New TV purchase

TCL 55" Full HD LED LCD Slim TV for $695 from Harvey Norman @ Springvale Homemaker Centre.

Office Mobile - screenshots

Microsoft Office Mobile

Off to Play Store to install Microsoft Office Mobile on my Samsung Galaxy GT-N7000.

Remote controlled spider

Pixie meeting our new pet George (Black Widow Spider).
The cats are having their afternoon nap - they're next !

Remote controlled spider

Impulse shopping - love it. IR remote controlled spider from Reject Shop for $10 bucks - batteries NOT included.

New vacuum turbo brush

Every couple of years we get a new turbo brush for the Nilfisk Bravo vacuum. This time Godfreys – Knox only had the display one so got it for $69.95. On a monthly basis I pull it completely apart and clean/service but even with all that TLC the plastic end bearings inevitably wear/overheat/distort. I'm working on a fix for this, intending to replace the eight skate board blade guide bearings on my homemade band saw with UHMW plastic from Carbatec and I'll use the leftover to make end bearings for the turbo brush.

Researching new TV's

Hard to find a 'normal' TV in the 55" - 58" range, SMART TV's are all the rage now and they are basically giant tablets - I want to watch TV on a TV. Was looking at the Soniq S55V14B 55" Full HD Smart LED-LCD TV (giant tablet) but on startup go's to a Cinevision Home screen full of adverts. Not Googleapproved not Playstored - pass. Moved on to the Hisense TV's but after browsing their Facebook page full of pissed off people - another pass. So...we are now looking at TCL. Harvey Norman has the TCL 55" Full HD LED LCD Slim TV L55B3800F for $695. They come with a 3 year in-home warranty - not bad.

And...it's a dumb TV !!!

L55B3800F

55" FHD LED TV $695.00

Features

• Full HD 1920*1080 Resolution
• DDHD (Digital Dynamic High Definition) Engine
• 100Hz CMI
• True Colour
• Auto Film Mode (3:2 pull down)
• Smart Volume
• SRS Sound
• Smart PVR
• USB Media Player
• HDMI 1.3  * 2
• USB 2.0 * 2
• Superior Energy Efficiency
• 3 Year Warranty