Connected Consumer Fuel – Smart Oil Gauge – Install & Day 01 In our home we have an oil tank in the basement and its current gauge is a float that sometimes sticks. We do have an automated delivery system with our Home Heating Oil Provider so they delivery when they “think” we should be […]
“A Black Hole For Internet Advertisements” Small inexpensive devices like RaspberryPi 3 and others have become great platforms to build little micro-servers with. The developer group at PiHole have built a framework which uses blacklisting to identify servers on the internet that are used for distributing Advertisements. The framework works by causing the servers to be blocked […]
Home Network Monitoring The average household computer network has become a very active environment of connectivity for a multitude of devices. Devices by different manufacturers and bluntly of different levels of quality, control, and security are all factors now that not many home users are thinking of. Set-Up, Connections, and iOS App The FINGBOX is a […]
USB Awareness As I’ve commented on in a previous post – awareness of whats happening, what is about to happen or at least have a record of what happened is important to me. Knowing what your devices are doing, what they’re connected to and whats happening when connected is important. The USB Standards of 1.0/1.1/2.0 […]
Fast Charging For iPhone Apple has an annoying way of requiring accessories to be purchased to access features that some manufacturers might just include in their box with the phone. Apple also has a history of their accessories costing more than some of their competitors’ phones accessories. Sometimes a manufacturer makes something compatible or for […]
Product and Details The product made by Sense is one of the few whole-house electricity monitoring devices on the market for the home user. It can still require a professional installation by a seasoned and experienced electrician and requires space in the electrical panel to install the passive sensors and then 2 breaker spots to […]