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I'd like to block some sites on some devices at some times on my home network. For instance, no YouTube for devices X and Y after 9pm on weekends.

Any recommendations for an easy way to implement this? So far it seems like pihole isn't meant for this, and I see recs to use OpenDNS. That one seems user-friendly and quick to implement but I'm unfamiliar with it.

In the last week I've learned how to log in and poke at a Postgres db and, this morning, a Redis cache. Not sure the Redis is really boosting performance but at least I got it connected!

This is supporting my deployment of Apache Superset with docker-compose.

What email service should I sign a kid up for? I'm thinking it could be their email address forever so should prob start them on the right path. Protonmail? FastMail? I'd like to avoid entanglement with Google but not sure what folks like instead right now.

Boosts welcome

A letter to the broken-hearted nest observer

https://corvidresearch.blog/2022/06/07/a-letter-to-the-broken-hearted-nest-observer/

Learned rock to fakie thanks to Dave-O. First real transition trick!

Lovely chill group ride last night at Bike In! I saw at least @Erich @bdimcheff @ed_packet there. And enjoyed the peony garden in full bloom.

The lawns under my neighbors' oaks (those who are doing No Mow May) are full of baby oak saplings!

I'll try to transplant a few, my survival rate is low for this but it's trending up.

Some of my geocoding searches on addresses fail on Nominatim but succeed on Google. E.g., 11407 Algonquin Drive Pinckney, MI USA.

Is there a way I can contribute these addresses to the OSM project?

#OpenStreetMap

This morning before work I watered the trees I helped plant at my kids' school. They're off to an okay start!

I'm curious to see how well these tubes work for forcing vertical growth (to get out of deer browsing range).

Pictured: a basswood aka linden.

Got my #rstats gold badge yesterday at StackOverflow (I started using R seven years ago, holy cow) and just used my new power to unilaterally close a duplicate question. Satisfying.

New post: visiting the local makerspace for Repairsday and fixing a musical keyboard

https://samfirke.com/2022/05/10/success-at-all-hands-active-repairsday/

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Beautiful morning at the skatepark. So lucky to have a world -class facility here 😍

Got my fakie shuvs adjusted to the smooth surface.

Three classes down, 13 trees planted! This school really needs more trees. Maybe all schools do though.

For Earth Day I'm planting trees with classes at school. The kids are putting so much love into it, they started adding these moss coverings and idk how it's gonna turn out but it's so lovely 🌱

Huh and near where he lived is Baldwin Ave. Is that named after him?

TIL James Baldwin lived in Ann Arbor, according to this page from his FBI file

My kids' school is doing a native plant sale as a fundraiser. If you want to order some plants in the next couple of days, check it out:

bit.ly/AAOCCPlantSale

New blog post: pushing the cargo bike, and myself, to the limit.

https://samfirke.com/2022/03/27/the-biggest-thing-ill-ever-tote-on-a-bike/