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Previously on "Wi-Fi enabled Fridge"
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Internet enabled central heating control is the *best*, especially if you work away during the week. I wouldn't be without it now.
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Most expensive kettle on Amazon:
£900 - with 22ct gold decoration, a proper contractor's kettle.

No reviews? Hmmmmm.....
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If that's all you burnt then i'd say it was a result.Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI'd burn me feckin hands on it all the time as well!!
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I had one of these for nearly forty years.
The Secret History Of: The Russell Hobbs K2 kettle - Interiors - Property - The Independent
..until the wife dropped it.
It's still in my list of things to fix, just a little seam weld and it'll be good as new.
- that and a firmware upgrade....
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I'd burn me feckin hands on it all the time as well!!Originally posted by barrydidit View PostIf you weren't such a good looking bastard yourself, i'd have told you to feck off. However, there is this as an alternative:
another kettle
At the end of the day, it's a kettle - if you stuck a pair of tits on it then you'd never get SWMBO to make you a brew
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If you weren't such a good looking bastard yourself, i'd have told you to feck off. However, there is this as an alternative:Originally posted by northernladuk View PostAll the decades of design innovation and the decide to make the first Wi-Fi kettle the worst looking pile of crap I think I've ever seen. That gonna put off even the tech geeks surely.
another kettle
At the end of the day, it's a kettle - if you stuck a pair of tits on it then you'd never get SWMBO to make you a brew
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<rant>
I find this IoT thing complete bollocks.
If I walk into a room, I don't want the kettle to boil (I've been away for a month and it's full of green stuff or worse, it's empty - bang!), I don't want the tv to switch to my favourite station (Oops, sorry Vicar), I don't want the stereo to play my favourite music (It's ******* three am), or the lights to switch on (Oooh! Naked!), or off(Owww). The cooker doesn't need to cook my favourite meal(OK, it can't), the fridge doesn't need to bleat that there's something off in there (three am again).
The majority of it is thought up by grown-up kids playing 'wouldn't it be great if.....' without thinking out a proper business case, use cases, the possible unintended consequences.
It's like walking into a bar and the barman has already poured 'my' pint. I really hate that.
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Worst thing is, I'm working on IoT stuff.......
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All the decades of design innovation and the decide to make the first Wi-Fi kettle the worst looking pile of crap I think I've ever seen. That gonna put off even the tech geeks surely.Originally posted by barrydidit View PostFeck the fridge, I found out about a WiFi kettle yesterday. It's like a modern day teasmade....
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iWOOTOriginally posted by barrydidit View PostFeck the fridge, I found out about a WiFi kettle yesterday. It's like a modern day teasmade....
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