Tag Archives: rant

It is time — to really start thinking about conserving energy

Posted on March 14, 2011 by robert

Dear Diary, it has happened again… For the younger ones, it was 1986. No, I’m not talking about the Space Shuttle accident, but of Chernobyl, Russia. Some idiot thought it was a good idea to run some out of the … Continue reading →

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Property Management SUCKS — Rant

Posted on December 22, 2010 by robert

Now it’s just 2 days before XMAS, it is cold outside and there is snow and last Monday we were surprised by a hoard of friggin’ painters refurbishing the stairways and doors of our apartment complex. What’s wrong here? Why … Continue reading →

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Wasting Energy — Electricity utility business lives on “I’m off, really!”

Posted on March 6, 2010 by robert

Yesterday I got another shipment with electronics parts, which is almost better than Xmas. Among other things it contained a remarkably cheap energy meter. They’ve also got a link to a c’t-article about energy meters there. For readers of adafruit … Continue reading →

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