cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Now for some <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/MicroGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroGardening</span></a> ... Planting some seeds I got as xmas presents that I've needed to get round to for ages. Youngest child is going to help me:</p>
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cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> DIY bike shed alarm update: I've been chewing this over for a few days now. I didn't post about it at the time, because I was still processing it. </p><p>I was busy hooking the updated ESP32-based external alarm panel electronics up on Saturday night, in fact I was nearly done, and as I was working I noticed a "hot electronics" smell. No <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/MagicSmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagicSmoke</span></a> but a definite "hot" smell. Using my built-in temperature sensor (aka index finger) I traced this to the actual S2-mini ESP32 board. And it was hot enough to make me recoil. <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/BadNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadNews</span></a> .</p><p>I disconnected the power - both the battery backup and the DC feed and bailed. It was dark and I was well overstimulated from trying to get everything wired together properly in the cramped space of the enclosure box. </p><p>So I've been mulling this over "on the backburner" (i.e. subconsciously) ever since. I hadn't reached any conclusions yet, so I let it sit there.</p><p>This morning, I have some ideas/theories. Will be investigating further:</p><p>1. The piezo sounder could be drawing too much current. It was sounding constantly from the time I hooked up the backup battery.</p><p>2. The tone() call I'm using to drive could be too CPU intensive.</p><p>3. The <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ESPNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESPNOW</span></a> radio comms is somehow causing the heat - perhaps winding the output power up really high because it was getting no response from its peer, which was switched off at the time. I don't know how much, if any, handshaking ESPNOW does.</p><p>4. Something else electronic is drawing too much current through the onboard voltage regulator or similar.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/WeWillSee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeWillSee</span></a></p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> I've been on a bit of a mission (<a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutisticHyperfocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticHyperfocus</span></a> for the win!) to clear out my password database. I'm de-googlifying, so I've recently got set up on another mail provider. I got stuck in last night at about 8.30, blinked, and "suddenly" it was 1 AM...</p><p>I started at the top of the list, and for each entry I evaluated whether or not I needed it anymore, and if not whether I needed to close down the account, or just delete it. Some of them dated from about 1987, sorry, I mean 2017, but it might as well be 1987!</p><p>I had a load from past personal projects and test servers I set up on localhost:8080 or similar - gone.</p><p>I had a load from past activism/volunteering stuff I've done and am no longer involved with - some still worked, which I shut down/deactivated where it was possible, and then deleted the entry. Some required Gone.</p><p>I shut down a load of freelancer accounts I no longer use, then deleted the entries. Some didn't have a way to deactivate, so I had to log a ticket request help through their online system. Some I had to confirm via email. MOST gone. Some stragglers remain.</p><p>The saddest part was deleting - for most, without attempting to login - all of the makerspace related ones that I haven't used since I quit about 18 months ago, in the midst of an <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutisticBurnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutisticBurnout</span></a>. Strangely, it feels rather liberating, although slightly painful. </p><p>Finally, there were all the ones that I wanted to keep - and thus needed to go through the arduous process of changing to the new address. For some this is really easy, for others, it requires some kind of verification dance, sometimes involving codes sent via SMS. For a few, there is effectively NO WAY to do it beyond posting a request on their forum or "contact us" form. Most done, but more than I'm happy with need follow-ups.</p><p>I got down to the sites beginning with "s" at about 1AM, and called it a day. Password manager still says I have 245 passwords, but I didn't note how many there were to start. Probably twice that or more, I'd guess.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Fuckgoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fuckgoogle</span></a></p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Now going to have a go at installing <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Mobilizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobilizon</span></a> on FreeBSD even though the instructions are for <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a>. Wish me luck. At least most of the "basic tools" they say to install are in the pkg repo...</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> I hope this doesn't lead me to rack and ruin! I've heard that having to many of these can lead too all sorts of financial woes. I must be careful - I had hand ground coffee again this morning too! I'll be twirling my moustache and wearing tweed before you know it. Hipster as fuck. <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/VeganFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeganFood</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/avocado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avocado</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/lunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunch</span></a></p><p>Edit: to -> too. Autocorrupt strikes again</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> The <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/3DPrinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinter</span></a> finished printing the 3rd insulin cannula puck dispenser section, and although it needed a fair bit of finishing work, it's usable. There was rather a lot of stinging caused by some internal supports I hadn't noticed in cura. Will probably have to do some sanding inside as dinner of the singing was so close to the inter wall it actually adhered to it, learning a rough surface. </p><p>I also found out my printer is slightly off square as this piece was rotated 180 degrees with relation to the preceding piece and so it's accentuates the error when they are mated together. I managed to make them fit, fortunately with a bit of whittling.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Chilling out now after an afternoon shopping trip that turned into a bit of a mission. My knees held out which is good, but pretty tired now, and slightly sore feet. Managed to pick up some interesting sproutable dried beans at the local Asian supermarket - red cow peas, mung beans, urid beans, chick peas, lentils, all with long expiry dates. Hopefully will get some better results with sprouting these. I've put some mung beans on to soak already. </p><p>Step daughter is coming home on the train from uni tonight, with her little dog for the Easter break. 3D printing will be harder as a result because she sleeps in the room that lives in. The dog will of course wreak havoc with the car and I - he always stresses us both, and everyone else for that matter.</p><p>The 3D printer is still chugging away - print still looks good. </p><p>SD is due in just after 6pm so it's better get cooking then ...