One thing that has been frustrating me is how many lights, and bright ones, are on everything I buy these days. A single tiny LED is lighting up entire rooms enough to navigate without tripping on anything in the dark.
> One thing that has been frustrating me is how many lights, and bright ones, are on everything I buy these days.
While I am sympathetic to this, I'm lucky enough that it doesn't much bother me and so I hadn't even noticed it; but I really miss the old Powerbook G4 heartbeat.
I cannot sleep with gadget lights on, and LEDs are the absolute worst. They're usually easy enough to block out as other commenters have said, but it's so annoying to get into bed, finally comfortable, and then BAM fucking LED that I have to now get up and deal with.
That only helps when the device doesn't have an LED that's inside an open casing and so ends up visibly shining from every hole in the device and/or through the thin plastic itself.
A dot of black permanent marker seems to work well. Blocks out enough light to remove the distraction, while still allowing enough to indicate something working.
Black masking tape. It's not opaque enough to block the light entirely; this means you can do a few layers to dim it to taste. Once that's sorted, a quick trim with an x-acto blade will tidy up the edges and make it all look intentional from a distance.
Sometimes I still want to see the LED. In this situation, I use blue painters tape, and keep adding layers until the LED is at a reasonable level. You really need to check this in a completely dark room to get it right.
