Blog ≫ 2020 ≫ I bought some new lights

I bought some lights, on a whim. I was looking for a replacement for the old colour changing led strip. It was remote controlled but not smart internet controlled, so I wanted something that was. I had the originals on the balcony and in the boys room. I briefly thought about Hue lights but they're £150, then I saw this recommended, at only £15 1! Worth taking a chance on at that price. They were really easy to set up, they work with the google home, so I can assign them to the room and then say "turn the boys lights red" etc. It just works. I would definitely buy more of these, but I saw the price jumped up from £15 to £25 so have to do it carefully. Oh also this is the first month of short pay but with full mortgage payment, so I've noticed that. Next month I should be back to full pay again...

Anyway lights recommended search for Govee 2.

Aha these are the lights for the balcony 3, when I'm feeling flush. Oh hey I have birthday money, so I am feeling flush really! How do I get actual cash money into amazon though..? Already spent some of my birthday money on a new razor 4.

Oh also I have my redundancy consultation in half an hour!

Finished The Jackson Brodie book, Case Histories 5 and loved it. Unnecessarily sad in places I thought, but very very very good. I've started the second one, it's set in Edinburgh during the festival and liking it already.

Author Book Thoughts
Ian Rankin Westwind 2 Dated thriller, shame.
Ian Rankin Doors Open 2 Really good crime caper in Edinburgh but with no Rebus.
Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games 2 Borrowed from the children, very good.
Suzanne Collins Catching Fire 2 Hunger Games part 2, read this even quicker, a bit darker.
Suzanne Collins Mockingjay 2 Hunger Games part 3, joyless and grim. Very 2020...
Karen McManus One Of Us Is Lying 6 Another one liberated from the children's bookshelf. A Breakfast Club whodunnit, dying to be a film, not at all suitable for a ten year old...
Robin Paige Death at Glamis Castle 7 Edwardian era mystery written by Americans. I read one of these before. Quite atmospheric, though a little twee. Sort of romance / crime. Written in accents, with plenty of "of the time" attitudes.
Jed Rubenfield The Interpretation of Murder 8 A charity shop find, one you always see, have had it kicking around a long time. Historical crime fiction again set in New York 1909, featuring Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Great, but complicated and fairly unlikely!
Muriel Spark Loitering With Intent 9 Branching out a little this time, it's not even a crime.
Julie Wassmer Murder on the Pilgrims Way 10 Going back to the familiar now. Fairly gentle and local crime. Forgot I had this one from when we met the author in Waterstones. Mostly predictable and cosy but I did not get the actual end murderer correct.
Reginald Hill Blood Sympathy 11 Even more familiar, have read this before, but keen to revisit this crime series. Very enjoyable.
Robert Webb Come Again 12 Time travel action rom-com, not very good, feels like two unrelated stories in one with no resolution.
Reginald Hill Born Guilty 13 Joe Sixsmith again, hoping I enjoy all of this series as much as the first one. Dated and a little complicated but lots of fun.
William Golding Lord Of The Flies 14 Like I'm doing GCSE English! I had not read this before but we had it in the house.
George Orwell The Road To Wigan Pier 15 Might be a bit bleak but again I already had this one in the house as part of a George Orwell box set. I took a break from this to read my new books.
Bill Bryson Shakespeare 16 Something else we had in, a short read but brilliant. We know almost nothing about Shakespeare.
Kate Atkinson Case Histories 5 Birthday present, have seen these Jackson Brodie stories on TV and liked it a lot. This story is awesome but horribly sad in parts. I think sometimes murder can be sad though.
Kate Atkinson One Good Turn 17 Another birthday one, Jackson Brodie book two, set in Edinburgh. Loving it so far.
Country cases deaths
USA 4705889 156775
Brazil 2666298 92568
UK 303181 46119
Mexico 416179 46000
India 1697054 36551
Italy 247537 35141
France 187919 30265
Spain 335602 28445
Peru 414735 19217
Iran 304204 16766

Coronavirus weekly death graph for USA + Brazil + UK + India + Italy + France

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Paul Clarkeʼs blog - I live in Hythe in Kent. Married to Clare + dad to two, I am a full stack web developr, and I do javascript / nodejs, some ruby, other languages ect ect. I like pubs, running, eating, home-automation and other diy stuff, history, genealogy, Television, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.