I adore our random bunch of daffodils that grew unbidden under a manzanita in the front yard #BloomScrolling #Yarden
164 offices are slated for closure, dramatically reducing the Interior Department’s presence across multiple states. 25 BIA offices—over 27% of all BIA locations—will be shut down, cutting off essential services for Tribal communities and the surrounding rural communities. 60% of the square footage lost is in Republican Congressional districts, meaning many communities that depend on federal employment and services will bear the brunt of these cuts.
When you’re not used to landing tail draggers (DHC–2 Beaver in this case), physics gives you the bird #XPlane12 #XPlane #ThrandaDHC2 #FlightSim #macOS
FlightRadar24 on BlueSky: “When in doubt, go-around! The go-around is safety tool used everyday by pilots all over the world. Here’s what’s happening on the flight deck when a crew decides to go-around.”
Unless you’re me, in XPlane. When in doubt, I stay committed to landing. I got no time for go arounds! 😬 #XPlane #FlightSim #Aviation
When California Went to War Over Eggs | Smithsonian
The scramble for eggs drew entrepreneurs to an unusual source: a 211-acre archipelago 26 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge known as the Farallon Islands. The skeletal string of islets are outcroppings of the continental shelf, made up of ancient, weather-worn granite.
Guidance on OPM Saturday Email | National Federation of Federal Employees
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Our backyard Nectarine is now in full bloom! #NectarineTree #Yarden #HomeOrchard #BloomScrolling #Fujifilm #SOoC 
A few weeks steady at $8.98 for a dozen eggs.
I’m going to learn to fly this de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (developed by Thranda for X-Plane 12). Pretty cool that the software includes a paint scheme generator. Cloudy day at Downsview, Toronto. #XPlane12 #FlightSim #ThrandaDHC2 #macOS
This Black Phoebe chirped it up while catching insects mid-air in our backyard today. This is the first time we’ve had a Black Phoebe stick around long enough for a photo #BlackPhoebe #BirdPhotography #Fujifilm 
First bloom of our nectarine #Yarden #HomeOrchard 
Welcome to Superb Owl Sunday. Though I’ll throw an Eagle in too. #SuperbOwl #SuperbEagle #BirdPhotography 
Backyard nectarine is at first pink #Yarden #HomeOrchard 
. #SilentSunday #Fujifilm #SOoC
Lewis’s Woodpecker (spotted Saturday) #LewissWoodpecker #BlackButteReservoir #Birds #Fujifilm #SOoC
Went out to Burris Creek today, west of Black Butte Lake. For the first time we saw Lewis’s woodpeckers! They were constantly harassing each other. They’ve gorgeous pink bellies. We also saw a Nuttall’s woodpecker and an Emirates A380 Reg. A6-EVO Dubai-SFO (EK225) at 39,000 feet #LewissWoodpecker #NuttallsWoodpecker #Birds #A380 #Aviation #Fujifilm #SOoC
Well, it’s a fine photo but I’m not going to try any harder. It’s cold and windy out there and this Californian can’t stand it 🥶
It’s been years but managed to boot up an old QNAP TS-251. Last firmware was from 2023. If I decide to use this I better firewall it off from the ‘net or find an alternative OSS firmware for it. But it’s likely I’ll just wipe it clean with zeros multiple times and be done with it.
Central Ducted Fujitsu Heat Pump: Use the Wall Thermostat Sensor instead of the Air Handler's Sensor
Sunday, January 12, 2025
If you have a central ducted Fujitsu Heat Pump with a wired remote control unit (wall thermostat), you may know that the central air handler’s temperature sensor is used by default instead of the wall thermostat’s temperature sensor. If your wall thermostat doesn’t have the thermometer icon at the display’s bottom center, then your Fujitsu is probably using the air handler for temperature. You may have noticed that the wall thermostat’s scheduled temperature almost never matches the home’s actual air temperature. In my case, temperature readings at the air handler were very unreliable at ~±5ºF. So if you want to use the wall thermostat for a (very likely) more representative sampling of your home’s air temperature to better control the heat pump, here are the instructions from a post on Reddit:
Here are a few other settings you should make sure you have set as well:
Use indoor controller to measure indoor temperature instead of air handler sensor:
Room temperature sensor switching (function 42) set to "01" (both).
Room temperature sensor switching (function 48) set to "01" (wired remote controller).
After setting 42 and 48. Turn off heat pump and switch the breaker off for air handler and heat pump for 5 minutes. Then turn back on and wait 5 minutes until controller turned on fully. In the settings of the remote controller, in "Initial Settings", hit next page, click "R.C. Sensor" (temperature sensore of controller), click "used". Then in default view of controller you should see a temperature symbol pop up at bottom of screen. Using the air handler temperature sensore will cause short cycling of your heat pump and this lowers efficency.
Before I set my Fujitsu heat pump to use the wall thermostat's temperature sensor, I could not keep my home’s climate precisely where I wanted it. There was too much variation in what the air handler’s temperature sensor would measure. That makes sense as the sensor is very near or even in an unconditioned space (though the air handler intake is insulated, the sensor is somewhere at the margin). After switching to the wall thermostat’s temperature sensor, the inconsistently measured temperatures went away. Now my home is always within a degree of where I want it to be.
It’s strange that Fujitsu’s air handler’s temperature sensor is the default even with a wired RCU (with sensor) connected. It’s even stranger that you must power cycle the entire system to use the wall thermostat’s sensor. I had actually tried the above settings long ago but without the power cycle.
Other than the wrong sensor being used, this heat pump has been amazing and it’s even better now. It’s so much more efficient & safer than nature gas and it is ridiculously quiet.
Today I finally photographed one of several Orange-crowned Warblers that use our backyard as a hunting ground #OrangeCrownedWarbler #Birds #Fujifilm #SOoC