Oct 27, 2026 · Kava Mama

Cello, live.

Beethoven, Minuet · Bach, Cello Suite No. 1 · Bréval, Concerto in C · Haydn, Concerto in C

Also: things I built

Oct 18, 2026Opening the blinds from a laptopIn progressThe blinds answer only their own 433 MHz remote. An ESP32 and a $9 radio module should pair as one more remote.
Oct 9, 2026Logging every packet a LoRa radio hearsA Meshtastic radio on my laptop, and a service that writes down every packet it receives.
Oct 6, 2026Logging every song so I never have to hit likeA small service writes down every track that starts playing. It also feeds the now-playing box on this site.
Sep 30, 2026Movie night from a laptopGetting a file from my laptop onto a living room TV, with no screen to look at while I set it up.
Sep 27, 2026Hunting a USB audio dropoutMusic kept chopping for a split second. I cleared the laptop with bit-exact recordings and USB captures, then moved the suspect to an analog cable.
Sep 19, 2026Running my lights after the company foldedThe smart-light company is gone. Its hub still answers on the local network, so I wrote my own client.
Sep 14, 2026A ceiling fan I run from the terminalMy fan speaks JSON on the home network. Now it answers to one short command.