Read something interesting: No matter how loud they shouted, many Soviet citizens thought such exercises (in free speech) absurd. But they hid their real thoughts because speaking (Out) honestly (in a crowd) was dangerous. The Soviet dictatorship created a fear society that failed the “town square test”—can everyone express themselves freely, publicly, without fear of punishment? Can we speak freely without checking for a BLM protestor confronting us wherever we are? Can we have a sign like Blue Lives Matter or All Lives Matter in our yards without fearing damage to our homes? Three-warning-signs-of-ideological-totalitarianism
Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies..
Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.
- 07:00 Breakfast with the wife
- 08:00 Forgot to put out the recycling last night, will discard it in the trash.
- 09:00 Reading the news, Blogging. Virus risk in Gwinnett is dropping every day!
- 10:00 Reading the temperatures on dehumidifier coils.
- 11:00 Writing E-Mail and blogging.
- 12:00 Nap
- 14:00 Working on the attic fan relay.
- 16:00 Large Salad, then dinner
- 18:00 Watched an old war movie about attacking Germany across the bridges.
- 21:00 Bed.
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.
I am ready to install the attic fan relay. I need a better 5V power supply, but this one will work until I find one. I am also a little leery of the breadboard surviving the attic heat, but I may need to make other changes that will be easier with the breadboard. The temp sensor is attached to the lid, I will likely have to remote that to the outside of the box at some point.
I set two demarks, the first being that the sun is shaded by the trees about 4 in the afternoon. (Turn on the fan to cool attic) The second is to turn on the fan at 115 Degrees because it can maintain the temp at or below for a good 30 minutes.
I took the 1st humidifier back because it was AWFULLY NOISY even on low. The 2nd one is much quieter, but it amazed me that “Low Speed” is not that much lower or less noisy?
I ran the dehumidifier at 40% most of the evening and this morning, to my amazement I didn’t make much progress towards that goal. (Keep in mind this is a SMALL 1200SqFt house!) This morning I lowered the fan speed on the air conditioner and it was a much cleaner slope towards 45%. (The air conditioner cycling off didn’t raise the humidity every time it stopped.) Also there may have been ground gained yesterday from removing the humidity out of the house contents. (I don’t have a way of measuring how much water is stored in the furniture.)
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.
Tomorrow: Saturday
Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income.
Project Engineering:
Purchases:
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read Luke and comment on the author.
Family News: Mom’s in the hospital.
Arts:
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
- Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!
Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.
Taxes: Mail Them!
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