Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "Technology Connections" channel.

  1. The two things that don't make sense in this video are: 1. Who in their right mind doesn't use the high burner on a gas stove? I can boil water in 2 minutes on the high burner on a gas stove (most pots, pans and kettles have copper bases in Australia). 2. Electric jugs aren't exclusively for tea, in Australia most people use them for making coffee or to get boiling water for use in cooking. Do Americans exclusively use all in one coffee machines or pod machines for their coffee? Note: When using a gas stove, the flames need to be adjusted so they don't lick the sides of the pot, pan or kettle, only the base.
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  2. An even better solution is to just get a camping fridge/freezer. They run on a wall adapter and/or a 12V battery, and/or a solar blanket (gotta have all the options), have high quality compressors and actually work. Brands include Brass Monkey, Dometic, Alpicool, Rovin, etc. Camping fridge/freezers are the common solution in Australia, not just because we all go camping very often, but because we want cold drinks "at the ready", and, at all workplaces you can't just bring a device to "plug-in to mains" as we have stupid "test & tag" laws that require every device to be "tested and tagged" annually - yes, even if the device is brand new it can't be used without being "tested & tagged". The solution is everything is battery and/or solar powered as such devices don't need any "test & tag". In Australia you'll find an insane amount of devices that run on power tool batteries, on their own batteries (fridges/freezers), and many things that run from USB power.
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