Good luck

One thing I might point out though. When you have a specialized group here as a team, many who whold join you may think they are not welcome. I push this edge myself with "Are you an online gamer?" in my team thread. This is how I know.

OH, and yes. I thought it was assume that those here KNOW that their machine is connected here. There is that whole "moral issue" issue. And you you want to deny them from knowing that they are carving their own peice of history. Well would you?

Saving energy.

The first thing I did when I moved in was replace all of the fixtures with compact flourescent. The little 60watt equivalents will fit almost anywhere. I did have a problem with small specialty lights - mostly candelabra. These CFL's are about 5 times more expensive than regular ones but I did it anyway.

My only real problem is that I like to use X10 automation modules. For CFL fixtures, I have to use appliance modules to control them. For fixtures controled by a wall switch, I have to use manual, non-dimming switches. It's a pain, but I've adapted.

The great thing about X10 control is that you can set up a passive infra-red sensor (PIR) to turn the lights on when you enter a room and off after a specified period of inactivity. As long as the CFL fixture is plugged into an X10 appliance controller - it's no problem.

There are downsides to X10 and I can elaborate if anyone is interested, but when it works properly, it's very handy and cuts way back on wasted lighting. I even have a few controllers that switch other appliances on and off based on motion sensing, but you can't practically do this with everything. I'm especially cautious when it comes to delicate electronics.

I have 5 machines running wcg either as boinc or ud. Two more have to set up and I'm trying to find space. They're only 1ghz machines with slow memory so I haven't made it priority but hope to get them running soon.

My guess is, that Courine loves to play games...

Today's stats:

			members	devices
27-4-2007	-	282281	592198
28-4-2007	-	283304	594495	-	1023 member gain
29-4-2007	-	284303	596852	-	999
30-4-2007	-	285177	598859	-	874
01-5-2007	-	285996	601000	-	819
02-5-2007	-	286789	603206	-	793
03-5-2007	-	287567	605409	-	778
04-5-2007	-	288372	607568	-	805

Since last friday 6091 members joined, registering 15370 devices!

Though there is still a significant daily gain in membership, it does seem to be tapering off a little as time passes since the Great Grid Unplugging.

Updated to reflect the numbers for today.