Claude Cowork and Home Assistant
I have not dabbled with any of the OpenClaw ecosystem (yet) but I’ve used Claude enough on non-coding local tasks that I wanted to give Claude Cowork a try. Cowork is a native app that lets …
Putting Macbook into DFU mode
During the most recent upgrade, my MacBook seemed to freeze on the update so I restarted. Big mistake. After it came back up, I got the scary exclamation mark and text that linked to an Apple support …
Keeping cool during a Bay Area heat wave
In the Bay Area, when a heat wave hits, it hits hard. Most people do not have air conditioning since it’s not often needed. The summers are typically cool and our heat spikes are random days …
Favero Assioma MX pedal firmware
This is going to be a niche post with some keyword stuffing to help out the next person. If you happen to have a bricked Favero Assioma MX power pedal, that won’t turn on, these are the …
Biking is fun
I’ve gotten the biking bug. Last summer, I picked up a nice gravel bike and didn’t actually ride it that much. But after tweaking my knee running and getting tired of cycling on the indoor …
Slack stories
When you spent years and years working at a place like Slack, especially getting a front-row seat to watching it grow from small to very big, it is nice to hear other people’s stories of that …
Using Things for GTD
I’ve been using Things as my to-do app and GTD (aka the Getting Things Done productivity system) for over 10 years. It’s helped me stay organized through multiple years of startups, house …
Spot the trend
Running is a sport that you get while the getting is good, and it has not been good for me most of this year. Holidays, bad weather, and, for the past few weeks, an achy left knee means I’ve …
LLMs to fix calendar files
I’ve started using Claude to do something that I really shouldn’t have to: making calendar files. Every organization that can offer a simple calendar URL that I can subscribe to wants to …
Introducing flowtorio
Introducing a new side project: flowtorio. flowtorio is a local, Markdown-based issue tracker. GitHub repo is here. The goal is simple: keep issue tracking readable as Markdown files in a scriptable …