karpintero

Yeah this has been the most reliable method for me. They'll usually tout endorsements and those folks are usually easier to get a read on. Otherwise, try to find news stories or blue voter guides that mention them.

Yep, it's a low-tech decision that'll pay dividends. Same reason I'd opt for a white or lighter colored car if it's going to be parked outside.

Should've also mentioned roofing shingles as well. See a lot of houses with dark roofs just soaking up sunlight.

Air flow was key. Tried to get a good cross breeze from one end of the house to the other (unless the breeze is also hot). At night, we'd use a box fan in the window or door to get all the hot air out. If you can block your exterior walls/windows from getting direct sunlight, that should help. Curtains work (or you could also just place objects or plants in front to block the sunlight). Alternatively, you could install one of those large roll up sun shades for a more permanent solution. Did that for a few windows that get a lot of sun and made a big difference.

From personal experience, the following made a difference (but some will have a lot higher cost):

1. Replacing the insulation in the roof/attic. You could also add radiant barriers, but insulation is probably a better bang for your buck.
2. Insulating the exterior walls (drill and fill). Our walls used to be hot to the touch in the summer before this.
3. Double pane windows
4. Seal any air gaps or holes. Expanding foam is pretty good at this.

From what others have told me:

1. Installing a whole house attic fan to evacuate hot air at the end of the day. My neighbor did this and swears by it.
2. Painting your house a lighter color. Can't say how effective but makes sense intuitively.

Stuff that only sort of worked:

1. Swamp coolers. Works ok in a pinch, but your house will feel humid like the tropics. Would personally skip.
2. Portable AC. The exhaust hose gets hot so it's not as efficient as an external AC or window unit. But it could help if you're directly in front of the cold air vent.

Andre the Giant vibes

Excellent, thanks

I might try this. Normally would just pipe history into grep to search or scroll till I found the right command. Also smite is a great name for that function.

For fun to drive, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N won Car and Driver's EV of the Year but it starts at $68K in the US. A lot of other EVs have scored highly as well, but offer different form factors, e.g. Rivian, ID.Buzz, etc.

Awesome work, digging the dimensionality of the leg offset down to the frame and panel doors. Those Blum hinges are expensive but the soft-close is pretty sweet.

Some useful tips. I used to be enthusiastic about writing a blog on a static site I hosted, but the idea that it would be scraped to train some LLM makes me less jazzed about putting it out there.

Old videos were great too when they weren't stuffed with ads, asking you to like and subscribe, or have similar wacky faced thumbnails. Anytime money gets involved, the incentives get all out of wack.

♩I try to get the waiter's attention by blinking in Morse code♩

Made some progress on the table and enclosure I'm building for my CNC. Hope to be able to fire it up this weekend for some test cuts.

Other than that, knocked out a small project, a picture frame made out of walnut to disguise our TV.