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Interesting article here about using vape batteries for drones in Ukraine. Don't be getting any ideas @mikeprice ....

Maybe Russian raw materials? I've heard the best quality plywood is more expensive and harder to source as a lot was from there. I always look in builders skips for any useful odd things!

Maybe an opportunity for ICT Direct!

Isn't the relevant bit, " All of the information is encrypted and password protected, and there have been no reports of data leaks." So hopefully not such a problem. If it's hardware encryption USB a lot of those will reset after 5 incorrect passwords anyway.

You'd be paying them to get rid of them!

We have got sparrows pecking small holes in the chard leaves. Maybe there is a mineral in them that they want ? And Mrs. SH is not amused by whatever keeps pulling out the veg. markers as she doesn't know which is which. A pigeon probably, or maybe a blackbird?

Crossed fingers for you. [emoji1696]

Congratulations Dave and all.

Growing some veg to eat. Mrs. SH is a mega gardener but even I can grow a few things! Start small - potatoes grow well in big pots. Window boxes can work in a flat. Those £20 stand up mini greenhouse plastic tent things could be ok for a tomato plant

Although it's more expense, I've found signing up with Which? Has been really worth it. Proper unbiased reviews and loads of useful tips on saving money On all kinds of things.

I loved the book by Sarah Perry. Let's hope the film does it justice!

You might find one of these handy. Energy consumption per plug over time. Good for appliances that cycle so you can work out daily cost of your fridge or washing machine say. I have the older model and it's been useful. In particular replacing the old linear power adapter for our old set top box for a newer switch mode one saved a bit. https://www.brennenstuhl.co.uk/en-GB/products/travel-adapters-adapter-plugs/primera-line-wattage-and-current-meter-pm-231-e-gb

You could try turning off one breaker at time in the distribution board to narrow it down a bit. That does seem high to me but maybe there's an energy vampire lurking somewhere in your house!

Or neighbour came round in great excitement to say we have a young golden pheasant visiting our gardens. We get the normal pheasants quite often but never seen the golden type before!

That's around 9 kWh per day which is more or less what most households use so a decent amount. Obviously less in winter but if your server room has aircon then a good match during hot sunny weather when it is running harder.

Well worth investigating getting a solar PV system for your school. Even a 4kWp would make quite a difference - around 3400 kWh each year. A 3 phase 12 kWp even better! You might even have space for a ground mount array. I've installed the PV monitoring systems in quite a few schools. It's always worth getting an assessment anyway! There are a few companies who may be able with funding etc, e.g. (I have no association with them ) https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/

This will give you the idea. I'm sure there are commercial versions too. One problem with basic kit including smartmeters is they measure all current flow in and out. If you have solar PV it makes a nonsense of the data. https://openenergymonitor.org/

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When we specced our servers we looked at the L versions CPU which are lower power. The Dell idrac gives an accurate measure of power consumption and From memory graphs as well. Also SSD's should use less power.

Just finishing Beloved Poison by E.S.Thomson. A dark gothic tale set in Dickensian London. Plucky young apothecary Jem Flockhart harbours a deep secret as he struggles with anatomists and villains. The writer is a medical lecturer and it shows....

Isn't part of the problem with the UK MSF signal that the transmitter was moved from Rugby to Cumbria and is not that powerful?

I hate our boiler clock timer. It is the most unintuitive idiotic design ever. Even changing it for DST is a total palaver.

It would probably be more with an electric cooker though?

Don't worry. They'll soon grab it back!

We have daffodils and leeks in our garden but no dragons at the moment..