Status:Home bound for the next 14 days, a person 2x distance from us was exposed to the virus. We’re in great shape and have everything we need.
Plans:Spend some quality time with the wife and play with my electronic toys.
Narrative: A friend of mine turned me on to a very small controller called an NodeMCU. They attach themselves to WiFi and communicate with a Raspberry Pi configured as a home controller.
Somewhere in my past I bought three Toshiba laptops. (I have two and a coworker had the third one.) One of the two I own died last night and I believe that the SSD was the cause. I hadn’t done much work on it since 2017 and I moved a bunch of files off of it to reduce the load on the SSD just a few months ago. (I might be in good shape having backed up the files.)
There might be a chance of pulling the SSD out of the laptop and reading the data from it. (But I have so much to do, LOL)
I took the second Toshiba (that I used as a work computer) and replaced the laptop computer at my desk that died. (It has the most recent files by far anyway.) I’ll start purging the files from the disk this week to give the SSD more life span.
I looked at the Intel NUC computers and see what I can get to pull the Toshiba off my desk. It looks to be about 700 bucks to replace the Toshiba.
I am sleeping in on a Sunday morning for the first time in many years. Normally I am up by 7:00 and out the door by 07:30 to set the cones out at the buildings. At 08:00 I assist the team set up the stage for services.
Our TP Link cameras have served us pretty well over the last 10 years but they are becoming problematic. I have a set of similar cameras and recorder, but the new cameras are inexpensive and 4x the quality. I’ve ordered a new DVR that comes with a set of POE cameras.
The one shortfall with these controllers is that they are 802.11A only. There is so much traffic on the 2GHZ frequency I may have to deploy dedicated access points for them.
I have started creating flow charts of what I want to do with these micro controllers. The first thing I want to use them for is a decision tree using Power Outage Time, Solar Power available, Stored Battery Power x 5 banks and have them do the load shedding automatically to maintain critical loads. (CPAP, Em lighting, water line heater etc.)
- Travel paperwork (Waiting on approval)
- Blood pressure cuff.
- Instant ink for Mom’s printer
- ST Fiber connectors
- Car Emissions (One of two done.)
- Sell Blue Saturn
- Change Insurance to Leisure driving.
- Repair homestead outside cameras. (Ordered cameras today.)
- Continuity Folders
- Solar charge MOI
- Router license
- Circuit boards
- Return TC Badge
- Verify passwords for retirement websites then return CAC.
- rental car insurance
- Weed & Feed for the lawn
- Mow the back and side yards when the grass is dry.
- TPM sensor reset in both Ford Focus cars. (Ordered tool today)
- Return TC Phone to Dobbins ARB before Noon Monday.
- Sort and Toss old magazines.
Tomorrow: Take the TC phone to work and charge the company for the time spent.
https://www.verywellfamily.com/feelings-words-from-a-to-z-2086647
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To
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