My furnace was fixed on Monday, just a few days after stopping working. I called Echols because of a sticker on the furnace and the fact that they work on Carrier furnaces. They came about an hour later.
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about my humble abode
I got my lowest usage on my water bill yet: -1 unit. Thus, my lowest water bill.
Continue reading post "#3518"Ideas: compute furnace
Furnace with a powerful computer system providing the heat. Will use compute cycles for scientific research or other social or personal purposes, running things like BOINC, Folding at Home, crypto mining, or rented “cloud” usage. Fans or liquid cooling systems will carry heat to a traditional forced air or water boiler system to distribute the heat throughout the home / building. System will increase or decrease CPU usage based on thermostatic control.
Continue reading post "Ideas: compute furnace"I spent most of this past weekend repainting the horizontal surfaces of my deck.
Continue reading post "#2984"Saw two little foxes in the woods right behind my house.
Continue reading post "#1804"First real snow of the year.
Continue reading post "#1704"Finally home after nine days of vacation. Feels weird being home, but definitely feels nice to have had off work for so long.
I never set up home internet when I moved, and am considering staying that way.
Continue reading post "#1447"Ideas: Remotely hosted personal site with home data store that syncs as client
This idea is based on my Local + Proxy Remote Hosting for Personal Site idea, but attempts to mitigate some of its problems further.
Continue reading post "Ideas: Remotely hosted personal site with home data store that syncs as client"Feeling worn out after spending somewhere near five hours this evening between:
- breaking down and burning sticks and other wood from previous tree / branch / bracken removal and dead-fall
- scooping dog poop
The start of a busy weekend.