Excessive Android phone battery drain

 I had my battery on a Pixel phone go from 100% to 30% overnight with the phone turned off so I think that either the battery sucks and has an internal resistance or there is something running on the phone even if it is turned off, which is even scarier.  So I get similar results several times and I try to leave the phone in airplane mode, no big overnight drain, very strange.  So next I try to drain the battery all the way, I get a 24 hour usage on battery saver with airplane mode at 2% for 24 hours, well now we are getting somewhere, it is a miscalibrated indicator.  I will next try to calibrate it by running the phone up to 100% twice then running it down to shutdown twice and try again to measure the result. 

Freshbooks review

 I was advising PChelperTeam.com a 1 person PC support company in LA that wants to hire employees to expand an ever growing clientele of small offices using Windows PCs.  Services are: "PCHelperTeam is a one-stop shop for all your computer equipment, software and technical support services at your convinient time and place. PCHelperTeam is a team of experienced and friendly IT professionals. We at PCHT love what we do and we are good at it. We will customize technology to fit your wishes and needs so you enjoy life without the hassle and clutter."

So I recommended Freshbooks to Soroush since he was enamored with the idea of creating his own service and selling it to his competitors I joined ReqFoot.com to build it from a collection of open source software.  The deal ReqFoot got was a free first customer in turnsys.com and get tech support from the ReachableCEO as well as a pre-selected team.  I started working there without tracking my time and eventually left without any equity, but perhaps some good will and the knowledge that I helped get this off the ground.

Time being my most valuable commodity sometimes it helps to track where it all goes:

I just picked up a quick contract and was told to invoice them so I used Freshbooks as my contract from 2009 had recommended it to me.  It has gotten better over the years.  I like that I can get epay, email invoices without a fuss and do estimates, I can add team members and the user interface is simpoe and intuitive.  I wish I had timed my setup, but estimate that I was up and running in 20 min.

Funny thing is that at the same time I was involved in reqfoot.com which builds a competing product, but we were a bit to early for me to use it.

I will gladly help them with your referrals as I have a good experience (: 

Solar Car

I was pretty stoked to see Zak talk about this solar car.  Running on sun juice as they call it and charging while parked in the sun is the way to go.  I have wanted something like this for a long time as it reduces the battery size and the need for charging.  The promo video confirms it is in fact a very low drag, high range car that you don't need to plug in most of the time.  Seems like it only is a WeFunder so far, but they have some pretty good promo.

Multimeter

Cyber Monday had me thinking I need a digital multimeter so I bought one off Ali for US $21.72 free shipping.

Seems you can get one for free if you sign up and get a US $24.00 signup bonus.

Tello Cellphone Plan until 8/20 Sprint MVNO $4.25 for 3 months

 SlickDeals has a great deal on Tello, you can use a $10 referral code and get 3 months of unlimited cell service, including 1GB of LTE for $4.25.  You will need to hurry, this expires 8/20.

Tue, 8:23 PM

You can get $10 referral with https://tello.com/account/register?_referral=P33DZ6NN and pay $14.25-10=4.25 for 3 months

Valid until August 20th.

OhmConnect

I have been using OhmConnect to save some money on my power by turning things off when the grid is overburdened.  It is a way to be green and make some green.  Lately I have a device that is turning off on its own, and I have to figure out why.  You see this device is under their control, so perhaps they turned it off, but how do I know if it was Ohm?  Not sure yet.  Looking at https://app.ohmconnect.com/auto

I can see I made a $1.50 on this device, so I guess it was them who turned off my fan remotely, lol.  I had forgotten that I did this, funny how life can work.  On a different challenge I will give them control of my fridge, as it has a limit of 2 hours and that isn't enough time to defrost the food, so might be a better item for them to control then my fan, which I didn't like turning off so I move to a bigger fan in the living room.  In any event, I have control of what I let them manage, so this is a pretty good way to help the grid on a hot day.

Aliexpress

Amazon isn't the cheapest place to buy things, eBay is but if you can wait for shipment, then Aliexpress is cheaper.  I wonder what this would have cost me on eBay or Amazon.

Amazon:

1MORE Dual Driver in-Ear Earphones Hi-Res Comfortable Headphones with Tangle-Free Cable, Noise Isolation, High Resolution, in-Line Control for Smartphones/PC/Tablet - Black

4.0 out of 5 stars 796

$37.12$37.12 $49.99$49.99

Ali:

Original Xiaomi Hybrid DC Seo In-Ear Earphone 3.5mm Earphone With Mic Wire Control Dual Driver 

For Mi 8 9 SE Redmi 8 8A Note 8T.    $ 3.39

eBay:Original Xiaomi Hybrid DC Seo In-Ear Earphone 3.5mm Earphone With Mic Wire

$7.58From Sri LankaBuy It NowFree Shipping

so Ali costs 3.39/37.12= 9% of the Amazon price and 3.39/7.58=44% of the eBay price or a 56% discount for waiting 6-8 weeks for your items.  I am not sure what time is worth to you, but these are some discounts.


Aliexpress also has a referral plan:

For every friend that successfully placed their first order, you'll get a US $6.00 coupon to help you save as you shop.

• US $24.00
  If your friends are new to AliExpress, they will get US $24.00 in coupons to get them started.
• US $6.00
  You can get up to 10 coupons every month via inviting friends. After earning 10 coupons, you won't get more of them but you can still invite friends.
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use https://a.aliexpress.com/_dZikVdx to sign up as my referral.