Ben's Blog

Not my idea, I saw something like it online and had to make one.

I recently got a Framework 16 laptop and was interested in what sort of integrations I could create having a fully addressable RGB keyboard surrounded by 2 LED matrices.

I’m almost done weaning myself from Apple.

We catch this guy from the corners of our eyes quite often.

An August rainy day is a usual time for a first fire of the season.

The non-berry harvests started rolling in.

For years I’ve been inching my way through various home automation projects.

I done did it, I read another book!

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I updated this blog which ran an antiquated version of WordPress from the neolithic era.

Gravel is super cheap when self delivered.

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This will be a whole other post, but I’ve gone through great lengths this year to discourage wildlife from eating our stuff.

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This is shaping up to be a great berry year.

It was getting pestered by a couple of other birds flying too fast for identification, which only seemed to mildly bother it.

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Build Documentation I built it last year and took a bunch of pictures to document the build.

In the Spring and Summer we often hear the sound of one or several corkscrews coming from pine logs.

Robin found some copper flashing at the hardware store.

It took us years to establish this patch of Lilies of the Valley.

I just did my yearly X,Y Coordinates stint with local 5th graders.

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