Biggest he ever saw, Wednesdays, Longest

I took yesterday off to make sure I was available for the permit inspectors.  I headed out early to drop off some packages and grab coffee with Elsa.  Of course the first inspector arrived probably 5 minutes after I left.  Luckily Cindy was still home to open the garage so the electrical box could be inspected.  It passed the first inspection without issue.  Later in the day the second inspector came.  I was told that someone did not have to be home for his inspection but it was a good thing I was.

I walked with the guy out to the array.  He was impressed with both the size and construction method used to build it.  He said this was the biggest residential solar install he has seen which was cool.  However when he got back to his truck to enter information into his laptop he saw that there was supposed to be a third inspection called in for the footers of the structure which the installers didn’t do.  I told him each footer was a 2 foot across by 5 feet deep block of cement.  He already knew the footers were  massive from being out there so he was able to have someone in the office do something on the back end so another inspection would not be required which was great.  I sent a picture of the signed permit over to the construction manager so he can get started with the final step in the process, getting the electric company here to make the final connections.

I was really busy Wednesday, the weather was beautiful and I just had a ton of different small things to keep me busy.  One of those things was installing an Echo Dot in the chicken coop. I took advantage of a Black Friday deal for the Echo Show 5.  Installing that set off a chain reaction of home assistant shuffling that resulted in my having two extra Echo Dots.  Now at first it may sound moronic to have an Echo in the coop but it actually is useful.  Using the built in two speaker feature allows Cindy or I to communicate to and from the coop if one of us is out there.  I also had the device streaming Christmas music all day so the hens could enjoy it while laying eggs.  They told me they liked it.

I had to work on more tech in the coop, replacing the hard drive on the DVR that is out there.  I recently discovered it had not been recording for quite awhile so I am not sure how long the hard drive has been bad.  It’s back up and running now, recording the perimeter of the coop for any potentially harmful predators.

I also got a chance to record two videos I had wanted to do for a long time, one regarding my struggles with the Prusa MMU2S and another 0-60 test on my M3 after the reported 5% power increase.

During the Prusa video I had a real time example of how the device can fck up and why it’s so frustrating.  I also am going to be sending back my brand new MK3S that continues to have weird issues.  Yesterday I had my third online chat with Prusa about it which resulted in the recommendation to send it in.  It’s frustrating to have a prebuilt printer be buggy but at least they are taking the steps to make it right.  Shipping to and from the Czech Republic is going to cost them a chunk of change.  Hopefully I helped offset that expense for them with the 11 boxes of Prusa filament I bought on Black Friday.

Ever since the software update on the Tesla came down that increased power I had been wanting to do a fresh 0-60 test, something I did shortly after buying the car.  I have been feeling a big difference just doing normal driving on my daily commute however I wanted to see how it translated in real numbers.  When I did this test the first time months ago my best time was 5.43 seconds.

Because I only know the exact time after editing the video I could only base my feelings on the seat of the pants feel I was getting.  That sensation was not all that different than I recall from my original test however when I timed it the car was legitimately two tenths of a second faster, my best run was 5.178 but I consistently got 5.243 seconds.  I was impressed that the promised speed gain was tangible and made a car I already love all the better.

I was buzzing around all day wrapping Christmas presents, doing stuff in the 3D room, laundry, cleaning up, and even playing some WoW.  I really enjoyed getting a mid-week weekend.

You know I just realized this morning that I have now lived at our house here in Naples longer than any other place in my lifetime, including the Gouglersville farm house I grew up in.  For some reason that struck me in a weird way, maybe it just made me feel even older.  Next July will mark 19 years here with no plans of going anywhere soon.