Today is the first day of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s quite sunny out. I have about 164 watts of solar between three panels, just sitting on my deck. They are charging an old (~12 years) 49 Ah AGM battery in my garage, which still holds something of a charge but not… Read more Using Off-Grid Solar On-Grid
Author: ToroidalCore
An Update
I don’t need to tell you all that it’s been a hell of a year this past year. All I will say is that I’ve had projects that I’ve meant to document, and other content that I’ve wanted to generate for this site, that I’ve been putting off for one reason or another. At leas… Read more An Update
Wired Network Fix on Linux Mint 19.3
I recently decided to try Linux Mint 19.3 (Cinnamon) on an old Lenovo laptop, a G530 I’ve written about previously. The install went smoothly, but upon completion, it turned out that I had no network access whatsoever – neither wired nor wireless. The wireless is a Broadcom chip, so I kind of expected that. But… Read more Wired Network Fix on Linux Mint 19.3
Unixcat.net
This is my second (I think) serious attempt at a blog. Prior to this site I used whatsmykarma.com, a domain I registered way back in high school after taking a world religions course. I hate to say that my motivation for choosing that may have been little more than my own amusement, but I held… Read more Unixcat.net