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Sunday 26 December 2010

It's Christmas Time. .

. . . and Technology time.
Now that all the troughs and pipes are thawed out (at least until tonight), and the pantry sink outlet has been thawed so I could wash up, we've had time to take stock of all the "gadgets" that have made their way to Strickley over the past few days. The past week has been a bit of a blur and the house is full of cards and flowers (not to mention bottles and chocolates) acquired through Birthday, Retirement or Christmas. But we've also between us got an eclectic selection of technological necessities.

1 - from my friends at Lakeland an ice cube maker - to go with the selection of gins in our cupboard and to chinkle in the "do not touch, they are only for gin" glasses. It's now plugged and in 15 minutes should produce it's first offering.

2 - Henry's new phone - if he falls through the ice on the pond, at least the phone will float and not suffer from immersion. It's Tough and built to withstand knocks, so it should survive life on the farm. As long as it's not lost.

3 - a new alarm clock that shows the temperature inside and out (sensor outside), so we know whether or not it's warm enough to get up in the morning.

4 - a new camera that Henry bought for my birthday (though I reckon he really wanted one himself). It's to be fixed to a tree near the beck crossing frequented by our kingfisher (that everyone has seen except me), and will be activated by it's infra red motion sensor. It is set to take either videos or still photos (to an SD card) so watch this space. We've been testing it and didn't realise it was working till we looked at the results - see the wildlife in our kitchen. It's now fastened to the porch and will probably have captured a video of Henry getting some wood in. Hopefully the final test will be tonight when It films the rabbits in the yard.

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