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and some words about how much this cost: https://popcorn.cx/blog/2024/11/the-cost-of-diy/

for reference this was the before:

Over the course of three days and seven trips to bunnings I now have a new gate. I made some mistakes along the way, but it is a big item to take off my todo list.

On one hand I am disappointed that my talk was not accepted, but on the other I am relieved that I can continue to tinker at my own pace #EverythingOpen #EO2025

Another long running podcast that I listen to has ended, though unlike the one that ended last month, this was unexpected 😢

I no longer have a vintage computer collection... https://popcorn.cx/blog/2024/10/the-collection-has-been-liquidated/

So the third season of #TaskmasterAU started airing tonight, but this was filmed as season 2 back in July 2023 (I was in the audience for this episode).

The pickup to intro this as season 3 is pretty good, I assume that could have been filmed even last week when season 4 did its studio recordings.

But then I looked back at the intro to season 2 and that is where there is a continuity error, I think this is the original season 2 intro spliced in. For the first few shots Tom has a pocket square and his chair has two egg shapes on either side of his head (as for season 3). Then for the next shot (and remainder of season 2) there is no pocket square and those shapes are now more like bones...

(yes, I have given this too much thought)

I had been procrastinating... but have now submitted an #EverythingOpen talk proposal about my approach to home automation. I think is a bit thin and needs to be fleshed out, but at least I submitted something...