I’d hoped to spend this week writing about my new Geberit Japanese-style toilet, but since the grout is not yet dry, all you filthy toilet-gaijin will have to wait until the new year for my review.
So I thought I’d write instead some reviews of my favourite gadgets of the year. But since our real reasons for buying gadgetry have nothing to do with the hastily contrived post-rationalisations created in the prefrontal cortex, in the interests of impartiality, I have asked my inner chimp to provide an honest second opinion on each.
1) Smart energy meter (free).
Prefrontal cortex verdict: ‘Blah blah blah energy reduction, green industrial revolution, global warming, polar bears.’
Inner chimp: ‘Sod the bears —they’re terrifying. Look, just make sure you put it beside your front door. That way you can check you haven’t left anything switched on when you go out, so you aren’t paranoid about the house catching fire.
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