Oil heating is the future…
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.. and other funny propaganda from the oil industry. I got a magazine called “Lämmöllä” in the mail which turned out to be a publication of “Öljyalan Palvelukeskus” (Finnish Oil and Gas Federation). When you know where it’s coming from, the contents is easy to guess and an article on how oil heating is a modern, environmentally friendly, cheap and safe method of heating your house shouldn’t come as a surprise. On a semi-positive note, biofuels are promoted and even solar panels mentioned as augmenting oil heating but still – I mean come on, who in their right mind would install oil heating at just about Peak Oil?
All-natural waterfall, now with LEDs!
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The above-mentioned magazine was a good source of other strange stuff also. Like metallic faucets and showerheads equipped with LED-lighting. The lighting apparently “enhances the soothing effect of running water”. That’s right, lighting for the stream of water coming out of the faucet or your shower. How very natural, just like the waterfall in … umm, nowhere! And the price for these undoubtedly very therapeutic things? Starting from just shy of 4,000 euros. 4,000 euros for a shower head! Are you kidding me?!
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Who pays 4,000 euros for a shower head? Are these the same people who install oil heating in a new house?
First came the “paperless” office, now it’s the “wireless” office
Remember the fuss about the paperless office years ago? And how it was followed by an onslaught of printers on every corner and the subsequent masses of paper? Well, now we’re increasingly living in a wireless world, with laptops, mobile phones, WLAN and whatnot.
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So with all that wireless stuff, how come I’m always needing more extension cords and why does my office desk looks like this? The fixed connection is and will always be faster and better than the wireless. Laptops can’t even run a day without being plugged in – and mobile phones are almost as bad. Add to that the headsets for listening to music, the USB and Firewire cables for connecting stuff together and what you have is a mockery of a wireless world.
