I’ve been into electronics for 40 years. The cost of batteries has had me try many different brands, and types. I use some rechargeable batteries, they are not always the best choice. For the battery sizes of AAA and AA, I look for a cost per battery of about a quarter. It is important to purchase Alkaline batteries at a minimum, don’t get the cheaper, Heavy Duty batteries. They leak more, don’t have the shelf life of an Alkaline, and product less power.
Velcro wire ties are great, they are just way over priced. 10 ties for eight bucks is a typical cost. Yet I have Velcro ties for tomato plants which are pretty cheap. A 30 foot roll is a few bucks. I’ve been looking for cable ties that are made the same way. Finally I found someone packaging Velcro wire ties in an inexpensive package. These ties are great, they tear apart real nice, have a hole for a loop around a cable, and don’t stick too tight. Velcro comes in many strengths, this connection is on the lighter side, quite right for a cable tie.
There are a few options for the SoftPro ProForm user to use a calendar. SoftPro has 2 methods of which the 360 send to Exchange method looks like the best. As far as I can tell it nicely sends closing information to a shared Exchange calendar for wide consumption. There is also a different calendaring package built into the program. Both of these solutions required too many clicks for my clients so ProCal was born. ProCal has been replaced with the Calendar Robot an even better tool which sends updates to Exchange.
Today I was installing some new Insteon devices to control lights other stuff. I needed to determine if the circuit was energized. I have a large variety of test equipment…