This is my handling of Martin Nash’s Super Ace Speller from the book “Nash Reloaded”
Continue reading “Super Ace Speller”Deleting Devices in Home Assistant
As of the time of this posting there is not an easy way that I have found to delete devices from Home Assistant. Checking on-line it seems like the only way is to edit a core.device_registry file in a hidden folder. Yuck.
Well, OK, if I have to do that I want to make it as simple as possible. So here are the steps that I use:
Continue reading “Deleting Devices in Home Assistant”Spectator cuts to the aces
Here is a simple “Spectator cuts to the aces” trick.
Start by getting the four aces to the top of the deck. I let the spectator shuffle the deck and then use my two step cull to accomplish this. You could also just start by already having the aces on top before you begin.
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I am getting old and forgetful. This morning I remembered a card trick that I liked to perform, but could not remember the steps nor remember what book/magazine I learned it from. I finally reconstructed the steps, and then decided that I need to write these tricks down. Note that this is not original. I just don’t remember where I learned this.
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Just for fun I asked ChatGPT to write an essay explaining ChatGPT. This is what it produced.
Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence”Condon, Oregon. Photos taken at the White Elephant Ranch.
Barred Owl at Tualitin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton, Oregon
Barred Owl
An even easier Riffle ‘n’ Roll
Check out the other version at https://robertjwallace.com/riffle-and-roll/.
The setup in the version is very simple. Have the spectator shuffle the deck. Take the deck back and spread the cards face up, removing the aces as you find them, dropping them to the table.
Continue reading “An even easier Riffle ‘n’ Roll”Riffle and Roll
This is my version of Jack Carpenter’s “Riffle ‘n’ Roll” from his book “The Expert’s Portfolio No. 1”. I am a fan of Carpenter’s work and recommend any of his books.
The main reason I came up with this version is that I found his method to be a little cumbersome with holding multiple breaks. This version eliminates that, but with the expense of using a card with a breather crimp.
Quoting from “The Expert’s Portfolio No. 1”:
Continue reading “Riffle and Roll”Moving Home Assistant from a virtual machine to dedicated hardware
I have been running home assistant on a generic Linux virtual machine using Oracle’s Virtualbox system for several years. It has worked pretty well for me, but I recently decided to purchase a mini pc and move home assistant to it.
In part what prompted this was finding a low cost mini PC that looked pretty good. $139.00 for an OUVISLITE Ιntel Celeron J4125 (Up to 2.7GHz), with 8GB DDR4 128GB M.2 SSD Mini Computer, 4K HDMI, Triple Display, Dual WiFi, BT4.2, and HTPC. For that price I figured “what the hell, let’s give it a try”.
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