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PV: Day 30
So after 30 days, I am happy to report that the solar PV system has been working flawlessly. We’ve generated about 450 kWh (the web version shows a little more than the electro-mechanical version that’s metering the actual power).
Antioxidant Foolishness
Really? Just because it has “antioxidants” it suddenly has a “healthy” glow? I’ll pass. Eat some real cherries instead and have a glass of water.
Drying for Freedom
I’m an advocate for drying clothes outdoors. There are many reasons why I choose to do this but the biggest is the reduction in the utility bill (we have an electric clothes dryer). Even before we installed solar panels on the roof, I would hang laundry outside to reduce our carbon footprint. Jeff just tipped […]
UStream.tv Broadcaster on an iPhone (Jailbroken)
A while back I had jailbroken my original iPhone and installed the UStream.tv Broadcaster application. It was great and worked really well. If you have an iPhone 3G it will work over 3G as well as WiFi (sorry, no Edge). No matter, since I got the 3G S, my 2G hasn’t had much love. So […]
PV: Day 6
Doing well!
PV: Day 1
So far, so good.
Talking to an old PTZ camera
I recently obtained an old Polycom PTZ-1 camera. This camera went to an old video conferencing system, long past it’s usefulness in today’s era of instant desktop video conferencing ala Skype. The camera was inside a large plastic housing to keep it secure– I removed it from the housing to get a closer look. I […]
Solar Success
Today was the first day we had the solar panels turned on since they were installed last week. (We were waiting for the final inspection and the orientation session on how not to get ourselves electrocuted.) Unfortunately, today was a very cloudy day with some rain (unlike the picture here) there was no sun to […]
DIY Retro Cellphone Handset
My next project, a DIY handset to cell phone adapter. It’s simply exchanging one plug for another, pretty straight forward.