"Musk says the standard version of the Model X crossover gets to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds. " 200 miles or so on a full charge with the big battery pack, seats 6 and accelerates like that? Now that's a true cross over vehicle.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1072794_2014-tesla-model-x-unveiled-electric-luxury-crossover-with-wings
Damn that's a sweet ride. I wish I could afford a Tesla.
Friday, February 10, 2012
tor tests undetectable encrypted connections
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/02/10/as-iran-cracks-down-online-tor-tests-undetectable-encrypted-connections/
Now that would be a powerful tool indeed.
Now that would be a powerful tool indeed.
"Pazuzu's Girl"
If you like mythology based well written stories, go buy this book. In fact, go buy it anyway it's very good. https://rachelcoles.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/ya-indie-carnival-some-like-it-hot-and-new-book-release/
It's been a long time since I posted anything here. I no longer have the job that enticed me to start this, and I haven't yet started writing again just for fun. Hopefully I'll pick up use on this sometime soon, maybe with some new changes to my solar stuff. Hopefully with a new monitor with lots more data.
Speaking of solar, I've generated almost 24Mw now.
It's been a long time since I posted anything here. I no longer have the job that enticed me to start this, and I haven't yet started writing again just for fun. Hopefully I'll pick up use on this sometime soon, maybe with some new changes to my solar stuff. Hopefully with a new monitor with lots more data.
Speaking of solar, I've generated almost 24Mw now.
Friday, September 30, 2011
solar generation
Two Years of Solar Generation! 20.8MWhs total generation so far. That's up 500KWhs from last year so that's great, especially considering we had two really wet months meaning very little sunlight. My meter is down to under 600 and still going down, we'll see how high it has to run up during the winter. Hopefully next year I'll roll it backwards.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
some random computer stuff
A script to send email about netbackup tape changes. I got the original from a contractor I work with at DPL sometimes.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#who get mail to eject tapes from the library
#$operator="marti,joshw";
$operator="netbackupadmin";
#who get mail to return tapes from the vault
$courier="netbackupop";
# make associative array of offsite media
open(PIPE,"/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_media|") || die "Could not run available_media";
while() {
chop($_);
if( /^Off/ ) {
;
while() {
if(/^$/) { last; };
chop($_);
($evid,$mtype,$rtype,$robot,$slot,$face,$reten,$size,$status) = split(/\s+/,$_);
if($reten =~ /\d/) {
$volumes{$evid}{slot} = $slot;
}
}
}
}
close(PIPE);
# if a media id has a numeric slot number
# it needs to be pulled from the library
foreach $evid (sort keys %volumes) {
if( $volumes{$evid}{slot} =~ /\d/ ) {
push(@eject,$evid);
delete($volumes{$evid});
}
}
#
#
# we need to check the expiration date of the rest of the media to see if
# they need to be returned from the offsite tape vault
$now = time();
foreach $evid (sort keys %volumes) {
open(PIPE,"/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -ev $evid -l|") || die "Could not run: bpmedialist -ev $evid -l : $!";
while() {
($id, $j1, $j2, $j3, $time_alloc, $last_update, $expire, $j4) =
split(/\s+/,$_,8);
if( $evid eq $id ) {
if( $now > $expire ) {
push(@return,$evid);
}
}
}
close(PIPE);
}
if( defined(@eject) ) {
open(PIPE, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t") || die "Could not run sendmail for eject\n$!";
print PIPE "To: $operator\n";
printf PIPE "%s %d %s","Subject: OffSite Tape Vault:", scalar(@eject), "Tape(s)\n";
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "Eject the following tapes from the C2 Autoloader and send to the Offsite storage:\n\n";
foreach $evid (@eject) {
print PIPE "\t$evid\n";
}
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "Detailed Tape Information:\n";
foreach $evid (@eject) {
print PIPE `/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -ev $evid`;
}
close(PIPE);
} else {
$no_tapes_to_eject++;
}
if( defined(@return) ) {
open(PIPE, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t") || die "Could not run sendmail for return\n$!";
print PIPE "To: $courier\n";
printf PIPE "%s %d %s","Subject: OffSite Tape Retrieval:", scalar(@return), "Tape(s)\n";
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "Return the following tapes from the OffSite Storage:\n\n";
foreach $evid (@return) {
print PIPE "\t$evid\n";
}
print PIPE "\n";
close(PIPE);
} elsif( defined($no_tapes_to_eject) ) {
open(PIPE, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t") || die "Could not run sendmail for notice\n$!";
print PIPE "To: $courier\n";
print PIPE "CC: $operator\n";
print PIPE "Subject: OffSite Tape Maintenance: no action needed\n";
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "No actions needed this week\n\n";
close(PIPE);
}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fixed the package problem by removing the ld.config file reverting to the default system library path, probably changed via crle to build php.
