On average Australian homes waste 10% of their total energy use on standby power. The Jackson Green Energy Saving Powerboard – Master/Slave (PT9778) is a great way to save on standby power usage at home or at work. You can pick these up for around $30. The powerboard itself uses less than 1W of power and provides surge protection Here’s how it works: Plug one device into the ‘Master’ socket and related devices into the ‘Slave’ sockets. When the device…
Instead of just switching off your lights this Earth Hour why not make a real difference and replace your inefficient lights with more efficient technology. This means you’ll be saving money and reducing demand for electricity everyday of the year! Incandescent Globes These are the old style globes you would have seen for many years, most of these are now not available for sale in Australia in a move to make people use more energy efficient lighting. These globes produce…
I already aim to have the lowest possible carbon footprint for my lifestyle so I won’t be ‘turning off the lights’ because me doing that will have little or no impact on anything to do with the environment. In fact like most nights I probably won’t have the lights on in the first place. What have I done already to lower my carbon footprint? I have selected the most energy efficient appliances my money can buy I don’t leave the…
Yes, it’s a normal working weekday so I know CityRail will charge weekday peak hour ticket prices when I board a train before 9am. Like a lot of Sydney I’m only working three days this week so it isn’t worth buying a weekly ticket, I’ll buy a return on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. However CityRail know it’s a quiet time of year and only run a Saturday timetable (albeit with some extra services in the peak that aren’t normal for…
In case you don’t know I run a citizens weather station at my parents house in Blacktown, NSW, Australia. Its codename is CW9313 (Citizens Weather 9313). You can read more about the weather station itself over here. Basically the weather station updates the main console every 2.5 seconds and then every 5 seconds the computer connected to the console generates a small text file called the clientraw.txt and uploads this to a web server. A flash based application at http://liveweather.evansmith.info…
So after two weeks what is the verdict? Will I ditch my iPhone 4? Will I keep using the HTC Mozart? No & Definitely For users getting a smartphone for the first time this device would be great, however the iPhone (iOS) has had time to mature as a platform and so making the switch to me would be a downgrade. There simply aren’t all the apps available that I need (want) to be able to exclusively use Windows Phone…
Note: These are only some very initial comments based on about an hour of playing with the device The overall design of the phone is quite sleek and the build quality seems good when the device is in hand. It’s slightly lighter than the iPhone 4 (only by 7 grams according to the specs) but for some reason that’s noticeable. The phone was quick enough to setup. After entering your Windows Live ID and password to activate the device and…
I have been selected to be a reviewer in the Telstra Windows Phone 7 Social Review. Find out more on the Telstra Exchange Blog Follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #TelstraWP7 Disclosure: Telstra is supplying the HTC Mozart 7 free of charge for me to review, however all opinions expressed are my own and not made on behalf of Telstra.