Category: x-public

Public postings of a less-personal nature.

Convenient cabling

I purchased a new GFCI outlet to replace one that had failed prematurely at the house, and I love this little feature.

New GFCI from Leviton

The screw terminals for the hot and neutral wires have a little plastic tab that holds them open for the first install, meaning I don’t have to contort myself or the outlet to get both wires inserted at the same time.

Perilous purchasing

Tacking off of that last post – why is it so hard to buy socks, underwear, and t-shirts? Why do all of the major companies (I’m looking at you Hanes & Fruit of the Loom) have such wildly varying product lines? Why did Fruit of the Loom stop making socks? Or did they just stop selling them online and now you can only buy them at a retail store? Why do three t-shirts from the same company, of the same size but from different product lines, fit so wildly differently? Why do they apparently have retailer exclusive arrangements that mean I can’t order online more of the socks that I’ve worn for years?

WHY!

Current Mood: 😡angry

Big Parma is out to get us

I really wish this wasn’t so funny.

Parmigiana-Reggiano makers are putting edible microchips the size of a grain of sand into their 90-pound cheese wheels to combat counterfeiters.

Big Parma is putting microchips in people

The lunatics were this close to being exactly right