Got anything new to report? Min's MinIT update. Sunday 2nd July 2017

Well hello hello! Yes, I know it's been ages since my last blog, but I've been meditating...

As many of you know, I had a month off before starting my new job in the City. I had a long list of 'bucket list' activities. Things like finishing Grand Theft Auto 5, waking up when the time is double digits, and do some of the chores that I've been promising Mrs Min for the last 23 years...

The month came and went, and let's say I ticked off a third of the bucket list (yep the middle one), though now on 39% rather than 35% of GTA!

The good news is that my new commute will still be on the Met line! To be honest, when I was looking at which company to take my analytics and comedy powers to, I asked the computer to only select potential employers within a 5 minute walk of Met Line stations.

The algorithms ran for 2 nights straight, and it used the contents of my previous blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook and the "Forbes list of companies to work for before your 49th Birthday", and decided that I should work for a company called Concentra, that had created some awesome software products, had a super smart analytics team and a family feel to the organisation. The algorithm noticed that I always run out of time to finish my blogs, so having the 2 extra stops to Moorgate meant I wouldn't have to finish mid joke. The added benefit also being that my chances of getting a seat on the way back had increased by 14.78%.

So now we are all up to date, let's take a look at:

Advert of the Week:

Wowza, these guys are good. Every Body...everybody, see what they did there. Bet that took months to come up with...

TV show of the Week

I watched that Metropolitan Police programme a couple of days ago (available on iplayer) and learnt a lot about our awesome city. There was this man who had been arrested because he had stolen a car. The yoof tried to get out of it by saying that he needed it to get to work, to which the policeman said, 'why didn't you take the bus?' to which he replied....'I don't have a driving licence to drive a bus'...boom! Missed me huh...

Gadgets Review

And onto the main part of the show! So a couple of weeks ago I received an email from the British Gas Hive people saying that they had read the blog and knew that I had hooked up their Hive system with the heating system and lights. They had just invented a new product, and because of my blog and 50,000 followers, wanted me to send me their latest product, the Leak Sensor. And before you ask, it's not because I'm turning 50 next year, and the bladder isn't what it used to be, but something to alert you when your house is about to turn into a swimming pool. I thought long and hard about if I had the time to do this, noticed it was free (Indian innit), and they should send it immediately!

The box arrived a couple of days later and I watched the video of how to install the sensor which was nice and easy. In essence, you just clip it onto your stop gap tap, and it shows you where that may be in your house. And before you ask, it's not something you have between meals, but rather likely to be in your kitchen. You then connect it to your wifi, and use the HIVE app to install the device. Simples and another thing that the FBI can now monitor for me from the Pentagon.

That reminds me, as part of my month off, I spent rather a lot of time watching Netflix and getting some value out of my neighbours £7.49 subscription. (Password was Cricket...who would have thought it!). Rajvi told me about this series called 'Person of Interest' and I was totally hooked. All about how this man with glasses who had invented a computer program that would predict a crime before it happened, a bit like that Minority Report movie, but with someone taller than Tom Cruise. It tapped into all the electronic sources of data like CCTV, mobile phones, Google and what your aunty at the local community centre was talking about. The catch was that it didn't know if the person it identified was the person doing the crime, or having it done to them. I thought if only they had this leak sensor data, maybe that would have made the difference.... Anyways, there are 5 series, each had around 24 episodes so that's going to keep you out of mischief on the Met line for quite a while.

The Sensor is super duper and I get alerts like this now:

Min marks out of 10. 8.97656. Get it if you have a HIVE and whilst it's still free, because as you know, there's no point crying over spilt water...

Gadget Review 2:

As it's been ages since my last blog, I've amassed quite a few gadgets, so let's do one more. Picture the scene, it's night time, everyone is asleep, and you need to go to the loo as you've just turned 43 and well, that's the way it is. The only thing is that you don't really want to turn on the toilet light on as that wakes everyone up as it also makes the extractor fan thing turn on and make a noise for the next 3.5 mins, so what to do? (Did you do that last bit in an Indian accent and wobble your head a bit? Err racist...)

Well I have just the solution for you my dear blog reader! It's a little device that you just place on your toilet bowl and it has a motion detection sensor. I was going to do a motion detection / bowel joke just now, but some of you may be having your breakfast or dinner whilst reading this, so I won't do the plip plop joke right now...

The device is super awesome, just requires 3 AA batteries, and you can select which is your colour preference, or if you fancy having a disco every time you do a number 2, then it just cycles through all the colours known to man. People who may pass the bathroom as this is happening may wonder if it's something out of 'Encounters of the Third Kind' or something, but I guess that serves you right for having that kebab on the way home...

Delivery was super quick from the boat from China and it's for the grand price of £2.50! Bargain or what! Min Marks out of 10. 9.876873