Day: September 7, 2025

Two Funny Internets from Kathleen

This pretty much sums up the Roomba conundrum.

2-3 days per week as I’m moving furniture out of the Roomba’s way I marvel that I would rather do that than spend five minutes sweeping. Even though putting things up and taking them down takes longer than five minutes.

As for this, someone on the radio commented that Google’s search function has given not-great results for the last year while they pour money into AI.

It was one of those moments when someone’s words illuminate the thing that had been low-key bugging me, but I had no words for.

Murphy Bed: Downside of the Built-in Lights

I really like the Murphy bed’s built-in lights when they are on and I am reading. However, they have a significant design flaw.

You can see my jury-rigged solution: part of the packaging from the Ikea pillowcases I bought. It doesn’t entirely solve the problem; it just lessens it.

The button to turn on the lights has a very bright blue light that shines regardless of the on/off status of the lights themselves.

From the future, I can say that the second layer of solution involves me leaning the memory foam pillows against the headboard to cover the light. There’s a void between the mattress and the wall, so the pillows sit at an angle.

That means I can’t really use them as pillows, just as light blockers.

Other than that situation, I’m really enjoying my Murphy bed.