As I’m sure many you know, Android 13 introduced the new “Gabeldorsche” Bluetooth (BT) stack, and as far as I can tell there’s a lot wrong with it. Now, that’s not to say that it’s totally broken, that’s not true. It has all the hallmarks of a thing that was tested, and hits an acceptable pass rate for casual use […]
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This one caught me a little off guard this morning. Was expecting, umm.. more…
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I saw this post, phrased in slightly different ways, in a few of the EV groups I follow on Facebook. As an Kia EV6 (and MME) owner, what I think this person has, I get it the minor inconvenience of waiting five minutes longer than you absolutely needed to is inconvenient, but this is a more complex topic than it […]
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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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