Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
Plans: Groceries and a doctor.
- 07:00 Up Sipp’n on coffee and talking with the wife.
- 08:00 Walk up and down the block
- 09:00 Buy weed-n-feed and a dehumidifier.
- 10:00 running dehumidifier and eating lunch.
- 11:00 Trying to decide if the salad dressing in my sandwich was bad.
- 12:00 Nap
- 13:00 Shower and head to the doc
- 14:00 Doc appt
- 15:00 Making plans
- 16:00 Dinner
- 17:00 Thaw Air Conditioner evaporator, then restart and watch the house temps.
- 18:00 Reading the news.
- 19:00 Movie?
NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC
NodeMCU Status: Our air conditioner is limping with a oil logged evaporator until we replace the unit in October. The thermostat is also limping along because of leaking batteries. I’m using these NodeMCU’s to measure the temperature and humidity throughout the house.
The driving force for the air conditioner during the night is the heat from the dehumidifier. The humidifier is set to 50% humidity, when it runs that sufficiently heats the air to engage the air conditioning to cool the house back down to 76 degrees. The air handler has been set to 3 Tons for a 2 Ton compressor to help keep it from freezing the moisture on the Freon starved section of the Evaporator coil.
DC Power generating and Inverter
Homestead DC Power: The bottom section of the above picture is two 15A 24V power supplies that work alongside the solar panels and provide power for the 300W inverters on the right side. The idea is that during the day a relay connects my computers to the 300W inverter and run them on the solar power. The system doesn’t make as much power on a partly cloudy day, much less in fact. Today I made 300WH more power than I consumed. (like 4 cents)
Articles about our current racial climate
A medic, who gave the name Phoenix, confronted an officer she said had maced her and beaten her. She and a friend criticized the police for dispersing the entire crowd when only a few people had broken into PPA. “You are taking the actions of one person and you are punishing a movement,” Phoenix said. “One person did a fire and you think it’s OK to attack everybody here?”
“You’re all practicing group punishment,” the officer replied. “Because a few cops have done wrong things and you think we all need to suffer and be out here 69 days straight.” https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/05/portland-oregon-protests-police/
Finally, let’s note that protests at private homes are strategically misguided. Such protests tend to turn off potential sympathizers. The goal of political protest should be to generate outrage and empathy among possible supporters. But a protest at a home or at a restaurant defeats that purpose by making the protestors appear to be vindictive bullies. Public protests and civil disobedience are more effective at persuading others to see the justice of one’s cause.
Peeved protesters may get a thrill from demonstrating at a politician’ domicile. But their anger is misdirected. The official at home is not the problem. Rather the problem is what happens when the official is at work. These protesters would be more effective if they were informed by the history civil disobedience and by a more systematic conception of political power. The Problem of Protesting at People’s Homes
Feelings:
Tomorrow: Friday
Retirement: Got my first check yesterday.
Project Engineering: Need to test mom’s golf cart solar charger.
Purchases: Bought a dehumidifier to assist our limping air conditioner.
Repairs: None.
Religion: We were called to look in our dark corners and bring them into the light on Sunday.
Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.
Arts: No movies yet.
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
- Went to the Doc today, he is sending me to a specialist to check on my intestines.
Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.
Taxes: I need to look into increasing my tax payments to State of Georgia.
Pi News: I’ve been working with “Home Assistant” software, the Pi’s themselves are in good shape.
Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
*Did My Best To