Blog ≫ 2023Day off today

Off to Stratford on the trin, for a day of Christmas shopping. I don't think I have anything else to buy but Clare has a list. We have to drive when we get back so there's unfortunately no danger of us giving up after one shop and going to the pub for the afternoon.

T2 wants a Lego Advent calendar, it's sold out everywhere now, but luckily the Lego stores at Stratford and Bluewater are the last chances to get one.

Nice and bright and clear out there today, though we'll be undercover most of the day.

Light rain and a moderate breeze, 0 - 7℃.

Energy usage

Energy usage graph, electricity and gas - 🕖 is cost at getting up time... Graph line from 1.75 to 123.88p last week p last week Graph line from 1.81 to 78.62p p 🕖 £0.78 By 6:30 on Tue Nov 21 cost was £0.78 7:30 is peak energy use period 8:00 is peak energy use period 8:30 is super peak energy use period 9:00 is super peak energy use period 9:30 is peak energy use period 10:00 is peak energy use period 15:30 is peak energy use period 16:00 is peak energy use period 16:30 is super peak energy use period 17:00 is super peak energy use period 17:30 is peak energy use period 18:00 is peak energy use period Tue £5.48 Total cost for Tue Nov 21 was £5.48 🕖 £0.91 By 6:30 on Wed Nov 22 cost was £0.91 7:30 is peak energy use period 8:00 is peak energy use period 8:30 is super peak energy use period 9:00 is super peak energy use period 9:30 is peak energy use period 10:00 is peak energy use period 15:30 is peak energy use period 16:00 is peak energy use period 16:30 is super peak energy use period 17:00 is super peak energy use period 17:30 is peak energy use period 18:00 is peak energy use period Wed £6.43 Total cost for Wed Nov 22 was £6.43 🕖 £0.95 By 6:30 on Thu Nov 23 cost was £0.95 7:30 is peak energy use period 8:00 is peak energy use period 8:30 is super peak energy use period 9:00 is super peak energy use period 9:30 is peak energy use period 10:00 is peak energy use period 15:30 is peak energy use period 16:00 is peak energy use period 16:30 is super peak energy use period 17:00 is super peak energy use period 17:30 is peak energy use period 18:00 is peak energy use period Thu £4.16 Total cost for Thu Nov 23 was £4.16 🕖 £0.85 By 6:30 on Fri Nov 24 cost was £0.85 7:30 is peak energy use period 8:00 is peak energy use period 8:30 is super peak energy use period 9:00 is super peak energy use period 9:30 is peak energy use period 10:00 is peak energy use period 15:30 is peak energy use period 16:00 is peak energy use period 16:30 is super peak energy use period 17:00 is super peak energy use period 17:30 is peak energy use period 18:00 is peak energy use period Fri £4.82 Total cost for Fri Nov 24 was £4.82 🕖 £1.12 By 6:30 on Sat Nov 25 cost was £1.12 Sat £6.13 Total cost for Sat Nov 25 was £6.13 🕖 £0.91 By 6:30 on Sun Nov 26 cost was £0.91 Sun £7.65 Total cost for Sun Nov 26 was £7.65 🕖 £0.74 By 6:30 on Mon Nov 27 cost was £0.74 7:30 is peak energy use period 8:00 is peak energy use period 8:30 is super peak energy use period 9:00 is super peak energy use period 9:30 is peak energy use period 10:00 is peak energy use period 15:30 is peak energy use period 16:00 is peak energy use period 16:30 is super peak energy use period 17:00 is super peak energy use period 17:30 is peak energy use period 18:00 is peak energy use period Mon £4.70 Total cost for Mon Nov 27 was £4.70 Y axis of graph 0 - 50 - 100 - X axis of graph Nov 22 23 24 25 26 27

This week 20 years ago

Blog ≫ 2023Elton John marmite

Did I just hack the internets? If you search it takes you to https://www.marmite.co.uk/elton-john-aids-foundation-old.html, if you remove the -old it takes you to a different page indicating there will be two more Elton John marmites on the way.

Only available in Sainsburys so far. Missed this first time round.

Blog ≫ 2023What did the Fox say?

Haha, it's not what they said that destroyed your life mate.

Forgot he was married to Billie Piper. We just started watching Doctor Who again from the Christopher Eccleston episodes. Where she is Rose Tyler, in case the connection wasn't clear.

Is there a vacancy to play Lewis's sidekick these days?

Blog ≫ 2023Brexit is the gift that keeps on giving

As I was going out on Friday and we had nothing in for the boys tea I said they could order a takeaway. They went for KFC, and I thought it would be the cheap option, but it was £35. How did that happen? Food prices have gone right up, but you really notice it when it's something you don't get very often.

Also just speaking to Ro, his car insurance has trebled since last time, says ours will too. The state of the economy, the cost of parts and repairs and what the insurance industry is doing in general. It's the increased cost of importing parts of course. Car insurance is Clare's department, she's in for a surprise.

Well done everyone.

Blog ≫ 2023Home wifi fixed again

The https://pi-hole.net ip address was referenced in two places, so it was DHCP that was not working. Removed it for now and using 1.1.1.3 which is public and free and does most of the same things https://1.1.1.1/family/ . Anyway home wifi is all back to normal.

Blog ≫ 2023Health stats 27/11/23

🚶 11181 steps

Blog ≫ 2023Home wifi still not right since the power outage

Since Friday's power outage (just a local trip, not an actual power cut) our home wifi has not been right, and it's still not right now. I can't reliably connect from my laptop and can't connect at all from my phone. Devices that are plugged in directly through ethernet are ok, so the TV and XBox have been fine. I know the https://pi-hole.net did not come back up, but I also knew I had removed that from the network so that should be OK. Then last night while half asleep I realised, I had removed that as the DNS server, but not added a new DNS. So what's doing DNS? Hoping that is the solution I have fixed that this morning. Otherwise I'm guessing something was wrong on the router, but not saved, or not rebooted, until the power went out. I can try a full reset of that later.

First though, T2 still to get to school, not showered yet, then finally it's my turn to go and feed the cat, then back to work! Doing a release this morning and I made a big fuss of "of course I'll remember to do this at 9am on Monday, I am a professional, it's not too early" so I can't mess it up...

Oh happy Nirvanaversary - today in 1991 I was seeing Nirvana at Birmingham Hummingbird.

Blog ≫ 2023Not done badly with the dadmin tasks

Let's see...

Dinner for tomorrow can do tomorrow, still want the Ninja for roast potatoes. Might do some prep for it. Let's say homework is fine. Can do some ironing now. Network / https://pi-hole.net / home assistant still a mystery.

Light switch another day, book later. Now the beetle is running again I should probably take my turn, go round and feed the cat.

We also fitted a walk, to Sandgate and back.

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