April 2009 Archives

We were given a BT Freestyle 750 Digital Cordless Handset plus answering machine.

This was a great gift from BT but as we have a BT phone very similar we decided to give this phone to my parents.

This phone was so ideal for them the numbers to press are large enough for them to see without using their glasses to dial. They are so pleased with this telephone and said how easy it is to use.

This month we are going to be looking at ways Simon can advertise his business online.
We have never done anything like this before.

We generally do not advertise as Simon gets his work by word of mouth so there has never been any reason why we should advertise.

We are going to give it a go, we are unsure how this will work or if we would generate work from advertising online.

Simon's attitude is very negative about advertising, as he sees it as you get a lot of time waster's. He thinks people prefer to hear about you by word of mouth and on how relaible you have been. We will wait and see what response we do get if any.

We have just installed a current cost moniter to help us reduce our elctricity costs.

It is simple to install, you have a meter which plugs into an electric socket and it them wirelessly connects to a measuring device which fits onto the wall near the electricity meter. There is a bit if difficulty at one point where you have to get the two devices to 'talk' to each other.

The device shows you how much electricity we are using, 429 watts at the moment and as you switch off devices it goes down and down. It also gives you a simple block diagram on how much electrcity you used on the previous day.

Even better we plugged the box into our BT router and it then registered on the Dehams website to see our electricity consumption online. On the site you can see lots of graphs and find out lots more about your electricity usage.