Some time ago, I bought a floor lamp for my bedroom. My nightstand is very small, and the alarm clock and phone don't leave room for much else.
So, floor lamp.
Problem. The whole point of a bedside lamp is to not have to get up to turn it off. The floor lamp is tall. I can't reach the switch while lying in bed. Kind of defeats the purpose.
Solution. Today, I remembered to bring my tools home from work. It took me about five minutes to cut off about two and a half feet and reconnect the wires. I now have a very short floor lamp. It looks pretty weird, and I can't have it on if I'm standing (I can see down into it; it's like a bare lightbulb), but now I can reach the switch while in bed.
Later,
Monday, April 10, 2006
Lamp surgery
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what about wiring a switch halfway down the post?
Maybe you could put a cover over the thing so you can have it on when you're standing up.
Tom - Yeah, I thought of that, I just haven't done it yet.
Harder? Has that ever stopped any of us from doing anything - oh wait, yeah. It has.
But it wouldn't be that hard.
I think the simplest solution would be to get the Clapper!!
Clap ON (clap clap) Clap OFF (clap clap) Clap ON Clap OFF.. The Clapper (clap clap)
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