Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..
Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.
- 08:00 Sunday
- 08:00 Up, scrambled eggs for breakfast.
- 09:00 getting ready for church.
- 10:00 Church
- 11:00 Lunch
- 12:00 Nap
- 14:00 bring coffee to a friend.
- 16:00 Finally home, troubleshooting driveway camera.
- 17:00 Driveway camera data cable is still not useable.
- 19:00 Watching Contagion with the wife.
- 21:00 Bedtime
Security Cameras: I bought a new security camera system more than a year ago but have not had the time to actually install them. The current cameras cost about $200 each and have a fourth of the resolution of the new ones. When I tried installing the camera over the driveway it didn’t like the data cable. After several attempts to check the wiring there was nothing wrong with the cable. I tried mounting the camera in the corner of the house replacing an existing camera there as well. That camera worked without any issues.
I also added an IR illuminator from the eve of the house onto the driveway which can be seen illuminating the grass. When I first mounted it I had not aligned it with the driveway. Later, I figured out how to use the reflection on the glass to align the illuminator to the middle of the driveway. (I looked for my face in the glass, then I knew that I was directly in front of the illuminator.)
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 and turn on / off the power to the thermostat.
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. Most days I make about 13 cents worth of electricity.
About our current racial climate
Narrative: I’ve spent hundreds of hours reading the news about the protesting encouraged by the BLM Corporation International. They are very skilled at mixing “Peaceful Protests” and violence into “Mostly Peaceful Protests”. They are also very good at squashing the media into publishing just their narrative by having people on the ground telling the journalists what they can video and publish under the threat of violence. No one is talking about people are innocent until they are proven guilty by their peers in a court of law, rather they may have judged and promoted immediate convictions based on video they’ve edited/published. They are remarkable in their taunting, then they file complaints against the police and government about 1st Amendment rights being quelled by police brutality, which is the whole reason they are protesting. (Maybe, they still could want a Marxist government that redistributes the money to bring the poor out of poverty and give control of the country to the working class. (DPRUSA?) They have to get the police out of the way before pushing the laws of this country aside with these protests.) The-revolutionary-philosophy-of-marxism No one is talking seriously about the 25 Trillion dollars of Debt we’ve (Politicians) run up as we keep finding ways to give away money. We also seem to be forgetting that a couple of these people (at the root of all this protesting) are convicted felons who’s aggression contributed to the painful loss of their lives in front of a video camera. I did read an article that links a pandemic to protests, apparently the oppressed are motivated during a pandemic to strike out at their government’s misgivings.
Cancelling subscriptions to Newspapers.
I have also abandoned Facebook, Twitter too.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We’ve resorted to giving money to the Atlanta Community Food Bank https://acfb.org/ until I can come up with something better.
Tomorrow: Monday
Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.
Project Engineering:
Purchases: Another Dremel tool for mom.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to be God’s people and do his will.
Family News: Mom’s in a rehab center, hopefully she’ll get home soon.
Arts: Watched 2nd half “Contagion”
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
- Feet swollen today, not real bad but some cause for concern.
- I measured 20.5″ yesterday and measured 20.0″ today around the foot 2x.
- BP was almost perfect, drinking Filtered water to help kidneys and liver.
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