In this article about a mailman in North Carolina who simply stopped delivering junk mail, I find it both amusing and odd that the fact that nobody complained or was even remotely bothered that their junk mail did not make its way to them was noted by either the direct marketing association spokesperson or by … Continue reading Odd that nobody pays attention to those that are supposedly losing out
I ended up leaving the Kill A Watt on my fridge for a *lot* longer than I intended. But at least I got a pretty good representation of its consumption. These results were a big surprise to me. I’ve always considered that the fridge should be one of the chief energy consumers in the house … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Whirlpool ED25DQ Refrigerator
So, I’ve *finally* figured out what I’m doing and have culled through my Toronto images from our July trip. Please click here to check them out. I’m going to be posting them over a number of days so check out the flickr app on the left side to see if there is anything new there. … Continue reading Toronto Trip pictures from July
Just saw “Iron Man“. Now *that’s* the way a super-hero movie is supposed to be done. A little funny, stretch reality a bit and use top-notch actors and special effects. When I saw the 2003 version of “Hulk” I thought, “Uh oh… I hope this doesn’t mean all sci fi will flush plot and plausibility … Continue reading Iron Man – wow!
Back in January of 2007 I posted about a healthier lifestyle that I’d adopted. In my visit up to Toronto this past July I found I was becoming pretty overwhelmed with being so full all the time. A part of many visits with friends naturally ends up enjoying a meal together. Light foods or not, … Continue reading Healthier Lifestyle – October 2008 Update
I received an email today from DirecTV listing the current pay per view offerings for this week and saw a movie that Michelle said she wanted to see. OK, OK it’s Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru”, call me a wuss but I’m gonna enjoy it too. So I went to my Tivo to set it … Continue reading DirecTV or not DirecTV (or Netflix is in the wings)
I’m quite pleased, after leaving a single 60 Watt bulb on for nearly 10 days, here are the results from my Kill A Watt EZ P4460. They confirm that the unit appears to be functioning correctly and that my last couple of posted results are probably accurate. I was worried that the unit was under … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Testing on a Known Power Consumer
The last time we saw legislation so ill-fitted to the ideals this amazing Constitutional Republic was when that most heinous piece of trash legislation called (ironically) “The Patriot Act” was cobbled together and dumped in representatives laps with no time for them to review the outrage contained therein. Nobody could not vote for something with … Continue reading General American sentiments and empathy concerning the kneejerk bailout plan.
I’m running Vista Enterprise on a T60 laptop and connect to my office using Cisco’s VPN client version 5.x . Lately I’ve been having problems with my DSL where it drops for about 15 seconds and then springs back to life (they’re sending me yet another modem to address the issue…). This is, of course, … Continue reading Your Cisco VPN drops and you can’t reconnect
I had the computer set up and it was showing fairly steady power consumption of around 220 watts. Again a little less than I expected. Turning off my smaller monitor drops the consumption by 19 Watts (s/b 34 Watts), the larger monitor by about 26 Watts (s/b 55 Watts). I’m going to disengage the power … Continue reading Kill A Watt EZ P4460 – Main Computer Results
