I’ve referred back to this post about a Smart Home Utopia many times since I wrote it 14 years ago. In the intervening years, there have been many ...

With our student getting ready to return home it was time to setup the den upstairs. The timing couldn’t have been better because BenQ got in touch and ...

After nearly two and a half years of ownership, I sold my Model 3 last Autumn, taking advantage of the incredibly strong used prices. The rumour was the ...

Home New Products June 9, 2022 This new video from the Connectivity Standards Alliance gives a good overview of the new Smart Home Standard, ...

August 21, 2022 Sitting is the new smoking apparently so we were intrigued when FlexiSpot offered to send us their EW8M Comhar Standing Desk to ...

March 2, 2023 Back in the summer we added the Comhar Standing Desk to the Automated Home. Now FlexiSpot have sent over their new BS11 PRO ...

As we approached the final stages of our build in the spring of 2020, we had to cut our Solar PV plans to stay within budget. Roll on 3 years and we now ...

March 2, 2023 Back in the summer we added the Comhar Standing Desk to the Automated Home. Now FlexiSpot have sent over their new BS11 PRO Ergonomic ...

In 2022, the total energy used by the Automated Home was 15.087 MWh (an average of 41 kWh / day). That’s a 7.3% reduction on last year, partly due to ...

When we were planning the Automated Home 2.0, we knew we’d need a high quality 19″ data rack and so we turned to UK experts Penn Elcom. The Data ...

August 21, 2022 Sitting is the new smoking apparently so we were intrigued when FlexiSpot offered to send us their EW8M Comhar Standing Desk to try ...

Home New Products June 9, 2022 This new video from the Connectivity Standards Alliance gives a good overview of the new Smart Home Standard, ...