Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

Here's a useful little application for Windows PCs, intended to help reduce power usage. PCs are a growing factor in power consumption statistics, so adjusting a few simple power settings can help both reduce your carbon footprint and your electricity bill.

Once you've downloaded and installed Local Cooling, run the application on all your PCs for maximum power savings. You can tune how your machine turns monitors on and off, along with spinning disks up and down (and also shutting down idle hardware). You'll get more control than the standard Windows power control panel - which is a good enough reason for using the tool! You'll also get to see an estimate of just how much power your PC is using - which can be a lot more than you might have thought.





There's a league table of power savers too, so you can get a hefty dose of egoboo, if you feel like registering. There's no need - the application runs quite happily without talking back to the localcooling.com community.

And hey, it's free.

That's apparently the 10^th most quoted line from a film, according to a BBC news story.

The rest of the the quotes are pretty run of the mill, and much of what I'd have expected:

1. "I'll be back." The Terminator
2. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Gone With The Wind
3. "Beam me up, Scotty." Star Trek
4. "May the force be with you." Star Wars
5. "Life is like a box of chocolates." Forrest Gump
6. "You talking to me?" Taxi Driver
7. "Show me the money." Jerry Maguire
8. "Do you feel lucky, punk?" Dirty Harry
9. "Here's looking at you, kid." Casablanca

But that number 10? No. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say it. And I hang out with a lot of of film-literate folk...

So. Pop quiz time: can any of you remember what film it's from? (No peeking now!).

The annual Bishop's Park display, photographed from our roof terrace.