I had a PCR test yesterday to confirm my Covid infection and got the results this morning – yes, I definitely have Covid. I’m feeling fine (better than yesterday, with less coughing), but of course I’m isolating from other people.

I can isolate outside as well as I can inside, so we went for a couple of walks today – it was a beautiful late spring day and the sage was blooming, attracting lots of pollinators.

After we got home, we put up the new mezuzah we bought at KKBE in Charleston.

Shabbat Shalom!

When I left for vacation a month ago, I was in the middle of moving my existing home automation setup (running Indigo on a Mac mini) to Home Assistant. I was making good progress, but I didn’t want to make such a big change and leave town, so I left everything as it was.

One of the reasons I wanted to move was that Indigo was broken on Mac OS 12.3.1 – it still needed Python2 which was removed in 12.3.1. My Mac mini kept trying to get me to upgrade to 12.3.1. But I knew better and avoided the upgrade.

Tonight, I turned on the display on that Mac mini for the first time since coming home, and there was an invitation to upgrade. I almost hit “Upgrade Now” but I needed the machine for a Zoom session, so I waited.

After the Zoom, I was ready to upgrade – but thought I’d check on the status of Indigo first. Lo and behold, there was a notice of a new version of Indigo that worked on 12.3.1! I checked their forum and people said it was safe, so I installed the new version.

All is well; now I can upgrade the Mac itself. Tomorrow.

And then I can get back to looking at Home Assistant.