I fulfilled my Runtober requirements yesterday by getting out at lunchtime for just over 5 miles. Already done today's 4 miles before first light although it was a bit of a struggle getting out at 5:15.
There was an entertaining article in today's Guardian that documented a man's plight as he tried for 11 hrs to get a Wi-Fi connected kettle to boil. I first read the headline as if he was using Wi-Fi to boil the water, but it was just that the kettle base station would not respond to his commands and took the rest of the day to sort out the technical difficulties. Pressing the on switch was obviously not an option, but a manual over-ride would seem like a good idea.
I'm not too sure about this home automation stuff. It would appear to be good use of technology, but actually what would you use it for? This particular kettle could be switched on by someone talking to it. Is that a good enough reason to buy it? I guess disabled folk would benefit from this type of functionality, but everyone else? Not so sure.
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