Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

Sous vide on the cheap! Cooler, trough heater, thermostat. I need to do this again soon, but with solar panels.

So I have been using pass, the standard Unix password manager, together with PassFF and it is a working solution so far. I like that it is a simple program, and that it was easy to setup, but I wish it was even easier for normies. Qtpass works well for my wife because it has an easy password/username/url template.

The Greatest Beer Run Ever was pretty good!

“He will judge between the nations,
and will decide concerning many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.”
-Isaiah 2:4

These folks made several great documentaries together that just got better and better. I think about them often and they should be added to school curricula IMHO.

Tales from the Green Valley
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478958/
Tudor Monastery Farm
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4103600/
Victorian Farm
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1372211/
Edwardian Farm
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821820/
Wartime Farm
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2470814/

I'm not a big fan of multi-factor-authentication because it is a tool being used for the de-anonymization of the internet. I don't know of any way to push back and I can't even find a list of companies that require a mobile number.

“Democracy requires Privacy as much as Freedom of Expression.”
-Anonymous

Tomb encryption looks a bit interesting. Nothing really new under the hood, but I appreciate the attempt at streamlining and polishing. I always need a cheat sheet to remember the LUKS dance.
https://www.dyne.org/software/tomb/
Linux only though.

While I was walking around in the woods this past week I thought about how peaceful and old everything seemed. The thing is, the trees and the landscape were not that old. I don't think I saw a tree over 150 and most were less than 100. The canopy was 80-100' in most places. The trees used to be old and huge averaging 5' diameters. Food literally used to fall from the sky because 25% of them were chestnut. Then, in a generation or so, they were gone and few even know if their existence.

Something like a monthly deadman switch would be a nice feature. If a timer isn't reset, send out info to the right people.

OK, I don't use a password manager, but I'm starting to feel the need for one. If I died or had a head injury, my wife would just be hosed trying to access everything. I would probably be in the same boat if something happened to her. It would be nice to have a working solution for me, her, and my aging parents as well. They rely on their phones to do so much of everything and I'm not sure I can break them of it. Any ideas are welcome, but I keep leaning toward just writing them in a notebook.

Our visit to NC for my brother’s wedding has been great despite hurricane Ian!

I miss and love being back home in the woods. This yellow poplar is over 150’ tall and about 29” in diameter.

We’re heading out east for my brother’s wedding, just saw a Mastodon shirt!

Any HVAC guys out there?
Looking to build a water to water heat pump with off the shelf parts and am sure to learn a few things along the way. Any advice is welcome.
I want to pull heat from a pool(88°F) and add it to a hot water tank(140°F).

Thought this might be a good idea and it already exists. This can solve several problems in the new house.
1.) Moving materials during the build. Will have to install 2 for the carts and a wench at the top.
2.) Accessibility for aging parents, when the time comes.
3.) Water removal for a weird roof detail.
4.) Bikes?