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I live in England so we have different power sockets here, but I always buy extension leads with individual power switches for output. This means I turn off everything that isn't being used. I believe this saves electricity and nothing unexpected is ever going to turn on in the middle of the night. Unless there is a ghost.

I took the liberty of making Colleen's playlist on Spotify. For me 7/4(Shoreline) won't play.

http://open.spotify.com/user/revsorg/playlist/11hadhiRYdwpylHWvsn99Q

I don't know about the US, but here in the UK there are a bunch of British and International standards that need to be complied with for electrical wiring:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_wiring_in_the_United_Kingdom

I'd be surprised if this installation was allowed. That looks like a wall-mounted socket, but what's going on behind? Is there an enclosure that would stop stray bits of metal coming into contact with live wires? Of course if you did it competently there would be, but actually, what passes as competent in an unusual scenario like this? And this looks like it's in a kitchen where you might spill water - into a piece of furniture that might not be water-tight? Can you be certain that water wouldn't drain into this drawer, pool, and be touched by someone who sticks their hand in? And the concealed cables at the back that are constantly moved as the drawer is opened and closed - you would never know if they had frayed until something shorts or you have an accident.

A great big knob - my Griffin Powermate is indispensible - aside from giving great control of volume on my PC, when the phone rings, click it and it mutes everything.

It's worth mentioning I have B&W MM-1 speakers that were worth every penny - tiny near-field speakers that go all the way down to 38Hz. How on earth do they do that?

I find Timer Tab helpful: www.timer-tab.com

But possibly the best thing for me has been running Google Apps, Outlook and Calvetica on my iPhone. It's very hard to miss an event in your diary with that many things reminding you.

My iPhone is certainly the first way that I access the Internet during the day because it's on virtually instantly, no waiting for a computer to start up.

When I arrived for my second ever day at work my boss called me in and ripped me a new a-hole for leaving my desk in such a mess.

I never did it again.

This could be the start of something big (or maybe it is already and I just haven't noticed it) - turning cables into things of beauty.

If you're a Dropbox convert, don't only use a Mac, and want to make text notes on your iPhone then something like Elements might tick the right box for you. PlaintText is a strong alternative but it has Mac carriage returns that aren't great for a PC user. Supposedly Nebulous Notes and Droptext are slightly less good, but if you're going to be making lots of notes you might even consider buying a couple. Depends how rich you feel.

Made me think of the Zoolander gas pump scene.