{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Ron Guest","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/ronguest","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"6788","username":"ronguest","bio":"Living near Dallas, Texas with my wife, son, daughter and dog. I’ve founded 3 companies, worked as a corporate Tech Exec, and was a computer science researcher early on. I am always hands on with coding and tech. See my About page for more.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":179,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://micro.blog/ronguest/avatar.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"88279074","content_html":"<p>Our daughter’s car, which has AWD, had unrepairable tire damage to one tire. TIL she should buy 4 new tires in order to fix the one tire due to the tolerances of AWD drivetrains. This rather sucks. $$$$</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/04/14/our-daughters-car-which-has.html","date_published":"2026-04-15T00:49:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 00:49","date_timestamp":1776214159,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87738631","content_html":"<p>Sitting here watching live as the moon eclipses the sun from the perspective of Artemis and trying to put myself in their place. 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The bottom component also allows neat passthrough of cables from the front two ports to the back.</p><p>The Mini has proven surprisingly powerful and reliable and is now running...</p> <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/04/02/i-decided-to-post-on.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/04/02/i-decided-to-post-on.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T16:47:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 16:47","date_timestamp":1775148446,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87447716","content_html":"<p>Being to watch the Artemis crew work through control tests live is amazing.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/04/01/being-to-watch-the-artemis.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T02:24:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 02:24","date_timestamp":1775096688,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87437546","content_html":"<p>Watching Artemis II launch was thrilling. Amazingly right at the beginning of the launch window. We were able to watch it as a family while chowing down on a pizza delivery. 🍕 🚀</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/04/01/watching-artemis-ii-launch-was.html","date_published":"2026-04-01T23:00:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 23:00","date_timestamp":1775084433,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87268730","content_html":"<p>Spent a short amount of time this morning auditing my DHCP reservations. Found quite a few that were no longer being used. 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Details at the link.</p><p><a href=\"https://blog.prusa3d.com/prusa-spring-deal-2026-enjoy-free-worldwide-shipping_133176/\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">blog.prusa3d.com/prusa-spring-</span><span class=\"invisible\">deal-2026-enjoy-free-worldwide-shipping_133176/</span></a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/30/for-those-who-might-be.html","date_published":"2026-03-30T16:31:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 16:31","date_timestamp":1774888260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87106848","content_html":"<p>The Tapo camera we used to monitor our garden died. That being the 3rd Tapo to die led me to pick up an Aqara instead. I wasn’t looking for a HomeKit Secure Video cam but I did try that feature out and it was much better than the reputation I had gathered from “the internet”. </p><p>This led me to set up scrypted...</p> <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/27/the-tapo-camera-we-used.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/27/the-tapo-camera-we-used.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T22:17:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 22:17","date_timestamp":1774649849,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87106847","content_html":"<p>Last night we ran out of hot water. We have two water heaters in the attic and when I went up to check found only one was hot. Tried hitting the starter button on the cold one but couldn’t detect a response so I called plumber to come today.</p><p>Then as I got in bed I remembered, as you do, that I had flipped a...</p> <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/27/last-night-we-ran-out.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/27/last-night-we-ran-out.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T22:13:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-27 22:13","date_timestamp":1774649596,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86876722","content_html":"<p>Just discovered that both of my 4 year old Aqara water leak sensors were dead. I used them to monitor for leaks from my water heaters and only noticed when I decided to put new batteries in them.  😡</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/24/just-discovered-that-both-of.html","date_published":"2026-03-24T18:01:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 18:01","date_timestamp":1774375285,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86645186","content_html":"<p>God I love doing “Mute -&gt; forever” on Mastodon. 😆</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/20/god-i-love-doing-mute.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T00:46:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 00:46","date_timestamp":1774054017,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86448985","content_html":"<p>Woke up to find both of my hotspots were offline. A simple power cycle fixed the D-Star hotspot but my DMR hotspot refuses to come online. SSH works but the actual WPSD dashboard won't load. 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I didn't have...</p> <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/17/after-using-my-core-one.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/17/after-using-my-core-one.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T20:15:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 20:15","date_timestamp":1773778510,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85382034","content_html":"<p>Usually things go the other way around but today our daughter lost the Airtag off her keyring just *after* the new models came out. Usually when we have to replace something it is shortly before a new model releases. Nice to have something go our way this time.