Back from my shopping expedition, wound up getting a three-outlet remote control setup. By going with a known brand, if the remote should crap out in future I just buy another single outlet set & the remote that comes with that can handle all four outlets.
Stocked up on my favourite glass cleaning arrangement: isopropyl alcohol spray & fine microfibre cloths. Extremely effective on computer screens.
Wanted: the ability to charge up a smartphone WITHOUT the bastard thing starting up at power connection.
About 5 years ago I bought a pack of four wireless remote control power outlets from Aldi. Two are for devices up to 2400 w & two are dimmer controls for plug-in lighting fixtures.
The remote device has on/off buttons for each individual outlet plus master on/off buttons to control all outlets.
Alas, entropy & the endless march of technology have taken their toll, the remote control itself finally died this morning, negating the one power outlet I still use.
As for the dimmer ones, they're only useful for halogen bulbs; compact fluorescents & LED bulbs flicker and stutter in a most horridly distracting manner.
Ergo, any replacement unit won't need to be a light dimmer.
The simple question is for the one brand now readily available, do I buy a single-outlet pack for $18 or a triple pack for $37?
I've only been using one outlet for a few years now but can see a possibility for a second device.
The Sunday school teacher asked the students to draw a picture of what they had learned that day.
She was puzzled by Kyle's picture, which showed four people on an airplane, so she asked him which story it was meant to represent.
"The flight to Egypt," said Kyle.
"I see … And that must be Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus," Ms. Terri said.
"But who's the fourth person?"
"Oh, that's Pontius-the Pilot."
After watching a tutorial from ScreenCasts Online covering an app called Cardhop (by the developers of Fantastical) I decided to buy it. Not a cheap app - $31 - but it integrates directly with Contacts in iCloud & other associated apps such as PopClip.
Using the latter, you can copy text & have it sent directly to Cardhop as a new contact. Just like Fantastical, it has easy & intuitive parsing of text.
Hot night, last night was. My portable evaporative cooler churned through 15 litres of water.
I visited a small shopping mall on the way home yesterday, pleasantly surprise to see, in the shade by the entry, a plastic storage bin filled to ⅓ full with ice & water. It had been placed there as a courtesy by a real estate agent in the centre.
Temperature has stabilised at 26°C at 6 am. We’re shooting for 40°C again today. Unimpressed.
Down to 26°C now at 3:30 am. Still very uncomfortable but I have had some sleep.