Status: Sheltering in place, we have plenty of food and supplies. We ventured out to get our hair cut for the first time in months yesterday.
Read something: 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
Plans: Let the NodeMCU’s and the dehumidifier run until September.
- 00:00 Blogging.
- 04:00 Building temp sensor plant, I put the plant on the dining room table.
- 06:00 Moved the plant next to the buffet.
- 08:00 Slept in, sipp’n coffee.
- 09:00 Shower and getting ready for a Dr. Appt.
- 10:00 Dr. Appointment
- 12:00 Back home, eating lunch.
- 13:00 Thinking about a nap.
- 15:00 Getting organized.
- 16:00 Not happy about the temp sensor being a whole degree warmer.
- Moved the temp sensor away from the buffet and all the mass on top of it.
- 17:00 Taco’s for dinner.
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.
Inside this 4″ fake plant is a NodeMCU that wirelessly transmits the readings of the two DHT22 sensors sticking out of it. The NodeMCU produces about .5W of heat so it’s under about 2″ of Styrofoam holding the plant in place. The rather thick clay compressed paper pot should dissipate the heat without adversely affecting the temperature.
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. I got a message from ChildFund (Christian’s children fund) that asked if I would answer a survey yesterday. When I called up the survey I was appalled to learn that people were dropping their sponsorships. When I decided to sponsor a child I thought about the long term, until they were 18. If I thought my financial position could be compromised so that I couldn’t support $36 a month, I would not have agreed to the sponsorship. $432 / year is not very much money to an American, we probably spend more than that on Coffee and Cigarettes. In my case, we give CF an extra $14/month to support the child’s community. We also give an extra $50 / month to the child which has normally been shared with the family.
Would we consider picking up a dropped child from the program? I hadn’t thought about adding a second child, in my mind, as seniors on a fixed income, we were doing our part at roughly $1,500/Year. $3000/Year is beyond our budget. But that is an inflated amount based on our current sponsorship. They also asked if I’d be willing to pick up a sponsorship at a reduced rate? That never crossed our minds either.
So here’s the decision before us, it is very likely that CF will send me an E-Mail asking if I would pick up an additional sponsorship. My plans are to consider their offer even though we’re seniors on a fixed budget. Until then we’ll make contributions to their “Where Needed Most” fund.
Tomorrow: Friday
Retirement: Need to build a budget, are spending is too close to our income. Back to shopping for groceries in person, 800/Month is TOO much on a retired budget.
Project Engineering: Hiding our temp sensors inside fake plants.
Purchases:
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read Luke and comment on the author.
Family News: Mom’s in the hospital.
Arts: Watched the movie The Social Dilemma which discusses how the social networks are using our humanism against us to make money. In the process of making tons of money they are unraveling democratic societies around the world.
- Health: 220Lbs, too heavy.
- Swollen feet have collapsed, no more potato chips!
Travel: Florida travel looks within reach.
Taxes: Waiting on Land taxes.
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