TJ's Blog

As part of Eastside Urbanism, I helped put together the Transit Tracker project: an open-source DIY public transit arrivals board for your home.

Have you spotted new bike paths popping up in your city?

If you just got a new GoPro MAX for Christmas (as I did) but were disappointed with the editor features vs Insta360's offering (e.g., Deep Track), don't fret—there is a way to edit your MAX footage with Insta360 Studio.

Welcome to the first in a multi-part series about how to create an entirely local and private home automation system with any off-the-shelf hardware and Home Assistant.

I recently moved to the PNW, which, if you weren't aware, was very recently On Fire Very Badly.

Recently I needed to render an animation in Blender that required the background to be transparent, since this was going on a website with elements in the background.

If you've been following my posts recently, you're probably aware that I have been diving head first into hardware over the past couple months, from modding existing commercial hardware to creating things entirely of my own.

Update 2/6/2022: This blog post was featured in a video by Linus Tech Tips.

Welcome to my second post in a series where I document my home automation adventures!

Note: I now recommend using ESPHome for all your hacked-smart-device needs instead of Tasmota.

It's not rare that I find myself looking for something several years old, whether it be for nostalgia (like a Minecraft world from 2013) or for serious reasons (I implemented something in the past that I would really like to not have to implement again) –…

I recently got an X1 Carbon (7th generation) and I decided to install Linux Mint 20 on it, primarily because at least two people told me it was a good distro.

I recently purchased an APC Back-UPS 600 for my home server (the one that runs this blog!)

If you've been here before, you probably noticed that things have changed.

It's Christmas morning.