Battery powered vs. alway plugged in:
For our kitchen it adds an extra hassle of suddenly not working and needing to be charged. For somewhere without any power options that you don't use frequently it would be a nice option.
Motion vs. on/off switch:
This is something that sounds ideal, but is fussy and erratic in practice. It may or may not turn on, and when it does turn on there’s only 3 options for how long it stays on (15, 60, 120 seconds), none of which typically match what you want. Part of this is to conserve battery, but also how would you signal turning it off? Using motion to turn off would mean false triggers and more frustration.
That being said it’s easy to remove battery and run off USB power, could also wire a remote on/off switch. That or jettison the whole board (use for somewhere that makes more sense) and wire the lights up like the other string with simple usb power and switch.
Random pondering: When I mow our lawn (mulching mode so the clippings stay behind), do the rabbits that graze there think I'm making them a giant chopped salad. 🤔
Apropos of nothing (I hope), Shawn Mullin's Beautiful Wreck has been swirling around my brain the last 24 hours. Making dinner last night, “such a beautiful wreck". 2am wandering to the bathroom, “what a beautiful wreck you are”. Walk the dog this morning, “but you make such a beautiful wreck”.
The other day, shortly after my wife told me about an appt she'd set up in September I said, “great, now that's stuck in my head.”
“What?”
“The song”
[blink, blink]
“September? Earth Wind and Fire??”
"uh, maybe? not sure”
[I pull up the song sure she'd instantly recognize, she doesn’t]
"Not sure I listened to lyrics back then.”
Meanwhile I see a sign that says “turn around” and end up with Bonnie Tyler stuck in my head for days.
I've been wondering if something in the phone's camera system is visible or audible to bugs and birds. Like I can move around, get closer, but as soon as the camera app is opened that seems to spook them most of the time.
Just me?
Oh hello my precious .... how are you after .... 4 years????
I got to the lab today , colleague --- mounted the large robot arm for me and cleared the shop for my use. Whew a lot to remember since the last time I used this.
I got networking to work, and was like, "success for today, bail."
8 miles of new (to me) slippery trails in the bag. Part urban, part rural with two crossings of the motorway and a trip through IKEAs car park. I would have popped in to buy some “senap och dill sås” but I didn’t have time for another 8 miles round the store😂 #trailrunning