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Fun with lights
Jun. 10th, 2022 02:44 pmFollowing the decline and unplugging of the Sengled hub, the IFTTT integrations I'd been using for weather and rough Twitter monitoring went down.
I use the strip light under the mantlepiece to tell me things about the weather (too hot, too damp, overnight freeze, SNOW!!, and now a caution about the UV index which doubles as a prompt to go outdoors under the appropriate amount of muffling fabrics and enjoy the sunshine) and the lamp next to my desk to tell me whether I've tweeted more recently (white) or whether someone has tweeted at me more recently (blue). The twitter alert is largely for times when I'm doing something else and not looking at my phone/that part of my phone, so I have information about whether I should go and look at it.
Belovedest did some stuff with the fireplace strip, which has been fun, and recently reminded me that I should get an API key so they can work with my deskside lamp. So the other day I did! (The category I applied for was the one that's figuring out the API, because that covers what I need for personal use here.)
After a little trial and error, I am pleased to report that the light next to my desk lights up white and blue pretty much the same way it used to. IFTTT had a delay of up to fifteen minutes; this has a delay of up to 5.
I use the strip light under the mantlepiece to tell me things about the weather (too hot, too damp, overnight freeze, SNOW!!, and now a caution about the UV index which doubles as a prompt to go outdoors under the appropriate amount of muffling fabrics and enjoy the sunshine) and the lamp next to my desk to tell me whether I've tweeted more recently (white) or whether someone has tweeted at me more recently (blue). The twitter alert is largely for times when I'm doing something else and not looking at my phone/that part of my phone, so I have information about whether I should go and look at it.
Belovedest did some stuff with the fireplace strip, which has been fun, and recently reminded me that I should get an API key so they can work with my deskside lamp. So the other day I did! (The category I applied for was the one that's figuring out the API, because that covers what I need for personal use here.)
After a little trial and error, I am pleased to report that the light next to my desk lights up white and blue pretty much the same way it used to. IFTTT had a delay of up to fifteen minutes; this has a delay of up to 5.
