At this time of year many of us will be doing the rounds to see family, friends and relatives and, in some cases, this may involve a decent amount of travel (intrastate, interstate or international). If you are going to be away from home you might consider doing the following: Completely shutdown your computers (as …
Tag: electricity
Oct 29 2010
Tips to Further Extend Your Mobile Device Battery Life
The last couple of blog updates have covered ways to prolong your battery life using your existing battery and either supplementary chargers or altering your usage habits. Whilst those approaches may go some way to help you get through those longer periods sometimes you can’t beat a bigger battery. Not all devices allow you to …
Aug 14 2010
Converged vs Standalone Devices – Which is Best?
Particularly over the last decade, we have witnessed convergence of technology at any increasing rate. Ten years ago, mobile phones did little more than make and receive calls and SMS. MMS was later introduced while camera and video functionality started to appear as entry level features. Mobile phones have also turned into mobile broadband modems …
Jul 25 2010
In-Flight Power Makes a World of Difference
At the time of writing this article, I am somewhere over the Northern Territory near Darwin at 38000 feet with another 4620km to go before reaching Hong Kong. Since there is no in-flight access to the Internet this article would have been published some time after I landed. That’s not such a big deal for …
Jun 15 2010
Smart Meters – Would You Use One?
Recently, I filled in a survey regarding the use of a smart meter for water usage which I am guessing was initiated by Sydney Water to help them get a feel for the demand for such a service. For those of you who don’t know about smart meters, they replace your analogue meter with a …
Mar 27 2010
Earth Hour – What are you doing?
With Earth Hour upon us this year many people may be giving some thought to energy consumption, consequential bills and the potential impact upon the planet (although people debate for and against the existence of global warming). I am always looking for new ways to cut the use of energy and thought I’d share a …
Feb 28 2010
Erratic Electricity – The Silent Killer
Earlier today, my mother-in-law experienced a power outage as the result of some heavy storms in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Depending where you live, blackouts can be a rare occurrence or they could be a more regular inconvenience. Certainly, what many people don’t realise is that the electricity coming through the socket …
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