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  Well, that was an unexpectedly excellent evening - thanks to the organisers of the #HomeAssistant meetup in #newcastleupontyne ! Sort of anticipated techy conversations, but not the range of subjects and depth of interest. 😁🤯 Really enjoyed the company, and community discussion. Great thanks to all who attended. Hope my 30 years of automation were of interest.

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  After spotting a new #openstreetmap `amenity=post_box type` `post_box:design=digital_drop_box` in the wild, I've [uploaded a picture to the wiki](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:post_box:design) . It is like a post_box:design=parcel but with a large overhanging black solar cap (complete with gold finials), and unlike previous parcel boxes, it has post_box:apertures=2 with the usual large chute, and a separate letter slot. The parcel chute has the QR scanner lock like converted...

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  #ActiveTravel in action - #Brompton personal teleport cycle, then a train to #MakerSpace Newcastle. Around here, 1950s cycling infrastructure seems better than 2020s, likely as designers still rode, wheeled, and walked.

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  After finding #BitWarden doesn't have an "Export Folder" option, I've written some Python to process an unencrypted JSON vault and extract ONE folder to a new file. https://github.com/FloatingBoater/bitwardenfolder This is enough to extract creds to share, without setting up organisations (my experiments hit enterprise-scale sysadmin pain with Folders/Collections!). No sync, but importing again seems to create a new folder with the same name (so manually sync...

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  Don't be tempted to use ESP32-C3 SuperMini modules. I found out too late that the WLAN PCB antenna is utterly mince on some very cheap copies. Out of 5x modules, not one would reliably broadcast a visible AP, nor connect. Even this promising antenna hack only got one on the network... intermittently. 😞 https://peterneufeld.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/esp32-c3-supermini-antenna-modification/ ESPsomfy , ESPhome , and Tasmota all failed due to hardware over two days of testing.😡 Trying aga...