Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
do-it-yourself

and then there was light

A while back, we replaced one of the ceiling fans with a fan that had integrated LED lighting–a fact that I did not realize until it stopped working. The other week, the lights started to flicker, so I took the cover off to change the bulb, and that’s when I saw the LED panel. I looked for a replacement part online, but it was an Emerson fan and they went out of business a while ago, so no parts were to be found.

Jake found a comparable LED panel, which I ordered last week and installed last night. It took a bit of retrofitting, but it works great and, best of all, I didn’t have to replace the entire fan, like I initially thought I would have to do.

I guess the moral of this story is to not buy anything with integrated LED lighting.

movies

bros

This movie is described as the first gay rom-com released by a major studio. And, I guess that about sums it up. It was funny, but not hilarous (I was hoping for hilarious).

My rating: 3/5

books

h is for homicide

Just when you think you have the formula figured out, Grafton throws a wrench into things. I hope there are more like this because it was one of my favorites so far. It didn’t hurt that there were seemingly fewer characters to keep track of than usual.

My rating: 3.5/5

movies

the pale blue eye

This was a decent film though a bit convoluted. But, it was worth watching just for Christian Bale–he’s always great! It was kind of a whodunit at West Point, back in the days of yore. There was kind of a lot going on by the end of the movie, but it did have a pretty cool twist at the end. I like a good twist in a story.

My rating: 3/5

auto

goodbye, bluelink

When I bought my car 3 years ago (I can’t believe it has been that long), it came with a complimentary 3 year subscription to Bluelink, which gives remote access to the vehicle via an app for tasks like remote start, locking/unlocking doors, checking vehicle status, locating the vehicle via GPS, etc.

In theory, I really liked it, but I didn’t use it much, except for the remote start, which only worked maybe two-thirds of the time (it didn’t work like a typical remote starter, instead the app makes a request and a signal is sent to the car from I don’t know where).

Last week, it was time to renew and I couldn’t justify the yearly charge of $200, so now I am without Bluelink. Of course, it expired on one of the coldest days of the year, so I got to drive to work in a freezing car that morning. I still don’t think it’s worth the $200, though.

I guess if I’m that worried about it, I could always get an aftermarket remote starter installed, but I probably won’t do that. I really only use it when it’s cold and I only go into the office 2 days a week and I hardly go anywhere else, so it doesn’t seem like it’s worth the expense.