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Those Festive Lights Could Slow Down Your Broadband…….

by Jay Garrett on December 22, 2009

I know that this sounds like something that Transport for London would come up with but that’s exactly what Internet Service Provider, Talk Talk is saying.

One of Talk Talk’s senior directors, Sylvain Thevenot, warned that Christmas tree lights and all that twinkling festiveness can interfere with wireless signals, reducing broadband speeds by up to 25 per cent.

He added: “Last year we received many calls from customers over the festive period complaining about slower than normal broadband speeds and a significant percentage of these complaints were due to interference from Christmas lights.”

So, in order to avoid problems with your interwebs ST say’s try keep your Christmas lights as far away as possible from your router, and to only buy lighting from reputable brands with the CE mark. He also warns that flashing lights in particular are the worst culprits – at no point did he shout ‘Bah! Humbug’

If you find that your service increases when you turn off your strobes let me know :)

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Mike Thompson’s Blood Lamp Changes the Meaning of “Turn Those Bloody Lights Off!”

by Jay Garrett on September 22, 2009

bloodGoths seem to be seen as having an overlap with the whole vampire thing.

Well this clever design sounds like it could well be a vampire/goth band………………….

Granted – I’m eagerly awaiting series 3 of True Blood and I have been known to hang out with members of the London Vampire Group and have actually read some Poppy Z Brite and Anne Rice novels – but that takes nothing away from Mike Thompson’s design.

Welcome to the stage – “Blood Lamp”

As you may have already guessed this light actually generates its power from blood.

MWAHAhahahahaahahahahahhah!!

Errrrrrrrrr…… yeah.

To light up the lamp the user must break off the top of the lamp, dissolve a tablet in the solution and use their blood to power the light.

The point of this exercise is that it forces the lamp lighter to consider when the most important time to use the light is.

Basically; it forces them to be more considerate and reflect of how wasteful we are with energy on a daily basis.

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Art Lebedev Luxofor – Traffic Lights with Right-angles

November 22, 2008 Click to read more →

I just love it when somebody looks at something that we take for granted; something that has remained the same for ages – and then re-engineers it.
That’s exactly what those fantastic designers over at Art Lebedev Studios have done.
The Luxofor traffic light concept improves upon that world known spherical lamp deal that seems to have [...]