Chaos Server

I’m a weak, weak man. - Casey Liss (in reference to the Apple Watch) On a good note, I slept really really well on Thursday night. On a bad note, I set my alarm incorrect and didn't end up pre-ordering my Apple Watch until around 2am. My watch Apple Watch Sport 42mm Space Gray Aluminum Case with Black Sport Band isn't shipping until June. I think it's the first time since the original iPhone I've missed getting a device on the first day. I mean, I preordered on the first day, it just won't arrive at the soonest time. I had a friend comment that they wanted to get the watch because they will be able to discreetly check all their phone alerts and it won't be socially awkward. Yeah, no. I wonder how many people are under this false pretense. When I started carrying a Palm Pilot lots of people asked me if it helped me be more organized and I always told them "NO!" A digital organizer can help an organized person be more efficient, but it cannot help a dis...

Like the quest for perfect weather itself, looking for the perfect weather app can sometimes feel neverending. - Serenity Caldwell After I got my Nest last year I wrote a fun little script that checked the outside temperature (Forecast.io) versus the inside temperature (Nest) and told me if it was a good idea to open my windows. Nest didn't have a public API at this point, so it was using hacks against the website URL to make it happen. Since then, Nest released a real API and I got around to updating the script. I had to think through how I wanted to write it. What I wanted to do was write a Swift script to make the updates, but with both kiddos in my life I have a hard time imagining when I'll find time to figure out how to write a Swift app. So instead I busted out Perl, my old faithful, and go to work. It only took a few days to make the updates. Now it's all working beautifully. It pushes Growls to my computer which pushes Prowls to my phone which pushes to my watch...