Stevan @withaveeay@mastodon.social

In these days, a necessary reminder of the White Rose movement, a group of young people who saw what was happening in front of everyone's eyes, and acted, while their elders did not. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi-germany/the-white-rose-movement/

Change of avatar for me, to look more familiar to those running from twitter.

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Monday 25 April 2022: fine weather.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

Satisfying. A video conversation going on downstairs from here in Scotland to family in Australia, via our own Nextcloud Talk. No privacy intrusion, no permissions needed, no restrictions (other than our own hardware & bandwidth). Works so well, in spite of the dreadful internet connection we have.
@nextcloud

Great Northern, Stoer Bay, this morning. The water is so clear I could follow it under water for a while.

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Sunday 24 April 2022: fairly fine, improving.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

Would love to be able to collect data on wind input and DC output, but I need an ammeter I can connect via the Pi. No idea how to do that. Any suggestions gratefully received. Wind = 20A max, output 100A max.

Woohoo. I'm on a roll here. Now added offgrid battery voltage and solar amperage to the weather page https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather
top left. This is just what I needed, a reason to hack a bit of python and bash.
The data is collected by a Pi Zero in the battery shed, connected via a serial cable to the Tristar PWM controller. At night, the "Solar Amps" on the web page bit should disappear.

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Saturday 23 April 2022: fairly fine, showers likely.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

After stubbornly refusing to give up way after my meagre bash skills had peaked, my laptop now speaks the current weather and the offgrid battery voltage and incoming solar amperage. Unfortunately I have no way of getting wind amps into a computer at the moment. Data comes from a Pi now living in the battery shed. The script comes from the sweat of my brow.

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Friday 22 April 2022: fairly fine, showery later.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Thursday 21 April 2022: fairly fine, improving.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

Sometimes, the Zambretti forecast really misses the mark. A pic taken this morning, definitely no occasional rain at the moment...

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Wednesday 20 April 2022: occasional rain, worsening.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

This morning's songthrush tune comes via our bedroom window.

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Tuesday 19 April 2022: showery early, improving.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

I haven't touched windows for 18 years, & thought I was on my way to recovery. But I have to make a change to an off-grid battery controller, & the software is windows-only. It runs under wine, but for some reason will not communicate with the controller.
A kind neighbour @Jkp lent me an old windows laptop for this simple task. It was at that stage that all the nightmares came flooding back...

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Monday 18 April 2022: changeable, mending.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Sunday 17 April 2022: unsettled, rain later.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/

Clachtoll weather forecast for today, Saturday 16 April 2022: fairly fine, possible showers early.
This is a simple once-daily Zambretti forecast generated from our home weather station data.
Current weather conditions are at https://www.vasten.co.uk/weather/