I finally got to the task of programming my new universal remote control. A while ago, I bought an IR transmitter/receiver for my iPod Touch including software. Seen in the picture is a pouch, the IR-thingy, and the iPod Touch. 

It is supposed to replace my Logitech Harmony 1000, which has a couple of cons - one of them is the speed of the remote itself. The new piece of software, Re, hasn’t got the large database of devices that Logitech has, so I had to use the learn function more extensively than with the Logitech remote. After some practice, it went smoothly. I have also been a little annoyed with the fact that I couldn’t rename the buttons, but that has been corrected in the new version of the software. Besides that, the functionality is very good, and the time it takes to switch between activities or devices is very low. It also doesn’t have the selfish idea that it is the only remote control in the house. This means that changing activity doesn’t result in the tv changing channel and so on. Instead, you can create a macro that turns on the devices and puts them on the wanted input channel.

Finally, I want to express my dissatisfaction with danish distributors. You would think that it is very old people who control it. Why is it that it takes an extended amount of time to follow the international market when it comes to ebooks and audiobooks? Why are they so very pricey? Isn’t it obvious that they are kneecapping themselves? I know several people who accept that English is the second native language because then you can buy ebooks and audiobooks at reasonable prices. I just bought 5 ebooks for less than £ 20 - of them, 2 were less than a year - take that danish publishers.!