Documenting their provenance and progeny Context I am working on my family tree. I was born in Mendoza, Argentina, and my grandmother on my mother’s side was Maria Yori. In tracing back her ancestors, I ended up in Trento, Italy. I have found, however, a lot of data and some of…

And learning how to do genealogy research in the process — Update 26 Sept 2022 As it turns out, my analysis of the behavior of the website was flawed. The website simply transcribes whatever it is seen on the books, and it has not done any record linking or anything like that. For that reason, my assumption around the website is incorrect. Fortunately, thanks to…

I have an electricity rate that allows for off-peak charging at a reduced price. I want to charge my electric car during that window, and that window alone. I have been wrestling with the BMW app on the phone to get it to work. …

Trying to make it work Following this guide. Helping Jeff debug it. Witmotion Sensor Installation

From 65in to 32in, static to moving… Context I recently moved houses and had to disassemble and reassemble my rig. I wrote about this process here. My original triples (65in TVs) simply did not fit in the sim room of the new house, and thus I needed a new plan. I…

Moved houses, so changes abound… Context I have been into simracing (a hobby, not a competitive driver) for a couple of years. I had gotten my simrig setup, and tuned…and then we had to go and move houses. What’s more, the room where the simrig goes in the new house is…

First Impressions as well — TL;DR The Varjo Aero is excellent in clarity and other features, but it is not without problems. This write-up details the hoops I needed to go through to get it to work, somewhat acceptably, in my setup, which includes a triple-monitor. Expectations I had had a horror story with Pimax (see here)…

Short project, with nice results — Summary Some electronics, a bit of soldering, and 3D printing get you detailed feedback on when your brakes are locking (on the brake pedal) or when your wheels are spinning (on the throttle pedal) Context Adding stuff to the rig is half the fun of sim-racing. As such, one is always looking…

Multiple months of debugging, finally seem to be paying off — I have been into simracing for about two years, give or take. During all that time, I have been plagued by mysterious issues where devices would disconnect and reconnect at will, or would simply misbehave in other ways. I have been debugging this issue forever, and I think I’ve gotten…