Item of the Week: Individually Powered Electrical Outlets

This is a lovely idea. Easily turn the power off to your appliances by turning off the power to the device, rather than unplugging it.

Here's a link to the wikipedia article (for the electrical geeks) explaining what it's all about.

I don't feel like doing too much more research on these power plug-ins... I just think they're great. Here's one more link about power in NZ.