Replacing Lightroom on Linux with digiKam and RawTherapee
Dropped the last Windows dependency by pairing digiKam for library management with RawTherapee for RAW edits on Linux, with a clear note on round-trip and storage trade offs.
Night Sky Pi Moisture Battle, Part 3: Data In, Heat Out
A month of logs showed enclosure heat is the primary problem. The plan is active ventilation to stop daytime spikes, plus a dew-point-controlled resistor ring to handle any remaining moisture at night.
My Mind Was Blown Today (Ctrl+L)
A small but satisfying discovery: Ctrl+L clears the terminal instantly, reducing friction and keeping momentum while working.
Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Replacement?
A Pi 5 with an NVMe base and Pi OS handles day to day work across Codium, terminal, and Chromium, with the main issue being cooling under full screen video.
My Ongoing Battle with Condensation (Part 2)
Bench-tested two BME280s, deployed one in the dome and one outside in a Stevenson screen, and added an OpenWeather API feed. Logging every 15 minutes for 30 days to inform the condensation fix.
Finally Found My Astronomy People!
After years of solo stargazing, joining up with the Loughton Astronomical Society adds talks, tips, and company under clear nights
The Great Moisture Battle (Part 1)
Identifies dome condensation as the image-quality culprit, outlines three potential fixes, and sets up a 30-day two-sensor study plus an OpenWeather API comparison to decide the path forward.
Night Sky Pi 0.1.0 Pre Release
A garden test shows Night Sky Pi reliably captures from sunset to sunrise and packages results. The design moves to single responsibility, with a separate sender app handling off device transfers.
Prusa Mini Extrusion Fix
Tracked a bad first layer to extruder debris and a partial nozzle clog, followed by calibration checks. A cold pull and standard Mini maintenance put the yellow silk PLA case back on track.
Clear Git History
Why and how this site’s repo history is periodically reset to a single commit on Codeberg to keep storage lean when hosting both Hugo source and generated HTML.