Change Position to Change Perspective?

Change Position to Change Perspective?
I recently decided to move a PC I wasn't using much into our living room. I had been using a laptop stand to work on my Macbook Pro, but it wasn't remotely ergonomic and I felt it. I had a desk I wasn't using in storage. All I really needed to add was a chair and I was sorted. It's been a good month now and the thing I didn't expect, is how much more…

DIY Camera Storage Table

DIY Camera Storage Table
I needed an end-table, and I needed somewhere to store my camera with a long telephoto lens, so I took to the shop.

Python Nerdery: The Casual Bird Report

Python Nerdery: The Casual Bird Report
I have a HaikuBox listening to bird calls near my house. This morning's coffee tinker is collecting visit data from the API, passing it to Ollama with a custom prompt and outputting a casual PDF report I can read. import requests from datetime import date import json import re from reportlab.lib import colors from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet, ParagraphStyle from reportlab.lib.units import inch from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, Table, TableStyle from…

Ollama Notes Chat Tool

Ollama Notes Chat Tool
I've recently switched to Obsidian Notes and wanted a way to integrate my notes into my Open WebUI implantation of Ollama. I came up with a little integration on Github if you would like to play with it. It's working great now, but I got some hilarious results getting there. I've since found Smart Second Brain and highly recommend it over my code.

Information Management Update

Information Management Update
Several of my goal breaks were oriented towards sorting out my tools and processes: My note taking had become splintered between OneNote, Apple Notes and many text files. I need a single source and it needs to be something that isn't difficult to integrate with other systems. Tasks were mostly in Apple Tasks now, but that's because my projects are entirely personal. I didn't want to use iCloud for work tasks when I move to…

Python Nerdery: Security Camera Color Grading

Python Nerdery: Security Camera Color Grading
I have a camera that shoots Mount Rainier all of the time. This morning's coffee tinker was automatically color grading the stream import cv2 import numpy as np from datetime import datetime import os class RTSPGrader: def __init__(self): # RTSP connection settings - fill these in self.username = "user" self.password = "password" self.ip = "192.168.1.2" self.port = "554" # Default RTSP port # Create control window cv2.namedWindow('Controls') # Create trackbars cv2.createTrackbar('Contrast', 'Controls', 120, 300, lambda…