ESpresence – Fix Device not_home in Home Assistant
PSA: If you’re trying to use an ESP32 as a presence sensor in Home Assistant, and you’re using state_topic: espresense/rooms in your YAML, check that your ESP32 node is sending…
Continue readingThe Adventures of Angst
A long time ago a scrappy street cat showed up on the back deck. He looked suspiciously like another street cat called Troubles. Troubles was trapped by Mum, taken to…
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When we had our solar system installed, we ended up with a stack of Qantas points as part of the deal. Neither of us had been to Tasmania before, so…
Continue readingCommunity Spotlight: TheSandersLad
I can’t remember exactly how or when he showed up, but TheSandersLad has been a stalwart of the Cooking With BuzzMoo community for a long time now. His main role…
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There’s just something about this track.
Continue readingMinecraft: The Official Cookbook
We spent the last few streams exploring the recipes in the official Minecraft Cookbook by Tara Theoharis. Overall, I’d say it’s pretty good. The recipe aren’t oriented explicitly towards children,…
Continue readingAmaranth – Use it!
I hadn’t heard of amaranth before my late neighbour started throwing clippings over the fence into our backyard. “The chickens. They like it. You give it to the chickens!”, he…
Continue readingFrom The Library 2023
Your Brain Is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time – Dean Buonomano All Tomorrow’s Parties – William Gibson Lafayette in the Somewhat United States – Sarah Vowell…
Continue readingBroken Sword – Paris in the Fall
Englishman Jim Clark found himself in his small studio, taking his time to draw, colour and EQ the sights and sounds of a fresh take on a Parisian morning before…
Continue readingChris Vrenna on American McGee’s Alice
I’d been digging through the BuzzMoo.com archives and found my 2003 interview with Chris Vrenna. This was “back in the OzForces days” when anything seemed possible. So, I’d decided to…
Continue readingPAX 2023
It felt like old times. After a two-year hiatus due to stupid CoVID, Penny Arcade Expo Australia returned to its former glory. This time we decided to spend a few…
Continue readingLorewood Forest Encampment
A tranquil night envelops the secluded encampment on the fringes of Lorewood Forest. The melody of the crickets is an invitation to find comfort in their harmonious chorus in the…
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