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The new toys from Prime Day continue to arrive.
Yesterday, I got a set of USB-rechargeable, magnet-on, motion-sensitive LED light strips for the place in front of the filing cabinet in the basement where there is no light to see by. I have installed various battery-powered LED lights there, but I am in that spot so seldom that the batteries are usually dead before I get around to using them. We'll see how these go.
I also got a couple of new surge protector power strips with USB charging ports. One of these will go next to the end table in the family room for all of the things that want to be plugged in there. The power strip that is currently there will go up to the bedroom so that I can replace the one behind my night stand that is literally trying to fall apart. ("Literally trying to fall apart" is a bad characteristic in any device that is carrying that much current.)
But the pick of the litter is the new USB-powered 15.6 inch monitor with a kickstand that will fit in the laptop case that I am using to haul around the portable recording system. This allows me to have a second monitor in the traveling setup, which -- in Cubase! -- means that I can have the track editor on one screen and the faders on another, which is really convenient. I hooked it up last night and verified that it will do the job, so it is now safely stowed away in the laptop bag.
I mean, I can get along without a second screen, but when the price has gotten down to $60, it's hard to resist. :)
Yesterday, I got a set of USB-rechargeable, magnet-on, motion-sensitive LED light strips for the place in front of the filing cabinet in the basement where there is no light to see by. I have installed various battery-powered LED lights there, but I am in that spot so seldom that the batteries are usually dead before I get around to using them. We'll see how these go.
I also got a couple of new surge protector power strips with USB charging ports. One of these will go next to the end table in the family room for all of the things that want to be plugged in there. The power strip that is currently there will go up to the bedroom so that I can replace the one behind my night stand that is literally trying to fall apart. ("Literally trying to fall apart" is a bad characteristic in any device that is carrying that much current.)
But the pick of the litter is the new USB-powered 15.6 inch monitor with a kickstand that will fit in the laptop case that I am using to haul around the portable recording system. This allows me to have a second monitor in the traveling setup, which -- in Cubase! -- means that I can have the track editor on one screen and the faders on another, which is really convenient. I hooked it up last night and verified that it will do the job, so it is now safely stowed away in the laptop bag.
I mean, I can get along without a second screen, but when the price has gotten down to $60, it's hard to resist. :)