There are two problems with the outlet pictured in this photo. First, it’s the only one on the desk in the room. This is a problem as I would like to plug in both my laptop and my cell phone. Second, this lamp, and therefore the embedded outlet, it connected to a switch just inside the room’s door. This means that when I plug my cell phone into it to charge overnight and then turn off the room’s lights, my cell does not charge. The solution: A powerstrip that’s not connected to a wall switch.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Note to hotels”
The Problem is very big. I want to say check out first plug which is connected to switch .
The Problem is very big. I want to say check out first plug which is connected to switch .