Wednesday, December 20, 2006

be a power vampire slayer

ask yourself: what would buffy do?

to follow up on my post regarding power vampires, i came across some cool gadgets on the simple dollar that can help cut down the after-hours bleeding...

electricity usage monitor
find out which machines are screwing up your electrity bill! connect your appliances to the kill-a-watt electricity usage monitor and it assesses how efficient (or not!) they really are. the unit's counts consumption by the kilowatt-hour so you can see just how much that shitty old fridge is costing you! once your done boo-hooing over it, head on over to energy star to find yourself a kick-ass new fridgematator.

smart power strip
i don't know about you, but i have a heckuva time remembering to shut down all my power strips at night. yes. i am lazy and forgetful. shoot me. anyhoo, i'm diggin' this power strip. it's for the the lazy-ass inside all of us!

plug your 'puter and all the other crap you have in your office to this puppy and, when you finally shut down for the day (does 10 p.m. still count as a "day"?), it shuts down all your peripherals, too! no more downtime energy suckage!




oops... i forgot my favvy one!

solar holiday lights
while a bit pricey, these no-electricity-suckage LEDs rock! and, well, since my dearest hubby, 200 lbs. of ass, has a tendency to leave the lights up year-round, this may pay itself off faster than i think.

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