get one of these:
https://www.ecogadgetshop.co.uk/ShowProducts.aspx?Category=ecoProducts
It's not documented, but you can also get a cable to hook the receiver up to a serial port. You can pick a cable up from ebay (google for currentcost meter). A quick google for currentcost meter will bring up some hacking sites showing how to get the data from the meter.
Let me see if I can summarize the article:
If you spend all your time talking to people, they tend to respond immediately, so you tend to get the job done quicker, but you'll get fewer jobs done because you're spending all your time talking to people.
If you spend all your time emailing people, it takes longer for them to respond. You can spend that time emailing other people, so you can get more jobs done but they take longer.
Duh.
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get one of these: https://www.ecogadgetshop.co.uk/ShowProducts.aspx?Category=ecoProducts It's not documented, but you can also get a cable to hook the receiver up to a serial port. You can pick a cable up from ebay (google for currentcost meter). A quick google for currentcost meter will bring up some hacking sites showing how to get the data from the meter.
Let me see if I can summarize the article: If you spend all your time talking to people, they tend to respond immediately, so you tend to get the job done quicker, but you'll get fewer jobs done because you're spending all your time talking to people. If you spend all your time emailing people, it takes longer for them to respond. You can spend that time emailing other people, so you can get more jobs done but they take longer. Duh.