We put an electric gate opener on the gate on our driveway. There’s been a lot of tweaking and configuring, but it basically works. The solar panels, though, are insufficient to recharge the batteries after a day of contractors coming and going — this is one of the drawbacks of living in the redwood forest;Continue reading “Infrastructure Project: Gate Opener Battery Case”
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Framework: PowerSync
I’ve decided not to sweat trying to sell my applications (or even make them available) through the App Store. That is pretty freeing, really. It means I can stop trying to solve everyone’s problems and just focus on solving my problems. Given this new clarity, I’ve been thinking about what my problems really are, and the oneContinue reading “Framework: PowerSync”
How Do You Talk to the World?
There’s nothing like a natural disaster to get a person thinking about resilience. In 2020, lightning struck and started a fire in some dry brush in a canyon near Davenport, and the fire spread and took out nearly a thousand houses. While the fire was spreading, PG&E, which owns and operates the power distribution networkContinue reading “How Do You Talk to the World?”
Sketch of a Street Scene
Walking along the street this morning, I saw this: a bearded old man, bundled up in woolen hat and puffy jacket, covered in blankets, surrounded by shapeless lumps of textile – possibly tarps, or sacks – sitting in a wheelchair and parked at the edge of a convenience store parking lot. He had, somewhere, aContinue reading “Sketch of a Street Scene”
So, It’s A List
Get a new storage unit Dispose of old CPAP backup batteries and cleaners Obtain filters for new CPAPs Schedule flooring replacement for new dwelling Put like 80% of what’s in the current rental into storage Continue living like a refugee Scream into the void
Rebuilding – Signaling
I spent the day in Santa Cruz, yesterday. I had several errands to run, most of which were uninteresting, but one which turned out to be fascinating. Since I had to be in the area for a medical appointment, I thought that I’d drop by the arena, where a bunch of county departments and someContinue reading “Rebuilding – Signaling”
Wildfire:1 – Us: 15
We moved to the Santa Cruz mountains in 2004. Lise came up with a great way to explain living in the woods to people who aren’t familiar with the American West: “Is this the year my house burns down?” For fifteen years, it wasn’t, although it got iffy a couple times. 2020 is the yearContinue reading “Wildfire:1 – Us: 15”