As part of the heating upgrades I made to the house I added solar tubes to heat water. When they were installed the weather wasn't that great, so the amount of hot water they were able to heat was minimal, though they still gave me 20° - 30° C. As the weather has improved the solar panels' performance has improved dramatically. This morning I checked how much heat was being … [Read more...] about Getting Most of my Hot Water From Solar Energy Panels
Floor to Ceiling Bookcase Shelving Finally Installed
I'm currently "on the road" for a 3 week stint. While I enjoy travelling I'd prefer to be at home a bit more at the moment, as I really want to get stuff out of boxes. Over the last couple of months I've become much more interested in sorting out my house than I have in spending time living out of a suitcase! Up until about a week ago, however, I had nowhere to put anything … [Read more...] about Floor to Ceiling Bookcase Shelving Finally Installed
Back on the Road
Since getting back from Las Vegas in January I haven't been travelling. I've been focussed on moving house and settling in as well as spending time at Blacknight HQ. That all ended Friday. I'm now on the road until the end of the month. 3 trips, 3 weeks, multiple countries. First up is ICANN 58 in Copenhagen, Denmark. I'll be there for just over a week. My schedule for … [Read more...] about Back on the Road
Declaring the New House a Smoke Free Zone
I'm a smoker. I've been smoking since I was a teenager. I'm unlikely to go "cold turkey" and give up smoking overnight. However since I moved into the new house I haven't smoked in it. Not once. Nor have I let anyone visiting smoke in it either. The house is now a smoke free zone. You can smoke outside in the back garden if you want to, but I don't allow anyone, including … [Read more...] about Declaring the New House a Smoke Free Zone
Improving the Bathrooms’ Aesthetics Slightly
The new house's layout is quite unique, so the main bathroom is kind of an odd shape. There is a full size bath which I intend to use at some point, but there's no simple way to have a "normal" shower in there, due to the way the ceiling / roof are laid out. You'd have to completely remodel the bathroom and move just about everything to do it and I really don't have the … [Read more...] about Improving the Bathrooms’ Aesthetics Slightly