Something New Every Day

  • Income Tax Done!
    I haven’t been this early in years! Because I have self-employment income I’m actually not required to file before June 15th. Tomorrow is the final day for non-self-employed. Also did my quarterly GST filing. I dread doing books, so that feels very freeing.
  • C’est Une Éponge
    This was my first attempt at carving out the sponge to contain the functional bits. It’s pretty rough. I learned a few things and have some ideas how to do better next time… and I still have more sponges, so I’m good.
  • Safety Day
    Skydiving is a sport where mistakes can have huge consequences. In Canada, (at least where I live) we don’t jump year round, which means most of us might be a bit rusty when it warms up enough to start jumping again. So, my DZ holds a “Safety Day” where we review stuff we might have… Read more: Safety Day
  • Bringing up a new board
    I spent too much time, today, trying to get I2C working on my new board. In the end, it was a software issue not hardware, so I’m generally pleased with that.
  • Fully Operational Again
    I replaced the damaged PoE switch today. All the cameras are fully functional again. I’ll definitely need to clean up the cable routing yet, but that can wait until the cabin is opened.