We had good weather for once, so I went for a reasonably long (43km or so) bike ride and then climbed [a very small mountain] (https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/auckland/places/mount-william-area/tracks/mount-william-walkway/) that we’ve been meaning to check out for a while.
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You’re right in that running HA just for a WoL timer would be silly, but (presumably) it’s already running for other, less silly purposes.
I’d say the main benefit is when the machine requires regular (as in daily) reboots, or if it’s something you don’t trust is fully private and want to be powered off outside work hours. Not useful for me, but I can see why it would be handy.
Karioitahi beach, right on the boundary between Auckland and Waikato.
Rode up a steep hill and found a decent bit of weather this morning. And a rainbow down the other side, too.
Replacing the hanger is probably a five minute job. Finding the correct one is much harder. Replacement spoke is cheap, but making a wheel run true is a bit fiddly and I’m not particularly good at it.
I’ve already put aside plenty of money for an upgrade, it’s the choosing one that I hate.
Also: NZ has a Workride scheme where you can get a bike with no GST paid off over a year from your pre-tax wages/salary. It works out somewhere around 50% off the actual sale price for a typical worker (though some of that is from your own Kiwisaver contribution and/or student loan repayments, which you’re technically just putting off and not actually saving in the very long term).
I’ve been trying to ride my bike into work instead of driving lately, but today it decided it’s had enough of hauling my fat arse around and the derailleur hanger snapped in half.
Probably should use it as an excuse to upgrade, but I hate shopping for expensive things.
The solar/battery models don’t run 24/7 - you can trigger them remotely (so you can check the live feed whenever) or they can trigger with motion. Still perfectly useful for a bunch of use cases (e.g. just checking if you closed something, or installed somewhere that motion sensing is reliable like a low-traffic corridor) but not super useful for, say, a front door.