https://www.theguardian.com/technol...s-trying-to-make-cup-of-tea-with-wi-fi-kettle
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Bloke in Hove spends 11 hours trying to get a Wifi kettle to boil
- Thread starter Steve in Japan
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Paul Valley.
mikeyjh
Well-known member
That would be Mark Rittman of Rittman Mead fame, extremely intelligent and successful but based on the few hours I've spent with him, a bit of a sociopath. I have a couple of his books though, they are very good.
Why would you spend that long so you could talk to your ketlle? Most of the time I can't be bothered to talk to people, let alone my household appliances.
Yes, that's the whole point of new technology, isn't it? Then it's no longer "new", and you buy the next new thing.
Edit: like the Talkie Toaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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usually new technology is an advance, wether a labour saving device or a improvement to daily lives. wifi kettles are neither, they are a techie-toy, fun for a days novelty then their technology is redundant. wasting more time than it takes to turn the kettle on 3900 times doesnt seems an advance of any kind. and further, it looks like the makers havent taken it very seriously, with poor software and documentation so it doesnt even work well in the field.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Who ever it is must be Hoveborn&Bred surely....
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,809
Did you not see BG's O/T thread on technology a couple fo weeks ago ?
Bloke in Hove spends 11 hours trying to get a Wifi kettle to boil
He should have stopped watching it.
He should have stopped watching it.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
Well-known member
This was pointed out to him and he replied ' It was either the England football team or the kettle'!
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
As my late mum used to say 'a watched pot never boils',or a watched micro never waves,or something like that.