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When I decided to get a hot tub one of my buying criteria was making sure I can monitor and control the spa from my phone. Yesterday I got the Bullfrog X8 connected. The app itself isn’t fancy but does the things you need it to do including changing modes and locking the controls.

Magic Hot Tub app on iPhone showing water temperature at 100 degrees F with filtering active and cooling to 85 degrees F.
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I was excited to see there is now a watchOS app for Tesla! It can access all car functions and pair as the key to the car. Unfortunately I need to wait for an update to the cars before it will work though. Soon!

Apple Watch Ultra with orange Alpine band showing Tesla app displaying Model Y at 203 miles range and Set Up Watch Key button
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Trying Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur for the first time. Delicious! The cream is incredible. The whiskey smooth. Straight from County Cork. Even the bottle is cool. This may ruin me from regular Bailey’s.

Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur bottle next to a rocks glass filled with the cream liqueur over ice on a kitchen counter
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The start of a list. Social media is…

  • Antisocial
  • Totalitarian
  • Addictive
  • Controlling
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Did some work today with my new EGO Power+ 18" chain saw and thought it was awesome. Electric is so much easier for this, and it sliced through logs with no issues at all. Good weight and felt super comfortable to work with.

EGO Power+ 56V cordless chainsaw resting on a green wheelbarrow filled with split firewood near a lake
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Nice treasure when I opened my chests from last week’s missions on Famous Fox Federation. By far my favorite NFT project still thriving.

Phone screenshot of famousfoxes.com Redeem Treasure page showing rewards of 0.25 SOL and three fox emoji NFTs numbered 202, 243, and 232.
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The Magic Pines Retreat is up and running. First time getting to use the spa and sauna.

Bubbling white hot tub in a backyard with a wood-fired barrel sauna and evergreen trees behind it Interior of a small outdoor sauna with wood benches on each side, a lit Harvia wood-burning stove with rocks on top, and a black bucket with ladle.
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The 2024 holiday season can now officially start with another great New Standards Holiday Show tonight. Dessa was the big guest appearance this year.

Crowded concert hall with ornate architecture as performers in holiday costumes perform on a stage lit with blue and white lights and winter scenery backdrop.
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Bitcoin crossed $100,000 USD for the first time ever on December 4, 2024!

Bitcoin price chart from CoinMarketCap showing BTC rising from around 95,000 USD on Dec 4 to over 103,000 USD by Dec 5 2024
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I created a Twin Cities IndieWeb list on BlogFlock. Let me know if you have sites that should be added! I feel a desire to get an IndieWeb meetup going in the Twin Cities.