06.25.06
We’ve got updates!
So, there’s a few items on the laundry list that haven’t been mentioned in a while:
- The “terrestrial wireless broadband” company we’ve been talking to looks like they’ll be able to get a signal up to the ranch using the 900MHz spectrum. I have to check back with them the week after Independence Day.
- We visited a “neighbor” (who spend weekends at their house on Cavedale Dr., only a couple ridges over from us) who has grid-tied solar installed by one of the solar companies from whom we got a bid. We visited their installation, which was very slick (though it wasn’t entirely relevant, since we’re off-the-grid). Very friendly folks, and a gorgeous view (imagine being able to see Mt. Tam from the hills due north of Sonoma, that tells you the view they have)
- I’m frantically updating my knowledge of Java. Just to give perspective: when I last was a Java expert, there were about 230 classes, now there’s 3500+.
- We’ve got a modest budget together to do the highest-level repairs and preparations for selling the house. Topping the list: replacing the wood floors.
- We’re mere days away from knowing definitively which solar installer we’re going to go with, and the money’s together; it’s now just a question of how soon can they start, and how soon the install can be finished.
Yeah, that ought to do it.