We stayed at our cousin’s place in AirDrie as he and his wife are both retired. We arrived at around 8pm on September the 18th. cousin Eddie was kind enough to slap something simple for us to eat. His rendition of the soya sauce based ribs was perfect with the steam rice that I had. … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (in Calgary)”
This morning we had another Tim Horton’s breakfast with a 7am rise and setting out at around 8:30am after a 30min charge near the Tesla Superchargers at Polo mall. I had to take a little detour to pick up a used stereo amplifier that I purchased, the SMSL DA9. I was looking for a balanced … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Winnipeg to Moose Jaw)”
Today’s drive is our longest yet. We checked out of our AirBnB, and proceeded to a charge station to top up or batteries. This took about 30 minutes. Afterwards, we helped ourselves to a bagel breakfast to go at Tim Hortons. We ended up starting our journey at around 7am. Today we actually crossed time … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Thunder Bay to Winnipeg)”
Today we began or journey to Sault Ste. Marie. We start from Tobermory by hopping on the Chi-Cheemaun Ferry. The ferry ride itself accommodates mostly vehicles, such as cars, motorbikes, various recreational vehicles, vans, etc. I was impressed at how many vehicles it was able to carry in a single trip. There must have been … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary (Sault Ste. Marie)”
Yesterday we started our journey to Calgary. Our first stop is Tobermory where we plan to checkout the Flowerpot Island and do some hiking on the Bruce Trails. We started our journey at around 1pm. The drive is quite relaxing especially with Auto Steer enabled with our Tesla Model Y. We stopped at Owen Sound’s … Continue reading “Driving to Calgary”
The advent of the Large Language Model (LLM) is in full swing within the tech community since the debut of ChatGPT by openAI. Platforms such as Google Colab, and similar variants from Amazon and Facebook allows software developer to experiment with LLM’s. The hosted model of the data center based GPU’s makes training and refinement … Continue reading “Experimental Machine for AI”
This morning we wanted to show our son what the University of Waterloo campus looked like. This is also an excellent opportunity to get use to our new Tesla Model Y along with its Autopilot functionality. As the above pictures show, the campus is a ghost town, but it was nice that most of the … Continue reading “Short Road Trip to University of Waterloo”
This is our journey to buy a full Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV). When Tesla announced their Model 3 back in 2016, I was one of the first to place a $1,000 reservation for one. The promise was for an electric vehicle costing $35,000 USD. In the spring of 2018 when the first delivery to Canada … Continue reading “The Pursuit of a BEV”
Last year on July 27, 2021, I placed a reservation for a RAV4 Prime with a Toyota dealer. It is now over one year, and the latest news from the dealer is that I am in position number three. However, they are currently only getting one or two cars a year! Our initial take on … Continue reading “Another Car Reservation”
In my previous post, all major installations were completed. Since that time, the ESA inspection was completed and we validated our batteries so that we have confidence that they will last for more than a day in the worst case scenario (no sun). However at the time of this writing, we are still waiting for … Continue reading “Solar Power and Off Grid Operations”
