Desra Blog

I put my solar and other feeds onto pachube , looks like the site may have potential, especially if the support googles visualisation api in the future. Though , googles powermeter will support solar and they will allow direct user feeds at some point. I will stick with rrdcollect and google spreadsheets, this gives me local data without depending on the internet working, and also gives me nice external views.

Below Should be a nice graph of my solar usage instead of an image

These are pretty reasonably priced http://www.currentcost.com/product-cc128.html And have a USB cable option, that sends the display information out as an xml string. Shouldn't be difficult to graph and no wiring required :-)

using polipo proxy to allow ipv6 only clients access ipv4 sites or other proxyable services, I created this pac file , so that browsers only need 'auto configuration' enabled. Works with chrome, firefox and IE , only tested in vista. The first function is a microsoft extension , and was required to get IE to work in vista. The other function is the default. This pac file sends request that don't resolve to an ipv6 address to the proxy function FindProxyForURLEx(url, host) { if (shExpMatch(dnsResolveEx(host), "*:*")) { return "DIRECT"; } else { return "PROXY myproxy:8123"; } } function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { if (shExpMatch(dnsResolve(host), "*:*")) { return "DIRECT"; } else { return "PROXY myproxy:8123"; } }

I got one of these and it managed to get it self stuck in Mass storage mode, support said it had to be sent off for repair :-( I downloaded gsfinder.exe which is a file explorer for windows ce or mobile , went to route66 directory on mem card, renamed R66Navigate8.exe to backupfile.exe, copied gsfinder.exe into that folder and renamed it to R66Navigate8.exe reboot, and you will be in gsfinder, navigate to flashdisk/shell and run FactoryReset.exe and voila, just delete gsfinder and rename R66Navigate8.exe back and reboot

managed to get this done too, put a monitor in my fuse box ( ADM1.5TE) , cost WTDIN-M Digital input module ) to count the pulses and read them via serial. I also got some adm1d meters, haven't put them in yet, but hope to break out socket rings and lights from the overall total. Hats off the the kinds folks at jw instruments who sold and shipped them to me.

I heard of a book on RTE Radio 1 this week, called global Delights , a recipe book done by a school in Firhouse. I managed to get a copy and it's awesome, 10 minute recipes (mostly) and easy to obtain ingredients!