👍🏼</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/03/02/usually-things-go-the-other.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T01:13:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 01:13","date_timestamp":1772500422,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84211920","content_html":"The âPocket Ref\" book is the most amazing compilation of useful info I've ever owned. Mine is over 10 years old now. Need to know the amount of magnesium in the human body: .034kg. Capacitor color codes? What to do about a chemical burn? Volume Thermal Expansion Coefficient? Anniversary names? All there ... <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/02/13/the-pocket-ref-book-is.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/02/13/the-pocket-ref-book-is.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T18:05:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 18:05","date_timestamp":1771005925,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82930967","content_html":"<p>Folks up north needing to clear their driveway after a winter storm: let me grab my snow shovel.</p><p>Folks in north Texas facing 3” of ice on the driveway: let me grab my pickaxe, and hon do we have any dynamite left over?</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/26/folks-up-north-needing-to.html","date_published":"2026-01-26T21:07:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-26 21:07","date_timestamp":1769461674,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82868544","content_html":"After hearing a couple of folks praise Claude for IOT/Embedded projects I gave it a try. What a GIANT waste of time and $20. I tried 2 different simple projects and it failed. I watched it go through multiple redirects/loops trying to get a solution and had the joy of it blaming ME when the code didnât w... <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/25/after-hearing-a-couple-of.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/25/after-hearing-a-couple-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-25T23:15:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-25 23:15","date_timestamp":1769382943,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82845173","content_html":"<p></p><p>With temps around 13ºF and icy roads and sidewalks I was kinda bored so I thought 3D printing something would be useful/fun. I found an ice scraper model and printed it using ASA. ASA is a dream to use on my Core One. Definitely my favorite “tough\" filament.<br><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/tags/3Dprinting\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>3Dprinting</span></a></p><p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2491/2026/de634c2f6c2437d8-m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/25/with-temps-around-f-and.html","date_published":"2026-01-25T15:57:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-25 15:57","date_timestamp":1769356622,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82693501","content_html":"Weâre going to have an unusually weather-filled few days. Weâre starting Friday off with light rain and 45ÂºF temps (7ÂºC) which will turn into freezing rain tonight followed by sleet Saturday with a high of 32ÂºF. From there temps will slide down to 10ÂºF (-12ÂºC) through Monday.\n\nProbability of ice d... <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/23/were-going-to-have-an.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/23/were-going-to-have-an.html","date_published":"2026-01-23T13:52:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-23 13:52","date_timestamp":1769176360,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82641222","content_html":"<p>Shawn Hymel is at it again, this time covering embedded Rust.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=mG-rfONPKwugvrqs&amp;v=mz-vW-Ar_GM&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">youtube.com/watch?si=mG-rfONPK</span><span class=\"invisible\">wugvrqs&amp;v=mz-vW-Ar_GM&amp;feature=youtu.be</span></a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/22/shawn-hymel-is-at-it.html","date_published":"2026-01-22T17:17:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-22 17:17","date_timestamp":1769102242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82617980","content_html":"Iâm wondering how people associate notes/comments with their 3D designs, e.g. in Autodesk, as well for slicer settings?\n\nE.g. in Autodesk I sometimes need to document inobvious choices. Autodesk has a âcommentâ feature but it does its best to completely hide comments when you come back later. I use P... <a href=\"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/22/im-wondering-how-people-associate.html\">ronguest.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/22/im-wondering-how-people-associate.html","date_published":"2026-01-22T13:11:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-22 13:11","date_timestamp":1769087460,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81925218","content_html":"<p>Wow, 20m, 15m and 10m are hopping on FT8 this afternoon (de Texas)</p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/12/wow-m-m-and-m.html","date_published":"2026-01-12T19:30:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-12 19:30","date_timestamp":1768246248,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81925216","content_html":"<p></p><p>I love the combination of these two!</p><p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/2491/2026/93071596ba7d9367-m.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"https://ronguest.net/2026/01/12/i-love-the-combination-of.html","date_published":"2026-01-12T19:01:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Ron Guest","url":"https://ronguest.net/activitypub/ronguest","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fronguest%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"ronguest"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-12 19:01","date_timestamp":1768244518,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81844231","content_html":"Andreas is a smart guy so I was interested in his take on AI agents in the context of embedded/IOT projects. I used to create these kind of projects in my sleep (as a hobby) but like him I have stepped away. 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