There's a few Black Friday (think of an American version of Boxing Day) sales I've noted, plus some usual winter sales.

Borah Gear - 20% http://borahgear.com/index.html
Enlightened Equipment - 15% off the ready made Revelations, 10% off everything else https://enlightenedequipment.com/2017-holiday-sale/
Zpacks - various reductions http://www.zpacks.com/
PHD - various items https://www.phdesigns.co.uk/sales-and-special-offers

Any others?

I'm after a cheap SSD anyone help?

You had me worried for a minute there. It's like bleeding christmas starting so early...

Black Friday is on the 24th this year I believe....

metalheart wrote:You had me worried for a minute there. It's like bleeding christmas starting so early...

Black Friday is on the 24th this year I believe....

Nowt to do with Christmas, Thanksgiving is a bigger holiday in the States, Black Friday is the Friday after that.

Asda's doing some cheap tellies I think.

Going to grab a wifi kettle on Amazon hopefully this year.

Zippy wrote:I'm after a cheap SSD anyone help?

What capacity?
I will likely have a Samsung ssd virtually unused in my box of computer bits.
Could sell it cheap if interested.
Can’t see me using it

Going to grab a wifi kettle on Amazon hopefully this year.

Had no idea this ^ was a thing but having looked, it really is a thing.

Here's a list of benefits as claimed by iKettle ...

Save time and remote boil from anywhere in the house
Set wake up alarms and gain an extra 5 minutes in bed
Arrive home to the iKettle boiled and ready to pour
Boil ready notifications allow you to save energy by never having to re-heat
Avoid that bitter taste and brew at the right temperature. Choose from 65, 80, 95 and 100'c


... I still don't get it.

Surely it needs to be connected to your iTap by an iHose?

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Going to grab a wifi kettle on Amazon hopefully this year.

Had no idea this ^ was a thing but having looked, it really is a thing.

Here's a list of benefits as claimed by iKettle ...

Save time and remote boil from anywhere in the house
Set wake up alarms and gain an extra 5 minutes in bed
Arrive home to the iKettle boiled and ready to pour
Boil ready notifications allow you to save energy by never having to re-heat
Avoid that bitter taste and brew at the right temperature. Choose from 65, 80, 95 and 100'c


... I still don't get it.

Don't see what there is to get Stu - it's a wifi kettle, the future of water-boiling. A wi-fi enabled kettle marks the end of wondering whether your kettle has boiled yet or having to physically get out of bed to boil the kettle in the morning (unless you've forgotton to fill it up the night before). You can even tell your kettle to start boiling as you get within two minutes of your house, ensuring that there'll be a vessel of freshly-boiled water waiting for you in your kitchen when you walk through the door.





Wifi kettles.

I'm with Stu on this. Wifi kettle - a solution looking for a problem to solve.

Now, do I need to invent a
Wifi toaster?

slarge wrote:I'm with Stu on this. Wifi kettle - a solution looking for a problem to solve.

Now, do I need to invent a
Wifi toaster?

An aside, but the internet’s first webcam was invented by researchers at Cambridge, to save themselves the disappointment of walking all the way to the coffee machine to find the pot empty.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot

Kettle also appears to allow you to post onto social media when it's done boiling?!!! Make for some interesting Facebook updates :)

I have a great kettle that I can boil and fill from my phone. It's powered by Wi-Fe. Do have to say please though.

Nowt to do with Christmas, Thanksgiving is a bigger holiday in the States, Black Friday is the Friday after that.

Yeah I know. Buts still not until the 24th (November that is). As in Two weeks away from now.

It seems to start earlier every year. You know, like christmas....

I have an instant hot water machine, it was a game changer!

Going to grab a wifi kettle on Amazon hopefully this year.

Does it make IT ?
I'm here all week.

It's all well and good until someone hacks your kettle and it becomes part of a botnet.

@internetofshit on twitter is an interesting account to follow if you like saying "but why?" to yourself.

A wi-fi enabled kettle marks the end of wondering whether your kettle has boiled yet or having to physically get out of bed to boil the kettle in the morning

Does it take a pee for you too...?

Despite working in IT, I'm a bit of a luddite when it comes to all of this sort of stuff.

Utterly pointless.

Most people in IT are wary about them because most of them are easy to hack. I think there was an article on Ars Technica about a bored developer who whiled away an otherwise boring evening in a Hotel by working out how to turn the lights on or off and the heating up and down in every room through the completely unsecured network

I have a wife enabled kettle

Dave Barter wrote:I have a wife enabled kettle

Hate to have already said it but:

mechanicaldope » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:41 pm
I have a great kettle that I can boil and fill from my phone. It's powered by Wi-Fe. Do have to say please though

To be honest I don't think it got the recognition that gag deserved!

mechanicaldope wrote:

Dave Barter wrote:I have a wife enabled kettle

Hate to have already said it but:

mechanicaldope » Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:41 pm
I have a great kettle that I can boil and fill from my phone. It's powered by Wi-Fe. Do have to say please though

To be honest I don't think it got the recognition that gag deserved!

I agree and have berated helen for not pre-reading the thread for me and advising that the gag had already been done.

I know a good joke about a Goblin Teasmaid. Not for a family-friendly forum though.