Nest announces remote temperature sensors

Nest announces remote temperature sensors

It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote a post on the basics of smart thermostats.   One of the first things I mentioned when comparing ... Read More

First real-time outage using the Tesla PowerWall 2

First real-time outage using the Tesla PowerWall 2

If you have been following my Solar journey as of late, you might know that I finally had the system turned on a few weeks ... Read More

A Decade’s worth of posts!

A Decade’s worth of posts!

It’s hard to believe but I just noticed that I have been blogging here for 10 years now!  A full decade worth of postings, ramblings ... Read More

Alexa gets Follow Up Mode … Sort of.

Alexa gets Follow Up Mode … Sort of.

There is a cool new update to Alexa devices that just came out.  Follow-Up mode.  This enhanced mode allows you to say ‘Alexa, Turn off ... Read More

Spring is almost here–New Look for the site

Spring is almost here–New Look for the site

Spring is almost here and I have taken this time to do a little spring cleaning.  Doing a bunch of redesigns to the blog, a ... Read More