#power off

[zizirobinson]

Power Off (Full Comic)

freedom at last i can draw other shit now :,)

[petermorwood]

Very Cautiously & Touch Wood, our power...

...is not only back on, but seems to be staying that way.

On-then-off-again has been the order of the past few days, with unsettlingly long estimated restoration times and a couple actually including dates as well.

For instance, our power went off early AM on Friday as the worst of Storm Éowyn went by, estimated restoration time unknown, came back up that evening then went off again early AM Saturday, estimated restoration 16:45 on January 28 (Tuesday).

Then it came back on again at about 18:00 - by which time we'd already arranged to go over to the pub / restaurant in our local shopping town, which had power, to get ourselves some hot food and recharge all chargeable devices.

So, daube of Irish salmon with chips for @dduane...

Meat Feast pizza for me...

...and trickle-charge electricity for everything else.

2 x power banks, 2 x tablets, 3 x phones. Why three? Two on the network we share, the third on a different network as backup. (One of them isn't in the photo because that was the one taking the shot).

Power went off again this morning (Sunday) courtesy of Storm Herminia - NOT, as I've been calling it, Storm Hermione - which though mostly seaborne did make its presence felt inland.

That estimated restoration was 09:15 on January 29 (Wednesday), but it came on again at some time in the early afternoon* and has been OK ever since (fingers crossed, touch wood).

* We didn't notice for an hour or so because that most recent cut also tripped the house main circuit-breaker. It was only when DD checked by phone and heard the magic words, "your location is not involved in a known fault" that we looked at each other and said in unison, "check the breakers!"

One click-click reset later, we had power again - though I'm keeping our freezer at emergency level, i.e. turned all the way down to -32°C, (Bosch doesn't mess around) for the next couple of days.

Just In Case.

[kply-industries]

From a pretty incredible old Japanese ad for batteries.

[tamapalace]

Bandai Adds Hidden Tamagotchi Uni Power Off Button

We’ve you been asking, and Bandai has been listening. In a recent software update, Bandai has quietly added a power off button on the Tamagotchi Uni, after hearing the outcry for there no being one upon the initial release. How do you access it? You need to reset the device by pressing the reset button on the back of the Tamagotchi Uni, and then hold down “A” + “C” buttons while booting, you will then see options for continue, reset all, restore version, and off. How cute that they added a Tamagotchi icon next to the off option?

Selecting the off button will power off the device! To power the device back on, you’ll need to hold the “B" button down for 5 seconds. Upon powering on, you’ll want to select “Continue” to restore all of your content.

We even booted up another Tamagotchi Uni that we did not update, it’s actually running the original software, version 1.0. Trying the same trick does NOT display any further option then continue and reset. So we’re not entirely sure which software update added this new feature.

It’s interesting that this feature is nested in this boot menu, and not accessible in the main menu when booted into the Tamagotchi Uni interface. This gives us so much hope that this could one day be added, but perhaps Bandai does not wish to add it to the main menu due to the desired gameplay.

[i-am-worm]

Inktober 52 2023 - Week 24 - ‘Power’

I’ve been sorting through my old art work and unfinished drawings that's been in storage for years, and I found I haven’t drawn what I called my ‘binary hounds’ for a long while. Basically a verity of cyborg dogs. So I dug out a bunch of old sketches I had started many years ago and decided to re-draw or finally give them some ink.

 It felt real good to revisit these ideas.

[mymidwestheart]

[codydoyleunit]

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I have no words to describe how hot, beautiful and simply stunningly arousing this is. Technology at its best. When does the Loretta model come out?

She is a dream! Excuse me.. It is a dream!