This post is about electricity and how the Government has taken a cavalier approach to it in the last 30 years or so in NZ. Firstly in electrical safety, and secondly in the provision of electricity at a cost that people can afford. So let’s look at electrical safety. We can remember Consumer magazine reporting…
I’ve always had predominantly or exclusively electric heating everywhere I’ve lived. There are quite a few different types of electric heaters available out there. The three types listed here are the best ones, in my view. I’ll briefly discuss the reasons for excluding other types: Fan heater. The cheapest models seldom last more than one…
On this blog and others I write, I have criticised Facebook on numerous occasions. The reason for this is simply that Facebook has become so huge and dominant that they are becoming bullies who suck vast amounts of information out of us without our consent and impose very draconian and tyrannical controls over the use…
Any electronic geek such as myself knows that LEDs used to be these little red, green or orange pilot lights on electrical appliances, just a little speck of light that would tell you a device was powered up or maybe your radio was tuned in correctly. Seven segment displays was another major application of LEDs…
I’ve always loved having yoghurt in my diet, but for a long time I bought the varieties that have sugar and flavouring added to them, whether it was in a six pack of the small pottles,or a larger 700 g to 1 kg pottle for a few servings. In more recent times looking at healthy…