#JournalEverything DIY bike shed alarm update: I've been chewing this over for a few days now. I didn't post about it at the time, because I was still processing it.

I was busy hooking the updated ESP32-based external alarm panel electronics up on Saturday night, in fact I was nearly done, and as I was working I noticed a "hot electronics" smell. No #MagicSmoke but a definite "hot" smell. Using my built-in temperature sensor (aka index finger) I traced this to the actual S2-mini ESP32 board. And it was hot enough to make me recoil. #BadNews .

I disconnected the power - both the battery backup and the DC feed and bailed. It was dark and I was well overstimulated from trying to get everything wired together properly in the cramped space of the enclosure box.

So I've been mulling this over "on the backburner" (i.e. subconsciously) ever since. I hadn't reached any conclusions yet, so I let it sit there.

This morning, I have some ideas/theories. Will be investigating further:

1. The piezo sounder could be drawing too much current. It was sounding constantly from the time I hooked up the backup battery.

2. The tone() call I'm using to drive could be too CPU intensive.

3. The #ESPNOW radio comms is somehow causing the heat - perhaps winding the output power up really high because it was getting no response from its peer, which was switched off at the time. I don't know how much, if any, handshaking ESPNOW does.

4. Something else electronic is drawing too much current through the onboard voltage regulator or similar.

#WeWillSee

#JournalEverything I've been on a bit of a mission (#AutisticHyperfocus for the win!) to clear out my password database. I'm de-googlifying, so I've recently got set up on another mail provider. I got stuck in last night at about 8.30, blinked, and "suddenly" it was 1 AM...

I started at the top of the list, and for each entry I evaluated whether or not I needed it anymore, and if not whether I needed to close down the account, or just delete it. Some of them dated from about 1987, sorry, I mean 2017, but it might as well be 1987!

I had a load from past personal projects and test servers I set up on localhost:8080 or similar - gone.

I had a load from past activism/volunteering stuff I've done and am no longer involved with - some still worked, which I shut down/deactivated where it was possible, and then deleted the entry. Some required Gone.

I shut down a load of freelancer accounts I no longer use, then deleted the entries. Some didn't have a way to deactivate, so I had to log a ticket request help through their online system. Some I had to confirm via email. MOST gone. Some stragglers remain.

The saddest part was deleting - for most, without attempting to login - all of the makerspace related ones that I haven't used since I quit about 18 months ago, in the midst of an #AutisticBurnout. Strangely, it feels rather liberating, although slightly painful.

Finally, there were all the ones that I wanted to keep - and thus needed to go through the arduous process of changing to the new address. For some this is really easy, for others, it requires some kind of verification dance, sometimes involving codes sent via SMS. For a few, there is effectively NO WAY to do it beyond posting a request on their forum or "contact us" form. Most done, but more than I'm happy with need follow-ups.

I got down to the sites beginning with "s" at about 1AM, and called it a day. Password manager still says I have 245 passwords, but I didn't note how many there were to start. Probably twice that or more, I'd guess.

#Degoogle #Fuckgoogle

#JournalEverything I hope this doesn't lead me to rack and ruin! I've heard that having to many of these can lead too all sorts of financial woes. I must be careful - I had hand ground coffee again this morning too! I'll be twirling my moustache and wearing tweed before you know it. Hipster as fuck. #VeganFood #avocado #lunch

Edit: to -> too. Autocorrupt strikes again

#JournalEverything The #3DPrinter finished printing the 3rd insulin cannula puck dispenser section, and although it needed a fair bit of finishing work, it's usable. There was rather a lot of stinging caused by some internal supports I hadn't noticed in cura. Will probably have to do some sanding inside as dinner of the singing was so close to the inter wall it actually adhered to it, learning a rough surface.

I also found out my printer is slightly off square as this piece was rotated 180 degrees with relation to the preceding piece and so it's accentuates the error when they are mated together. I managed to make them fit, fortunately with a bit of whittling.

#JournalEverything Chilling out now after an afternoon shopping trip that turned into a bit of a mission. My knees held out which is good, but pretty tired now, and slightly sore feet. Managed to pick up some interesting sproutable dried beans at the local Asian supermarket - red cow peas, mung beans, urid beans, chick peas, lentils, all with long expiry dates. Hopefully will get some better results with sprouting these. I've put some mung beans on to soak already.

Step daughter is coming home on the train from uni tonight, with her little dog for the Easter break. 3D printing will be harder as a result because she sleeps in the room that lives in. The dog will of course wreak havoc with the car and I - he always stresses us both, and everyone else for that matter.

The 3D printer is still chugging away - print still looks good.

SD is due in just after 6pm so it's better get cooking then ...

#JournalEverything Just got the next #3DPrint in the series for the cannula puck holder going again. Looks like it is going to be one of those days. I started it off before I got breakfast, and did the sprouts, but I forgot to put the filament back in, so it was merrily running through with nothing coming out of the nozzle. So I had to cancel the print, feed the filament in, and start it off again. Watching it lay down the first few layers while I eat my porridge and drink my tea.

Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy: the filament was not mounted because a couple of years ago I added a bit of custom post-job #gcode to my slicer (I use UltiMaker Cura) to retract the filament all the way out of the Bowden tube because if it's left there for too long, it breaks up and is a pain to get out again - it's also wasteful of filament, and I have to disassemble the entire Bowden tube assembly. So I decided that the lesser evil was to add this ejection code, but if course I still occasionally forget to re-feed the filament at the start of the next job.

I guess what I OUGHT to do, it's measure exactly how much to reject to leave the filament just in the extruder drive, and add another bit of pre-job gcode to re-feed it again. But that would be too joined up thinking for me!