Fixed the jpeg/gd/php image resize problem by linking the libjpeg8 libraries to the libjpeg62 libraries so that php and gd were getting the same library regardless of what was called
keep_jobs_hours in bp.conf to set number of hours of job activity shown in netbackup monitor
disable svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default to stop graphical console
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#who get mail to eject tapes from the library
#$operator="marti,joshw";
$operator="netbackupadmin";
#who get mail to return tapes from the vault
$courier="netbackupop";
# make associative array of offsite media
open(PIPE,"/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_media|") || die "Could not run available_media";
while(
chop($_);
if( /^Off/ ) {
while(
if(/^$/) { last; };
chop($_);
($evid,$mtype,$rtype,$robot,$slot,$face,$reten,$size,$status) = split(/\s+/,$_);
if($reten =~ /\d/) {
$volumes{$evid}{slot} = $slot;
}
}
}
}
close(PIPE);
# if a media id has a numeric slot number
# it needs to be pulled from the library
foreach $evid (sort keys %volumes) {
if( $volumes{$evid}{slot} =~ /\d/ ) {
push(@eject,$evid);
delete($volumes{$evid});
}
}
#
#
# we need to check the expiration date of the rest of the media to see if
# they need to be returned from the offsite tape vault
$now = time();
foreach $evid (sort keys %volumes) {
open(PIPE,"/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -ev $evid -l|") || die "Could not run: bpmedialist -ev $evid -l : $!";
while(
($id, $j1, $j2, $j3, $time_alloc, $last_update, $expire, $j4) =
split(/\s+/,$_,8);
if( $evid eq $id ) {
if( $now > $expire ) {
push(@return,$evid);
}
}
}
close(PIPE);
}
if( defined(@eject) ) {
open(PIPE, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t") || die "Could not run sendmail for eject\n$!";
print PIPE "To: $operator\n";
printf PIPE "%s %d %s","Subject: OffSite Tape Vault:", scalar(@eject), "Tape(s)\n";
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "Eject the following tapes from the C2 Autoloader and send to the Offsite storage:\n\n";
foreach $evid (@eject) {
print PIPE "\t$evid\n";
}
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "Detailed Tape Information:\n";
foreach $evid (@eject) {
print PIPE `/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -ev $evid`;
}
close(PIPE);
} else {
$no_tapes_to_eject++;
}
if( defined(@return) ) {
open(PIPE, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t") || die "Could not run sendmail for return\n$!";
print PIPE "To: $courier\n";
printf PIPE "%s %d %s","Subject: OffSite Tape Retrieval:", scalar(@return), "Tape(s)\n";
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "Return the following tapes from the OffSite Storage:\n\n";
foreach $evid (@return) {
print PIPE "\t$evid\n";
}
print PIPE "\n";
close(PIPE);
} elsif( defined($no_tapes_to_eject) ) {
open(PIPE, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t") || die "Could not run sendmail for notice\n$!";
print PIPE "To: $courier\n";
print PIPE "CC: $operator\n";
print PIPE "Subject: OffSite Tape Maintenance: no action needed\n";
print PIPE "\n\n";
print PIPE "No actions needed this week\n\n";
close(PIPE);
}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fixed the package problem by removing the ld.config file reverting to the default system library path, probably changed via crle to build php.
