It’s lasted a few years but sadly our old Christmas tree failed the strictest quality control standards required for indoor duties. Luckily there was an opening for front garden decoration, so it’s not out of work just yet. Doing a fine job too I think:
The lights are plugged in to a Home Easy socket, so I may be dusting off the arduino to control them, which would be an ideal excuse to give a Pachube Dashboard a try… as soon as I’ve finished the Christmas shopping that is!
I get easily distracted when I’m attempted to tidy up, so when I found a pile of business card sized bits of paper I ended up making some DIY business cards instead. (If I had to choose between an old fashioned printing press and the latest/greatest 3d printer, I’m not sure which I’d go for… can I have both please?)
All ready for any future Tuesday Tweetup or Winchester Web events I make it to… except I’ll have probably lost them under a pile of stuff that needs tidying up by then!
Merry Christmas!
(The tree is in for its third year, but it’s the first time the polar bears have been monitoring our electricity usage!)
Notes from a small field 