Installing the DivumWX “Light” skin for WeeWx Weather Software for a remote web server setup.

NOTE JUNE 2 2025: AS DIVUMWX IS STILL UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CHANGE. In 2022 I installed a new skin as part of my Alberniweather.ca website using the “Weather34” skin for displaying weather data from my Davis Weather Station. My setup is a little special because my weather data gathering server is at …

Fire and flood proves Government fails on island transport

(This letter was sent to multiple Island newspapers on June 8, 2023. Published: June 12 Times Colonist.) Dear Editor,We have four alternatives to Highway 4. Three roads are controlled by Mosaic Forest Company and one railway escaped the fire and floods but not decades of Government neglect. It is time for Government’s stubborn, ideological resistance …

Analysing my Earth Hour energy graphs

So last night I tracked my consumption during Earth Hour with The Energy Detective hooked up to this webite. Here’s the graph for the hour (click for larger image). It updates approximately every 1-2 seconds. Now I have all electric baseboard heating as well as cooking and other appliances. We don’t have any Natural Gas …