I noticed that powerstrip too. Some time ago I made something like this primarily because my soldering iron doesn't have an on/off switch. I got a few parts from Lowe's and made this: http://www.ikeweb.net/switch.jpg
The night lights serve as visual indication of whether that section is on or off, or they can be unplugged to give extra ports.
It actually has been very useful in testing things but something like what is in that picture would clearly be better...
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I noticed that powerstrip too. Some time ago I made something like this primarily because my soldering iron doesn't have an on/off switch. I got a few parts from Lowe's and made this: http://www.ikeweb.net/switch.jpg
The night lights serve as visual indication of whether that section is on or off, or they can be unplugged to give extra ports.
It actually has been very useful in testing things but something like what is in that picture would clearly be better...