Staticfree Blog

At Geekhaus, we have an electric stove that is very fond of producing smoke. Most likely, that's due to its age and general uncleanliness, but that's besides the point: it sets off our smoke detector frequently. Thankfully, our smoke detector has a cute little button (which we jovially entitled "STFU") that silences it for a short period of time. Alas, this is located on the detector itself, so it's often hard to reach.

So, what does a slightly intoxicated geek do at 2:00am? Run up to his room, rummage around for telephone wire, his Dremel and soldering iron and install a remote STFU button. It's mounted on the doorframe, right next to the stove for convenient silencing while cooking. And it is this reason, amongst many others, that I love living in this house.