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Our Energy Consumption 2023-03-01
Our Household Energy Usage History year Elec kWh Gas kWh 2018 4,500 16,000 2019 4,500 16,000 2020 5,500 16,000 2021 5,500 17,000 2022 4,500 13,000 expected ~5,000 ~16,000? – Years based on October to October billing. 2018/2019 are a 2-year average (2019 bill unavailable). – Why is our 2022 gas usage low? Were we so […]
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Solar PV 2022-11-24
This page contains our notes about our proposed solar PV installation. “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing”, so the saying goes. I am no expert on these matters, just technically savvy and curious to learn and understand it all. I’m hot on electrics, physics, geometry, calculation; but weak on the practicalities in this industry. […]
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Jellyfin Feature Requests: 26: Add support for two factor authentication: comment 2021-12-10
Yes we need more powerful auth options but no we don’t want each service implementing its own sign-on and security code, we don’t want more user-visible complexity that’s specific to Jellyfin and works differently from our other self-hosted services. So… Instead, help the whole self-hosting ecosystem by supporting standard external auth / SSO such as […]
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Snake Oil 2021-11-12
I have a cough and a cold. I followed a recipe for home-made cough mixture. Cider vinegar, honey, ginger, cinnamon, Cayenne pepper. Potent, and rather delicious to someone who enjoys the tastes of vinegar and spices and sweetness. It evokes childhood memories of the silky black-brown Galloway’s cough syrup. These remedies smell nice and feel […]
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From Mac to Freedom Laptop 3: Data Recovery 2021-10-22
Leaving Apple’s Nursing Home This series is about replacing a MacBook Air with an equally beautiful Freedom Software laptop. It is also about setting up a Freedom Software laptop for the kind of user who wants it to Just Work with the least possible involvement and no interest in how it works. Part 1 of […]
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