September 4th

I managed to get up on the roof and wash the solar panels, and cut the grass, and all the other stuff I've been meaning to do.

I called Vince for a chat, and he said he was waiting for Larry to call him, and he was going to meet him at Lincoln.  Fine, I said, we'll see him there.

We went to Lincoln and threw in an hour of circuits while waiting for Larry to arrive - he didn't, so we packed up and headed home, passing a powered parachute on the way :o)

September 3rd

I tidied up in the garage a little, as there have been too many "projects" lying around undone.  I can see the work surfaces again :o)

After that I rode the DRZ over to see Jeff's new workspace - he's gone from about 600', and having to move customer's bikes outside every day to get to work to having 2400' and having enough space to set up a ping pong table.  Or, it seems, an archery range.  I "helped" him put the motor back in a Honda quad that he's bought - he's put off customers until next week to allow him time to move.

In the evening, we went and met the crazy cat ladies SPCA volunteers for the monthly dinner.  Jen came - we haven't seen her for ages.

September 2nd

We barbecued, but nobody showed up.  If you're hungry, we still have chicken in the fridge.

September 1st

It's a new month, so here are the solar panel reults:

Power used

Power generated

I'm going to say it's been hot, and we've been using the air conditioning a lot.  For grins, here's the year's data from the TED5000 (it's not exact, but it's close enough):

Green is used, blue is generated, purple is the difference :o)





Here's the data for just August 31st, hour by hour:

Not bad, eh?  From 8am to 3pm we generate more power than we use.





Of course, the temperature doesn't peak until ~4pm:

OK, I need to get out more.

August 31st

We watched My Girlfriend's Boyfriend.  I wanted "the secret" to be that the Alyssa Milano character used to be a man, but I was denied.

August 30th

I went out an installed a length of pipe insulation in the Jeep, so random junk (like the ignition key) won't end up falling behind the dashboard.  Again.  Of all the stupid...

Vic rented Rio, so we watched that, and Tilly's reaction to that.

August 29th

Fresh Choice are having some sort of "buy one meal, get one free" promotion, so we went and took advantage of that.  As there's a Border's just up the way, we wandered over there to pick over the carcasses and I found a couple of Nick Hornby books that I haven't read yet.  And a Richard Dawkins - I've not read any of his books, but he seems to be an engaging speaker.  Oh, and a Sarah Vowell, and she's always funny on the Daily Show.  Oh, and I Am Legend, which is apparently significantly different to the movie.

At this rate I'll never catch up with my dead tree reading and start using the Kindle again.