Is it bad I didn't know my shades _had_ firmware?
Nathan Parker 
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Tinkerer of eco-systems. Google Chrome Security team, ex-USDS. Opinions mine... or graciously donated from people smarter than me.
"What's the vibe on the street in DC this week?" a friend txted me as I was literally walking past 3 cyber trucks.
I made a two-legged table.
I might work my way up to making three-legged tables next.
NPR, you should have run the first version. I think folks would prefer that variety of "social contagion."
The hoards have finally broken through all my layers of defense, and they've brought their friends. So the race is on. I'm picking my peaches slightly unripe and keeping them in my house. I can't really deal with 150 peaches all at once so I'll pick them like 30/day and accept some losses from the tree. I should accept this as the natural order of things, and call it "sharing the wealth." But damnit those squirrels.
So what is this thing? It's kind of like an umbrella, that holds up some heavy duty nylon bird netting (3/4" holes) over my peach tree, to keep the squirrels off it. I added a few guy-lines to keep it stable since the squirrels were racing around on it pretty frantically.
So far so good.
I built a thing out of PVC pipe for my garden. It involved solving a few systems of linear equations to optimize the most efficient use of materials. As one does.
I learned: Bending Schedule-40 into an 8ft circle involves a lot of force. I had fashioned a network of very tightly cinched ropes to maintain the angles while the cement set, which was great, but let's just say I underestimated that duration the first time. There were a few minor rope burns.
(The other option would have been to build a jig for the curves and use a heat gun to soften the PVC. Might have been simpler? Not sure.)
I also threw down some old redwood fence boards on top the the fabric, because, defense in depth. I still have to leave gaps for drainage, so it's not a hard security boundary. OH and I should mention I already had chicken wire under it all to keep the moles from coming up, and elaborate cages goes on top to keep the squirrels and neighborhood rats out. These tomatoes really are attacked from all directions. But I will persist.
