Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies.
Plans: Keep working on the house and monitoring the Air Conditioner.
- 07:00 Up having a cup of coffee and chatt’n with the wife.
- 08:00 making plans
- 09:00 shopping for 36V dummy loads.
- 10:00 putting wires on a IR Illuminator to replace the one I burnt up.
- 11:00 looking for thermostat cable that Jim gave us 10 years ago.
- 12:00 Nap
- 14:00 Build A/D cables for garage NodeMCU
- 17:00 Din Din
- 18:00 A/D converter is on the two 24V power supplies that run the bench Inverter.
- 19:00 Changed it to a power supply that I can adjust the voltage.
Narrative: Feeling a little better about our country surviving BLM. We are finding it difficult talking to our friends of color without offending them.
NodeMCU ESP8266 Wi-Fi SoC
NodeMCU Status: I added a voltage divider so that I could measure up to 48V and not reach the 3.3V maximum on the A/D converter pins. The ratio ended being 0.05204 per Volt which would be 2.914V with an input of 56 Volts.
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
“Federal officers protecting federal property are now the targets of demonstrators, not the instigators of violence. The real blame lies with progressive city leaders, who have all but promised violent protesters that they can act with impunity.” [WSJ]
Historians such as Oswald Spengler and Arnold Toynbee cited social cannibalism to explain why once-successful states, institutions and cultures simply died off. Their common explanation was that the arrogance of success ensures lethal consequences. Once elites became pampered and arrogant, they feel exempt from their ancestors’ respect for moral and spiritual laws like thrift, moderation and transcendence. Victor Davis Hanson: America Has Chance To Save Itself Thanks to 3 Woke Industries (NBA, MLB, NFL) That Just Suicided
March to officer, Sgt. Alan Van’t Land’s home.
I watched a 40 minute video of the march, as long as they kept moving it would have been ok. What was not ok was when they blocked the street and cars couldn’t get through which raised tempers. To make things even happier there were armed protesters walking the street with them so they could prevent police/home owner’s interaction. Given how often these protests have gotten out of hand AND the many examples of impunity given to these demonstrations I was very uneasy just watching the video. One last tidbit that was threatening was the protestors confronting the drivers trying to get through to their homes. No mask, yelling profanity at the driver within a foot of his face and the disunity of some of the members banging their hands on the hood of the car. (Exposing risks that things are getting out of hand.) Protesters occupy CSPD officer’s neighborhood on anniversary of De’Von Bailey shooting
Feelings: 50% of today’s youth under the age of 30 is Black, we are in for a major change with all these voters in bed with Black Lives Matter Global Network.
Tomorrow: Wednesday, mow the back yard and church service.
Retirement: 1st SS check in seven days!
Project Engineering: Need to test mom’s golf cart solar charger.
Purchases: Garage door handles.
Repairs: Replaced the headlamps on the Blue Ford Focus this morning. (Looks remarkably better.)
Religion: We were called to look in our dark corners and bring them into the light on Sunday.
Family News: Mom’s in the hospital, hopefully she got home yesterday.
Arts: No movies yet.
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
- Slept pretty good last night until I forgot to turn on my CPAP.
Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.
Government: (Social Security)
Pi News:
Media: No Instagram posts today and we’re off Facebook.
Injuries: No injuries.
Pi News: Upgraded the Home Assistant software.
Accomplishments:
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