Fixed the jpeg/gd/php image resize problem by linking the libjpeg8 libraries to the libjpeg62 libraries so that php and gd were getting the same library regardless of what was called
keep_jobs_hours in bp.conf to set number of hours of job activity shown in netbackup monitor
disable svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default to stop graphical console
Thursday, August 18, 2011
solar panel and emergency battery for camping
I bought a Duracell PowerPack 600 and an InstaPark 30W solar panel with the idea of using them as a power source/buffer system for charging electronics batteries/boombox/lights/etc while camping without running the car battery down.
The PowerPack comes with jumper cables, an AC charger, and 3 AC outlets and 1 DC outlet. The solar panel comes with a controller, cable, and charge controller. I also bought a male-male 12VDC extension cable.
After getting all the parts together, it appeared that I was supposed to run hardwired wires from the panel to the charge controller to the plug for the battery. That seemed like a bad idea to me, so I went to Ace Hardware and looked around for a bit trying to find a good plug-n-play connection method. Basically something to attach the charge controller to that would have room for connectors on each side.
It was not looking good for that...tons of options, but none that looked solid and yet re-useable and easily attached/detached. Then it hit me..phone cord is still rated for the old Ring Voltage level.
So I bought a phone wall jack box and front plate with two RJ11 ports, connected the solar panel to a male RJ11 plug and then ran into a problem. The 12VDC connector for the battery has standard 12VDC wires, about 5 times larger than what a standard RJ11 can usefully be attached to. So I just ran it straight in through opening at the back of the RJ11 port and connected it directly to the back for the time being. Later I'll do a down convert on the wiring since it doesn't need to be that high gauge since it's carrying at most 12V@1.6A. I'll try to remember to take some pictures of it tonight.
Then when I get back from Burning Man I'll have to work out a better connector/plug combination.
Tested out the outputs with my new multimeter and even at twilight the panel is producing 12V@0.1A. The charge controller is only rated for 3A max, but then the panel only produces 1.67A max, so it should be a good reasonably fast charge in bright daylight.
The PowerPack comes with jumper cables, an AC charger, and 3 AC outlets and 1 DC outlet. The solar panel comes with a controller, cable, and charge controller. I also bought a male-male 12VDC extension cable.
After getting all the parts together, it appeared that I was supposed to run hardwired wires from the panel to the charge controller to the plug for the battery. That seemed like a bad idea to me, so I went to Ace Hardware and looked around for a bit trying to find a good plug-n-play connection method. Basically something to attach the charge controller to that would have room for connectors on each side.
It was not looking good for that...tons of options, but none that looked solid and yet re-useable and easily attached/detached. Then it hit me..phone cord is still rated for the old Ring Voltage level.
So I bought a phone wall jack box and front plate with two RJ11 ports, connected the solar panel to a male RJ11 plug and then ran into a problem. The 12VDC connector for the battery has standard 12VDC wires, about 5 times larger than what a standard RJ11 can usefully be attached to. So I just ran it straight in through opening at the back of the RJ11 port and connected it directly to the back for the time being. Later I'll do a down convert on the wiring since it doesn't need to be that high gauge since it's carrying at most 12V@1.6A. I'll try to remember to take some pictures of it tonight.
Then when I get back from Burning Man I'll have to work out a better connector/plug combination.
Tested out the outputs with my new multimeter and even at twilight the panel is producing 12V@0.1A. The charge controller is only rated for 3A max, but then the panel only produces 1.67A max, so it should be a good reasonably fast charge in bright daylight.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
July 2011 PV totals
18.7MWhs generated so far for a total of 1100 last month. I'm really hoping to get a real monitor for the system soon. Then I'll be able to get daily totals, graphing, web access, etc. I wanted that when I bought the system, but they failed to provide it to me and I haven't had the cash since then.
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