Heath Stewart

Took a weekday trip to the Enchantments avoiding the horde, though still many people—some of whom weren’t at all prepared for inclement conditions. It was an icy ascent up Aasgard Pass and we were helping each other up an icy scramble. I had micro spikes so it wasn’t too bad. Many did not.

Narrowly escaped some falling rock—I yelled “rock!”, of course—and hightailed it away from the rock wall. We made it down okay and finished the night at München Haus. Chili really hit the spot after a chili day.

Took a weekday trip to the Enchantments avoiding the horde, though still many people—some of whom weren’t at all prepared for inclement conditions. It was an icy ascent up Aasgard Pass and we were helping each other up an icy scramble. I had micro spikes so it wasn’t too bad. Many did not.

The larches hadn’t dropped too many needles so we got some amazing views. Even were the first to congratulate a couple who got engaged in the Core and took some pics for them.

Today our first little bird leaves the nest for college. 🥲 She was organizing some of the stuff into the living room and we made sure to pack her favorite chew toys including her Kong.

Finally upgraded to #UniFi zones and migrated—mostly deleting rules that are now built-in—my firewall rules. Pretty slick. Then finally moved the rest of my IoT devices to the IoT VLAN & zone. I’d been it putting off because SmartThings/Z-wave made it such a pain.

#UniFi travel router arrived! 😍 Also ordered another puck. Living room/kitchen doesn’t have great coverage. Too much solid interference from the puck down the hallway that provides coverage for the bedrooms. Should’ve installed it when that ceiling was open for the remodel. Harder install now. 😔

I “shattered” my previous distance record on my gran fondo today. 💪

My #Apple iDevices have all been stuck indexing since Monday. My wife's too. Every article explains how it may take a while. I get it. I've written indexers for and used Windows Search in most of its incarnations. But for days? Seems someone didn't write a robust indexer. Reported with logs. 😔

Connecting to my iPhone over Console on my MacBook—the only device that seems to have finished—shows that watchdog keeps killing some child searchd process for being unresponsive. But it seems that indexer just picks up where it left off. Bad.

My #Apple iDevices have all been stuck indexing since Monday. My wife's too. Every article explains how it may take a while. I get it. I've written indexers for and used Windows Search in most of its incarnations. But for days? Seems someone didn't write a robust indexer. Reported with logs. 😔

Finally upgraded to #UniFi zones and migrated—mostly deleting rules that are now built-in—my firewall rules. Pretty slick. Then finally moved the rest of my IoT devices to the IoT VLAN & zone. I’d been it putting off because SmartThings/Z-wave made it such a pain.

+1 again for Matter. When I had to add more devices I decided to upgrade the others to a standard (yes, I know xkcd 927) and not get locked in. In fact, the ST Hub by that time supported Matter too but HomeKit provides a better experience. ST always felt clunky.

Finally upgraded to #UniFi zones and migrated—mostly deleting rules that are now built-in—my firewall rules. Pretty slick. Then finally moved the rest of my IoT devices to the IoT VLAN & zone. I’d been it putting off because SmartThings/Z-wave made it such a pain.

Packing in the Seattle area for this: “Let’s see what the weather will be like in the other side of the continent! “Oh. Just like Seattle. 😔” 🌧️🌧️🌧️ Still, it’ll be fun, I’ll get to meet some people from the RCN IRL, and it will be nice to visit Montreal. Not like I’m not acclimated to rain.

Or not. American Airlines delayed the flight 11+ hours with a new connection to Montreal for a total of 21+ hours. I’ll miss most of the conference if I can’t book another airline. 🤬

I love Dune—my favorite being the two Syfy miniseries many years back. It was closer to the source material than the 1984 version. The newer versions are good, but way off the mark. Brian Tyler composed Children of Dune, and it's one of my favorite soundtracks after almost any John Williams.

I've played percussion almost my entire life. Playing timpani, getting accepted into All State Orchestra in high school, and playing with a community symphony for a season have been highlights for me. That's why I love the Children of Dune soundtrack: the timpani—and the chimes—are moving.