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Shocking News (and in a good way!)

A couple weeks ago (and 6 posts ago), I talked about my electricity consumption here in Berlin and how I was expected to use 1,523 kWh – 23 more than predicted a year ago:

So this week I updated my meter reading, at their request, and was rewarded with the news that they now expect […]

July 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Berlin | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Wired

I needed to charge my mobile last night, so I reached into the bag where I keep all my wires—I have a lot of wires, despite the wifi age.

For my Nokia phone I have two chargers—one for Europe and one for the States. The European charger doesn’t work in America when you only pass […]

June 4th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Trips | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Where’s the Adapter

I have packed more carefully for this trip than the last trip: I’ve remember my passport and it is already in my pocket.

In half an hour I’ll be getting on the train to Frankfurt.

Meanwhile, this entry is rushed because I’d misplaced the electric adapter for my computer: I remembered seeing it yesterday, but […]

September 27th, 2007 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Diary | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)