkypuppy #tool #pinkfloyd
Is this the HN equivalent of "how is babby formed”?
December 3, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Is this the HN equivalent of "how is babby formed”?
November 10, 2024 at 10:30 AM
What the fuck, LinkedIn? Are you trying to be Facebook from 2005?
November 5, 2024 at 7:55 AM
What the fuck, LinkedIn? Are you trying to be Facebook from 2005?
MFW Home Assistant pops up saying it found a new device, which seems to be an Oral B smart toothbrush, and we don't have one. I guess I picked up a neighbour's? 😂
November 2, 2024 at 10:28 AM
MFW Home Assistant pops up saying it found a new device, which seems to be an Oral B smart toothbrush, and we don't have one. I guess I picked up a neighbour's? 😂