REMOTE CONTROL: Ultra-minimal Alba 'music centre' remote
Keepin' it old school. Back in "the day" it wasn't about how many buttons you had. It was about how well it fitted the hand and the quality of the finish. How we miss these curved icons of simpler days.
"A super minimalist remote control. With only 3 buttons, ( the volume button is a rocker, so you could argue it's got 4 ) I think it was the remote for a stereo, or 'music centre' as they were once known."
"Of more interest was the back of the remote, which has a hole in it so you can hang the remote on a nail. This was cutting edge product design at the time and Alba should be congratulated for trying to solve the problem of losing the remote in such a radical way, even if ironically it seems I have lost the very thing the remote was manufactured to control."
"The batteries were a disappointing set of AAA Duracells, so I didn't bother photographing them - Paul."
"A super minimalist remote control. With only 3 buttons, ( the volume button is a rocker, so you could argue it's got 4 ) I think it was the remote for a stereo, or 'music centre' as they were once known."
"Of more interest was the back of the remote, which has a hole in it so you can hang the remote on a nail. This was cutting edge product design at the time and Alba should be congratulated for trying to solve the problem of losing the remote in such a radical way, even if ironically it seems I have lost the very thing the remote was manufactured to control."
"The batteries were a disappointing set of AAA Duracells, so I didn't bother photographing them - Paul."
Item posted at 2:29 PM
6 Comments:
Looks like a four halogen bulb light installation I can see reflected in the counter surface, probably running at 200 watts for the lot. In this day and age. Shameful!
My experiments prove a kitchen can be adequately illuminated using 33 watts. If you don't mind the odd cut or burn.
My kitchen is illuminated for a total of 20 watts (1x11watt + 1x9watt).
The disgusting B&Q halogens (a total of SEVEN x 40watts) were ripped out on day one of moving in so I could make toast in the light without worrying how much it's costing per second.
(IDEA FOR FEATURE: Most Efficient Reader Kitchens and/or Highest Power Lightbulb)
Question - how do you change channel?
I feel I must admit to having 250 watts of HALOGEN POWER on the kitchen ceiling, but I only ever use it for brief impromptu surgery sessions, i.e. digging bits of gravel out of the kids legs after sudden bike/child/road interfaces. The meter turns like a fucking centrifuge when it's on. It's a B&Q classic - costs more to run for an hour than it does to buy.
Nice use of the battery compartment for stability. I salute you, sir
An interesting remote. But some people are going to be disappointed when they do a Google search for "Alba" while looking for nude pics of Jessica Alba and click on a link that takes them to this page.
I am one of those people.
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