SCHWOIT

Today the geek in me has been dominant. I have today upgraded WordPress, fitted the relevant code to make the theme widget aware, converted the sidebar as much as possible to become a widget hive. I even submitted the site to a couple of directories. I have also taken delivery of a nifty little gadget that the remainder of this entry will be about.

One of the requirements of being in the Information Technology business is to be accessible by mobile phone. It is also a bit of a life requirement in the modern world. One of the dilemmas with our yearly pilgrimage to the Bathurst 1000 is that keeping phones charged for 4 days is problematic. Even in standby mode the phones barely make it to the final day. Of course an option is to run the car and charge off the cigarette lighters, however thats expensive with the current, and escalating, cost of fuel not to mention the generated pollutants from the fumes.

Recently I found a solar phone charging device for under $50 that will do all the phones in our house (3 x Nokia, 1 x Motorola) from Deals Direct. In terms of size the device is a little larger than an iPod classic when the two solar panels are packed away. When deployed it is probably the same length of two iPod Classics laying length ways, so is quite portable. It certainly will not be a problem taking it and from the track as it will easily fit in one of the back pack pouches.

I will keep you posted on how well this device operates soon. My mobile is currently fully charged and the device needs several hours to charge.

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