How’d you do with the clock thing last night? Did you get them all properly reset? I’m betting you missed at least one.
I went to bed feeling really smug. I was confident I’d reset all but the clock in the car.
Wrong. Of course.
I messed up the coffeemaker. And that’s a real bummer because I like my coffee hot and waiting when I get to the kitchen every morning. It was doubly disappointing because, knowing its importance to my well-being, the first clock I tackled last night was the coffeemaker. But somewhere between the setting for the clock and the setting for when the coffee starts brewing … I obviously screwed up.
Then, while sitting here reading my mail and visiting other blogs, I realized I hadn’t reset the timers on the three lamps in this room. One comes on when the sun gets low (before it gets so dark that the sudden brightness startles me), the next comes on about a half hour later, and the third is a little low-wattage desk lamp that comes on around 11 pm and stays on all night. (I learned that from my parents. It was so we’d never come home to a dark house.) The two big lamps turn off at staggered times, shortly after I go to bed.
I did, however, remember to change the relatively useless electric clock above the tv and a similar one in the bedroom. And I got the ones on the stove and the microwave. So except for the car, I think I’m done.
Oops, not quite. I still have to fix the coffeemaker.
I feel your pain. Great post. I forgot to reset the clock in my Canon DSLR. And the smart thermostat which isn’t really all that smart, lol.
I’m not sure I’d have ever thought of the clock in the camera; I’d just go through life with timestamps that are correct part of the year. And I have a smart thermostat. I assumed it would reset itself. Guess I’d better check that …
I assume you change the clock on your computer(s) or they auto-update… What happens when your camera is out of sync with your computer when you download? Do you get a warning or a nag reminder?
The only camera I have these days is my phone. And it and my computer auto-update and sync with each other.
Struth, Colorado ! – so many timers you have !!
I don’t operate a single one, because of being obsessive about power and its cost on my monthly bill. So when it comes to daylight saving I have only to re-set the clock on my tiny kitchen’s wall, the electric one beside my bed and my watch.
Sooo uncomplicated ! 😀
I can certainly appreciate that. If my wifi goes out, half the stuff in my house goes wonky along with it. It’s a perilous relationship, hi tech and I (me?). All my conveniences can become extreme inconveniences in a flash.
But I kinda think they don’t .. usually .. [grin]
So many, so little time
Well, plenty of time … if you don’t care about time
My programmable thermostat has a battery-powered clock. I forgot it before going to bed but got back up to set it. The heat would have risen an hour early.
I am SO glad I have a smart thermostat. Possibly the best gift I’ve ever received.
Such a waste. Just think, the states (and the FEDS) could eliminate all this with the stroke of an appropriate pen.
Turns out states can’t change to permanent daylight saving time until the House of Representatives passes a bill passed by the Senate last year. But they can change to permanent standard time if they want to. Getting a simple stroke of a pen out of the House these days is … problematic.