Not sure how I missed it, but I’m blaming Zooz PR :P. Apparently they announced their Z-BOX Home Automation Controller (HAC) about a month ago, and have just started selling it at The Smartest House. Normally, I would approach this sort of thing with extreme caution, but they are saying the right words around security, where the intelligence sits, etc., […]
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I love the idea behind Ubiquiti’s new UniFi EV Station EVSE, especially the ability to manage conditional access to charging. But given their history of poor hardware quality, it would be very difficult for me to bite on this. Especially considering the where the pricing will likely end up. Although, I suspect that pro-sumers aren’t their target demographic here, and […]
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Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) “chargers”, or EVSE, are becoming more common, which is a great thing, because charging while the EV is “at rest” is the way we should be refueling our cars. In some locations it can be difficult to find a J1772 (the standard used by non-Tesla EVs) EVSE, so it’s a great idea to keep an […]
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I love that NVIDIA keeps updating the Shield, especially the focus on improving the HDMI-CEC functionality. Update applied seamlessly, it was waiting when I went to check on the 2019, I had to ask for it on the 2017. No issues noted, good stuff. Today we released SHIELD Experience Upgrade v9.1.1 (33.2.0.157) for all SHIELD and SHIELD Pro units. This […]
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I’ve commented before on how terrible the quality of Ubiquiti hardware is, and now I have another failure. Generally, most of my failures have been in the two year (if you buy direct) warranty period so aside from the obvious waste in materials and time it hasn’t been a huge issue. But this time it was my UniFi Protect G4 […]
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If you have a Tesla, this is outstanding news. First, because it dramatically expands your DCFC charging options, not that you need that in most areas. But it also, and this is the big one, severs the dependence on the Telsa Supercharger network. This might seem like a weird thing to say, out loud, but it’s actually one of the […]
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Not much to say about this one, because there’s not a whole lot going on… Except that the lack of progress is somewhat disappointing…
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The Google Pixel Buds Pro don’t sport the best noise cancellation or the best audio quality. But sometimes being good at everything, is better than being that best at one thing.
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Not sure how John Wick 2 became the movie of choice on Sunday, but that’s what was requested. I thought we owned it, 1 and 3 are part of our collection, but somehow this guy slipped through the cracks… No problem, I had some Google Play credit associated to my personal account, I’ll just buy it there and have it […]
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This is going to sound crazy, but hear me out. There’s a lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) out there around EV refueling (aka charging), especially when it comes to road trips. I get it, the refueling model is very different, and you need to know that the model is different, to understand that looking at refueling an EV like […]
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