Velcro Wall Socket

When it comes to electronics, the big green tip is to unplug your electronics or chargers when not in use. There are special power strips that will let you keep your devices plugged in without drawing unnecessary power, but for a low tech yet organized option look at the velcro wall socket. This concept is made up of a simple velcro wall plate and coresponding velcro wrapped plugs. This could work well if you only have a few regular devices that you plug into a specific outlet, but you just have to remember to unplug.

-via Ubergizmo

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I've read the HT:AT post, the Ubergizmo post and the Yanko Design post and I still cannot understand how this works. Can someone help?

You can save a lot of power on a laptop PC - and even more on a desktop - by enabling the various power-saving options in Windows or Mac OS X. Most PCs will allow you to put the monitor into sleep mode after a few minutes (10 - 15 is generally a good number), which can save an enormous amount of power. Similarly, you can set the hard drives to shut down completely after 20 minutes, saving even more juice. The whole machine can be thrown into sleep mode after half an hour, cutting power consumption to a trickle, and set to suspend to disc after an hour, cutting power consumption to virtually nothing.

Sooo....if I say "turn off hard drive" after 1 hour...does that mean that the computer shuts down completely and I lose any opened windows/work?

I've got my iBook at home fine tuned, but my PC at work needs a little help! Thanks for the isntructions for Windows, Boomer!