http://simonwillison.net/2023-09-14T21:08:35+00:00Simon Willison2023-09-14T21:08:35+00:002023-09-14T21:08:35+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2023/Sep/14/caiso-grid-status/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://www.gridstatus.io/live/caiso">CAISO Grid Status</a></strong></p> CAISO is the California Independent System Operator, a non-profit managing 80% of California’s electricity flow. This grid status page shows live data about the state of the grid and it’s fascinating: right now (2pm local time) California is running 71.4% on renewables, having peaked at 80% three hours ago. The current fuel mix is 52% solar, 31% natural gas, 7% each large hydro and nuclear and 2% wind. The charts on this page show how solar turns off overnight and then picks up and peaks during daylight hours. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37502665">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/energy">energy</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/california">california</a></p>

2020-08-21T23:15:58+00:002020-08-21T23:15:58+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2020/Aug/21/california-protected-areas-database-datasette/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://calands.datasettes.com/">California Protected Areas Database in Datasette</a></strong></p> I built this yesterday: it’s a Datasette interface on top of the CPAD 2020 GIS database of protected areas in California maintained by GreenInfo Network. This was a useful excuse to build a GitHub Actions flow that builds a SpatiaLite database using my shapefile-to-sqlite tool, and I fixed a few bugs in my datasette-leaflet-geojson plugin as well. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://github.com/simonw/calands-datasette">calands-datasette on GitHub</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/geospatial">geospatial</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/projects">projects</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/shapefiles">shapefiles</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/spatialite">spatialite</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/california">california</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette">datasette</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/github-actions">github-actions</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/leaflet">leaflet</a></p>

2007-04-12T01:40:00+00:002007-04-12T01:40:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Apr/12/san-diego-tell-me-more/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/60452/San-Diego-tell-me-more#910153">San Diego, tell me more</a> on Ask MetaFilter</em></p> <p>You should totally go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Plaza">Horton Plaza</a>. It's a shopping mall, but it's also basically one big architectural joke. Everything is at funny angles, and stairs and ramps never take you where they think you will. I usually have no interest in visiting malls at all but I totally loved it.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ask-metafilter">ask-metafilter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sandiego">sandiego</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/california">california</a></p>