It’s incredibly windy in the Ville. I’ll take wind gusts since it’s 60 degrees in February.
Duke Energy sent a text last night (for the house I own in Seymour) reminding homeowners that outages are possible do to high winds. REMC — the electric company that services the house in the Ville — sent nothing although the forecast here is the same as 12 miles north.
The reminder to secure loose outdoor items gives Duke a tad of an edge insofar as customer experience.
Rain… then bright sun… then clouds and more rain…
It’s basically just another crazy weather day that’s pretty darned normal for Indiana.
Wyze is riding on the struggle bus with Mother Nature.
Back in May, I wrote about how Wyzecam’s cloud service was creating unhappy customers. I gave them another try. At this point, Idon’t know if my current challenge is because of the way Android handles subscriptions, or if it’s because I’m like Sybil with too many email addresses, or if Wyze’s cloud service just sucks. I think it’s all of the above.
I spent 35 minutes on the phone with a customer service rep from Wyze that I could barely understand thinking it would be easy to simply transfer the products I paid for with a work email account to my personal email account that paid for the subscription — or vice versa. It’s still not fixed. ARG! 😕
Products are only good if good service is provided to customers.
Mother Nature and Wyze both provide a product/service, but neither are consistent when it comes to what I get. 😉
TIL (Today I Learned): If you think the most humid city in the US would be in Florida — you’d be wrong. The most humid city in America is San Francisco, CA.
A long time ago, I told you guys about the Wyze Cam — how awesome it was. Today, I want to tell you that what I said in 2018 is no longer true.
It’s also not true that this is a shot of a home intruder. 🙄
Wyze Labs is a small start-up that was formed by former Amazon employees. They’re based in Seattle, Washington and began producing these amazing little security cameras for $20 bucks. No monthly fee, recordings were HD, they have auto night vision, and more — and again, they were TWENTY BUCKS! The price has gone up to $30 bucks… but what hasn’t gone up. Right?
It was great. Until it wasn’t.
The free short cloud service is no longer free. It’s not expensive, but when the cameras won’t take updates and shut off frequently, they can no longer be trusted anyway. I wonder if the reason they went from 100 to 0 is they aren’t putting effort into what made them great in the first place — their cameras.
From gun safes and lamp sockets and cordless sweepers and air purifiers — to door locks and flood lights… and from scales and earbuds and head phones — to smart watches and dog robots — it seems they’re focusing more on churning out more stuff than they are about the products they’ve already sold. You want it? They got it. They’ll even sell you some COVID test kits along with a brand new sprinkler system.
They’ve lost sight of what made them great in the first place.
Come to find out, Wyze was aware of a major security flaw for 3-years without disclosing it. That’s really not cool. But what finally pushed me over the edge? If you want camera notifications and opt-in for those (why you bought the cam in the first place) — you also get their marketing push notifications. Can’t get one without the other. ARG!
Oh, and if you use a mini SD card to record so you don’t have yet another monthly subscription to pay for, you get a pop-up nag to “subscribe now” EVERY SINGLE TIME you watch an event. Remember, this is on a camera YOU PURCHASED that’s recording on a SD card YOU PURCHASED.
At least I didn’t buy their thermostat. 😁
TIL (Today I Learned): A small part of southern Florida is the only place in the world where crocodiles and alligators coexist. You can find out where on Wikipedia.
So my Wyze scale arrived yesterday. This extremely awesome product (other than it lies) is a steal at $19.99. I have 4 of the Wyze cams and have talked about them before (read my review of them here). They are inexpensive and impressive. But this scale? It’s REALLY surpassed my expectations.
If you care about more than just how much you weigh, this scale also records a ton of other stuff too… BMI, body fat, muscle mass, body water, lean body mass, bone mass, protein, visceral fat, basal metabolic rate, heart rate and your metabolic age. Seriously.For $20 bucks.
It’s depressing that it says I’m 2 pounds heavier than my regular scale (and the Wyze scale is accurate within .75 pounds), because that means I have 2 more pounds to lose to meet my freaking goal. ARG! Ben & Jerry might forget who I even am!
And, it also means I need to spend more time on the treadmill. I would, you know, but it’s complicated…
Daily new COVID-19 cases (7 day moving average): Indiana-12.2 (up slightly); Jackson Co – 7.8 (up); Florida 48.0 (.1 down but still topping as the worst of the worst); Nevada – 34.4 (up — although test results are taking over 3 weeks for results)
This should make all Hoosiers, Floridians, Texans, and Californians so very proud. Look at us topping the trends!
TIL (today I learned): Neck rings don’t really stretch the neck. Instead, they push the shoulders and clavicles down and removing them incorrectly may cause death because the neck muscles weaken so much they can’t support the head on their own. If you’re thinking of trying this at home, read about it here…
