Mikered

Swytch ebike conversion kit finally arrived, some 6 months after ordering !

(Special factory offer of £249 if you waited a month or so for a factory order, and then it was delayed and delayed)

So, the Road bike about to become a swytch bike !

#swytch #Swytchbike #ebike

Copper theft of EV charge cables is a growing issue, especially the thick 50kW cables.

Osprey's answer to cable theft - a pressurised dye around the cable

Let's hope it doesn't malfunction and cover me in orange dye !

#EVs #evcharging

RAM, SSD and HDD prices are currently skyhigh due to AI, but a 120GB SSD for £11 is pretty good in this market ?

Netac 120GB SATA SSD £11
https://amzn.eu/d/0dQy0vek

#bargain #SSD

Proper #bargain:

£1.50 for a usb ethernet adapter,
plus it's auto detected by #raspberrypi too

Prefect for a pi zero

https://amzn.eu/d/00uc54MA

@Ryanteck could try ditching the aerial by using Freely (Freeview over ip)

I have the Netgem Pleio streaming stick and it works pretty well. That does need one unit per TV though.

The included gamepad works well with steam link app too (it has play store).

https://ebay.us/m/1RFB1h

#freely

1000 hrs on Tetris Effect Connected

Big achievement, or big waste of time ? 😁

(100 days in hospital helped!)

#steam #Tetris

@recantha @biglesp had my gallbladder out in January, was fine with just that bottom scar aching for a week. The top 3 holes are for instruments. The bottom one is where they actually pull it out of. I did put dressings over the scabs to stop rubbing on clothes though

Pic of day one ... #gallbladder

Paying #dropbox £9.99 for 2TB for last few years

I go to cancel and they offer 12 months half price

So now I'm paying just £4.99 for 2TB ! 👍

#bargain #dropbox #cloud

Surprised to find replacement ear pads available for my relatively cheap Betron S2 headphones at £3.99 with free postage

https://www.betron.store/products/betron-replacable-earpads-for-s2-headphones

#repairNotReplace

@ivor @ahnlak #electroverse card / app makes it easier - it does cover a lot of them, and you don't need to be an octopus customer to use it.

All rapids should now take contactless payment though (by law)

"Alexa, defrost the car"

Yes, that actually works from the comfort of the house with the BMW Connected skill on Alexa Echo 👍👍

Remote heating as standard is one of the best features of electric cars ! #bmwi3 #ev

Replacing all 4 tyres on the #bmwi3

2 worn down to 1.6mm (MOT fail), the others quite low.

Going to Michelin this time over the standard Bridgestones - better grip, performance and quieter ?
https://carwitter.com/michelin-e-primacy-bmw-i3-review/

#Michelin #Bridgestone

@Ryanteck @lionelb yeah I'm in that situation with my #bmwi3 rex.

I drive 100% on electric with the rex engine never being used, but I'll be 1.5p/mile better off than if it wasn't there.

Cold winter weather means EV range plummets with battery and car heaters.

Arrived here with just 5 miles left, but glad I have that little rex engine as backup (40 miles)

#bmwi3 #ev

Yay for Morrisons replacing unreliable geniepoint chargers with dual MFG chargers.

Seems they didn't upgrade the supply though, the new dual 50kW is shared - I only got 25kW since another car was charging already.

#EVs #mfg #geniepoint

Grr, £60 is a big preauth, especially as it hangs around for a few days.

BP Pulse pre-authorising £60 for every charge #bppulse #EVs

Love #PortableApps on USB drives, but hate having to download all the apps separately.

So I made a predownloaded single file version here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableappsgo/

Contains #firefox #LibreOffice #crystaldiskmark and more

Simply unzip to a usb drive, and you're done.

Made a little display to show my blood sugar levels using libre2 sensor and their undocumented API #diabetes #esp32 #libre2 - #m5stickc version coming soon...
https://github.com/mikerr/glucoseLCD

Replacing Sky / Virgin media with a Freeview recorder. Looking good so far, it integrates well with all the catch-up setvices, and a software update just added YouTube. #manhattant4r #cordcutting #freeview

VR supported Project Cars 3 is scheduled for delisting next month - still £49.99 though #pcvr #gaming https://store.steampowered.com/app/958400/Project_CARS_3/

Electroverse offering a discount subscription for Shell Recharge EV chargers

23% discount for £7.99 a month

That takes relatively expensive 85p /kWh chargers down to a more reasonable 65p

#electroverse #ev #evcharging #ShellRecharge

CEX extending their warranty to 5 years on all purchases,
Apparently backdated for anything you've bought in the last 2 years too

I guess that makes used #hdds from CEX a much better now ?

https://uk.webuy.com/blog-detail?article=tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918688228918285001.post-3035645349333060703 #CeX

Need reading glasses now, but wear contact lenses for distance.

Enter new bifocal contact lenses !
#contactlenses #glasses #oldage

Pimoroni just released a WiFi enabled pico2 plus, beating raspberry pi to wireless rp2350
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pimoroni-pico-plus-2-w

A touch expensive at £16.80, but ordered one !

#raspberrypi #rp2350 #pico2 #PicoW

Two wireless chargers with a Samsung fold - double speed ? #samsung #fold5

Long 6ft Fluorescent tubes in the garage were the last hold out to LEDs

Now I've found drop-in LED replacements, and nice price too at £9.98

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-g13-t8-led-tube-3600lm-24w-1778mm-6/990ha

#flickerfree #led #flourescent

Something going on with podpoint EV chargers or their contracts ?

Recently seen a few different sitesgo offline and taped up like this

Old hardware or ...?

E.g. Liverpool edge lane, and delamere #ev #podpoint

"Alexa, cool the car" - while getting ready to go out, and then straight into a nice cold car 👍

remote aircon is one of my faves of owning an EV #bmwi3 #alexa #ev

Finally big 90% discount codes appearing on meta VR:

Death Horizon Reloaded DH90-1F2B90 £1.50
Zombieland: headshot ZL90-D6423B £1.50
Max Mustard: R90-96EE80 £2.30

Meta games have been sitting at full price too long

https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/death-horizon-reloaded/2115015981923610/

https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/5269080709783454/

#meta #QuestVR #gaming