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Today I will be mostly waiting for a sofa to be delivered. hairyears finally got rid of the one the previous occupants left in his flat and has purchased a shiny new one from IKEA, but they only deliver during business hours, i.e. when he is doing work.

I must say, this would be a great job - parcel-sitter. I could get paid money to sit around and read and wait for a parcel to come. I doubt there's enough market to make it viable, though.

I seem to have bruised the outside edge of my right hand, it's all tender and sore. No idea how I managed this.

This made me laugh. Snagged from moonwrangler. I'm so glad my job isn't like that!

I still want this dress and I still can't afford it. Also this one, although it's probably too small.

Jinglehorse have designed a a computer that runs at 75 watts under full load. I'm wondering how that compares to most laptops. Link from Treehugger.

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[martling.livejournal.com]

A typical modern laptop draws about 10-30W depending on load (http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~mahesri/classes/project_report_cs497yyz.pdf), from its DC supply. Additionally if the battery is charging, about double this will be drawn (for a battery that can be charged as fast as it discharges in use). Additionally there'll be some inefficiency in the mains adapter. So in total a laptop may well draw 75W from the mains, but that drops to perhaps 15-35W with a charged battery.

That system is still significantly better than your typical desktop system, though, where the CPU alone can draw 50-70W (http://www.pcsilent.de/en/tips/cpu.asp).