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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-31 at 23:21

This morning, I published a video about an open-source e-ink dashboard I bought and love: TRMNL (thanks to @marcoarment and @atpfm for the recommendation!)

It’s currently my best-performing video since November, so it seems I’m not the only one that thinks it cool!

Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/eIcZZX10pa4?si=UM6XmpvAVNnGXoRh

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-31 at 01:56

Hi, I’m dad now.

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-26 at 02:19

We just need some trimwork and contrasting paint to de-gray it and then we’re home free!

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-19 at 04:10

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-18 at 21:23

iOS 19 wishlist:

• fix photos app

• make the home app not the worst piece of garbage ever made (there’s still a whole “discover” tab dedicated to buying more crap like it’s a brand new app—get out of here ya two-bit skanks)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-15 at 18:15

Matter promised to fix the smart home. It has not. While things may one day get better, it's more confusing than ever to find devices that are (a) guaranteed to work, and, (b) work cross-platform. Check out my first video without the beard: https://snazzy.fm/rx

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-15 at 17:29

engaging maine coon face

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-15 at 06:36

Very excited to give these Surreal Touch controllers a shot. PCVR for Vision Pro is absolutely not what the doctor prescribed, but I can’t wait to give it a shot anyways. Half-Life: Alex, here I come with the world’s heaviest headset!

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

This isn’t our forever house, but I hope we can afford to own this house forever. If we can’t, I can at least look back at the work we’ve done to make it more in line with its historic heritage while making it more functional for the modern day. And then I’ll add our name to the list of many families that has owned, worked on, and lived in this house since 1892. (11/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

Some not-so-quick detail… You probably don’t realize how big of an engineering challenge this is and how I’ve been waiting literal years to (a) afford this remodel, (b) actually do it. (1/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

Our neighborhood has become one of the most desirable zip codes in Utah over the past several years for the many moving to Salt Lake from California/Oregon/Colorado/New York. It’s mostly single-family homes, but lot sizes are tiny and population density is high which means unlike most of suburban America, there’s neighborhood coffee shops, restaurants, and markets all within a quick walk away. (7/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

There’s also a bus line a 30-second walk from my front door and a light rail train just a few minutes further. Incredible sidewalks and parks (also a historic cemetery) make driving an option—not a requirement—and the houses are gorgeously architected from an era where craftsmanship and quality materials was the standard—not a luxury. This place is special. People want to live here, badly, and home prices reflect that. (8/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

It has been a ton of work, loads of stress, and not very cheap. But I’ve also done a lot of the work myself and with family to keep remodeling costs to an absolute minimum. (10/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

The market value of our house has gone up nearly 40% since we bought (ignoring our renovations) and I’ve had the opportunity to visit dozens of houses in the neighborhood. I’m confident ours will be in the top 10% of layout, design, and materials quality (it was already architecturally notable enough to be published in a book about the neighborhood) which should extend the value even further. (9/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

After much research (and budgeting), we went German. Everything. German cabinets and German appliances to save ourselves precious inches not afforded by “U.S. dimension” cabinets and appliances as German ones are 2.5” shallower. We worked with FORM Kitchens and Nobilia to engineer cabinets that (a) fit, (b) make use of every square inch of space for storage, and (c) match the ultra-premium aesthetic we wanted for a remodel this major. (5/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

It’s still a work in progress, when it’s done it’ll still be “tight” and necessarily compromised in some places, but we are finally going to have a good kitchen. No, a great kitchen. Probably the first great kitchen this house has ever seen in nearly 140-years. (6/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

We bought our single-bathroom home way under market value in 2020 precisely because of horribly dated plumbing (which we’ve fixed), a terrible bathroom (which we’ve fixed) and a no-good, very-bad kitchen that most were too scared to deal with. But we had a plan. (4/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

When we bought the house, there was a huge refrigerator blocking the main walkway between the two house halves and cheap builder-grade cabinets ill-suited to work with a very limited square footage available. It was horrible. I honestly don’t think there ever was a good spot for a fridge. The house was built in an era where you had an under-ground icebox and cold store after all. Heck, this house was built before residential electricity! (3/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:39

My house is nearly 140-years-old, due to be on the historic register because of the Mormon pioneer that owned it, and very tricky to work with due to the 3-wythe exterior brick walls on a sandstone foundation that surround the kitchen. We can’t make space. We can’t move any of the exterior walls (where cabinets are) due to the historic district and the house’s layout on the plot. We are stuck with the square footage allotted us. (2/11)

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Written by Quinn Nelson on 2025-01-07 at 00:38

Still got a ways to go, but she’s starting to resemble a kitchen pantry!

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