If you haven ' t looked in that section of the freezer aisle then you must know they are still a thing . I know it ' s hard to believe , but the industry survived despite you not supporting them . FWIW , though , the swanson brand of tv dinners is no longer produced . <| sep |> Looks like it ' s straight out of an rpg . <| sep |> Fuck me daddy ! !!!!!!! Raw <| sep |> Why should it have to be so hard to hook up in real life ? From my observation it ' s a relatively easy thing for a lot of guys . What do they have that you don ' t ? <| sep |> You are looking for a smart energy monitor plug . There are a few different flavors . wifi , zwave , etc , but they all do the same basic thing . They report current energy usage . Most of the wifi ones are built around connecting to a phone app , but I ' m sure you could swing a computer interface somehow . One issue you might hit though is that an AC unit might draw more power than these units like . Another option might be a metered power strip . These are used a lot in server rooms and usually have an ethernet monitoring interface with alerting options . They are just kind of pricey .