</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Back to the beans. I thought I'd try a more thorough rinse.... And, no. They are doomed. With a lot more water in the jar, I can see it's cloudy and very frothy with particles of partially digested beans suspended in it. Going to drain and ditch this foul brew! Oh well, they were old past-date beans anyway, so I knew this was a possibility. I was encouraged when I first saw sprouts, but here we are.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Just got the next <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/3DPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrint</span></a> in the series for the cannula puck holder going again. Looks like it is going to be one of those days. I started it off before I got breakfast, and did the sprouts, but I forgot to put the filament back in, so it was merrily running through with nothing coming out of the nozzle. So I had to cancel the print, feed the filament in, and start it off again. Watching it lay down the first few layers while I eat my porridge and drink my tea.</p><p> Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy: the filament was not mounted because a couple of years ago I added a bit of custom post-job <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/gcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gcode</span></a> to my slicer (I use UltiMaker Cura) to retract the filament all the way out of the Bowden tube because if it's left there for too long, it breaks up and is a pain to get out again - it's also wasteful of filament, and I have to disassemble the entire Bowden tube assembly. So I decided that the lesser evil was to add this ejection code, but if course I still occasionally forget to re-feed the filament at the start of the next job.</p><p>I guess what I OUGHT to do, it's measure exactly how much to reject to leave the filament just in the extruder drive, and add another bit of pre-job gcode to re-feed it again. But that would be too joined up thinking for me!</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Bit of an insomniacal night, so got up late. The sprouting beans have had a bad night too - gone gloopy, starting to smell, and I noticed it's only some of the mung beans that had sprouted. Probably not salvageable, unfortunately, as once the enzymes are activated and a bacteria gets hold, even the ones that have sprouted will probably succumb. And trying to separate out the sprouted ones will take hours, with little likelihood of success.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Damn Mastodon web page crashed when I hit submit on my most recent post - maybe my constant flood is breaking the fedi, hope not. Anyway I have got the relay working, so the 120db sounder should work. Testing and fitting back in the shed will be a job for tomorrow as it's 11pm and dark now. The little red light on the relay module (see alt text) means the relay is active.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Got the header pins on the S2-mini the right way now - looks weird with no components on the top, but it WORKS! Getting proper status updates to the internal panel and I've also got the piezo sounder (the QUIET one) wired in and tested and I've just wired up the relay for the 120db alarm sounder (the LOUD one). Got to make a quick code change to switch the relay - I'm so glad I wired in spare screw terminals on the base board originally, so I haven't had to solder more on. <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arduino</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a></p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> I've worked out the problem with the alarm S2-mini module: the components are on the opposite side of the board than the D2-mini so when I soldered the headers on, put them on the WRONG SIDE OF THE BOARD 😮 so the pins were swapped left to right. Easy fix but got to pick up the youngest from his youth club trip now.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Woohoo! In the meantime (during the aforementioned head scratching) the <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/3DPrinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinter</span></a> finished it's job. I read sure it was supposed to take 14 or 15 hours, but it's finished in 10:05. Looks like the print came out well too, apart from dinner minor stinging and blobs.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> head scratch time. S2-MINI <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a> isn't reading the state of the bypass or reed switches, nor the alarm loop. I've checked continuity and voltages.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Back working on the bike shed alarm. I've disconnected the old <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/D1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>D1</span></a>-mini board from the shed panel, and brought the guts back to my desk. Confirmed that the S2-mini board does in fact fit, and powers up h <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/yay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yay</span></a>! Now I need to get this one paired with the CYD off the internal panel and check I've got the right IO ports defined (they are different from the D1) and that everything works properly. I mean, it worked on the breadboard but everyone says that... <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arduino</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ESPNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESPNOW</span></a></p><p>[Edit added photos and alt text]</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> My turn to make <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/dinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinner</span></a> today. With limited fresh ingredients and various family members having certain "requirements" I opted for my old standby of "stir fry". Mixed veg - broccoli, carrots, sugar snap peas, red pepper, sweet potato and mushrooms. Wife's is with shallot, sweet potato, mushrooms, seaweed, but without noodles, young uns have fat noodles but no onions, sweet potato, seaweed or mushrooms, and I have all in with brown rice noodles and miso. <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistc</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/SensoryIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SensoryIssues</span></a> </p><p>[Edit: added photos that I forgot] [edit 2 corrected <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutoCorrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutoCorrupt</span></a> typos]</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> Back from the <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/physio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physio</span></a>. Need <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/xrays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xrays</span></a> of my knees. Got to wait for <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/GP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GP</span></a> to arrange that. Also have some emails to digest.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/3dprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprint</span></a> coming along nicely - no blockages so far which it's a relief.</p>
cybervegan<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/JournalEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalEverything</span></a> The internal alarm panel sounder is now working. I've got a different "pip" frequency for each status change - door open, bypass, loop disconnect and a constant, intentionally annoying constant tone for the "alarm" state. He's a pic but I'm not going to mess round trying to do a video with sound. </p><p>On the display, TSLU refers to "time since last update" and I've just remembered I need to add a sound for when that goes over a threshold value to warn that we're not recieving updates from the shed alarm panel.</p>
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