I was trying to figure out where I had put a set of four clever lithium-ion AA batteries that charge via a USB-C port near the top end of the battery. Searching posts made here revealed that they are in my 2003-model Olympus UZ-750 digital camera.
For use when purchasing frozen goods away from home, there are a few grocery clearance outlets 25 to 50 minutes drive from home so this thing which fits in the front passenger side footwell of the car will stop any purchases from deteriorating in transit back home. Normally I run the unit from the car's cigar lighter adapter - the drill battery and inverter can put out the same current as the accessory power outlet, just not for the same time, though.
Experimented today with a 4.0 Ah 18 volt Li-ion battery, a 12 volt/10A DC/DC inverter powered by the battery and a 9-litre 12 volt fridge-freezer to see how long it would run on the most energy-intensive setting. The temperature started at 14ºC and within 25 minutes had dropped to its coldest, -20ºC. At this point it was empty. I then added 3 litres of milk (one litre being at room temperature - safe, it's a UHT product) and ½ a litre of ice cream. The temperature increased to -13ºC before stabilising at -14ºC. Two hours after being connected the battery was discharged. If I chose a lower input power setting (I had been using Max instead of Eco) and only try for refrigeration temperatures instead of freezer ones, I could reasonably expect 6 to 7 hours of battery life.
DUMB. The sign clearly states No Parking In Driveway. So what does this numpty do? I parked in my normal place at a 90º angle to the rear of the numpty-mobile, well clear so if they had a competent driver they'd be able to get out OK. Didn't happen, had to wait until I left.
Dropped my 7th gen iPod Touch the other day, took it to a shopping centre that has a phone repair kiosk in it (hint: almost all shopping malls have such establishments). It's the same screen as the iPhone 5, 5s, 5c and original SE models. Rather expensive fix, got it back today, hunted around and found a mostly suitable protective case for it but have another on order from the Jungle website, delivery sometime tomorrow.
Breaking in a new single bed inner spring mattress, the last one developed a major sag on one side.
It has come to pass that Daylight Shavings* has ended once again. This means one sister's location in NZ is 2 hours ahead of my location and my other sister near Fremantle in Western Australia is 2 hours behind my time zone.
*Use of the word Shavings in this context is deliberate.
Here's a simple little gadget, an expansion dock for the M4 Mac mini. It connects to the two front USB-C ports to provide SD and micro SD card slots, 2 x 10 Gbps USB-A ports and 2 x 10 Gbps USB-C ports. If the Mac Studio has the same port spacing, it would also fit that. Pointlee, really, though, because the Mac Studio already has most of those ports available except for the micro SD. The price has come down in the last few days, now available for A$64 (£31). See https://shorturl.at/pzg77 for ore info.
I tried posting a shortened URL here but it didn't show as a hyperlink and didn't open when clicked. Posting the original 375-character URL was also non-clickable.