If you work from home, you know the “pre-flight” ritual: checking your camera, fixing your hair, and—most importantly—adjusting your lights. In my home office, I…

Have you ever looked at your monthly utility bill and wondered exactly which appliance was the culprit behind that price spike? Was it the extra…

Back in 2008, when I first started blogging here at The Technic Alley, I spent a lot of time “daydreaming” in print. I was fascinated…

If you’ve recently added a second electric vehicle to your garage, you’ve likely faced the “Charger Dilemma.” Do you pay an electrician thousands to upgrade…

Many of the well established companies now have chat based customer support. This is convenient in many ways if you are good at typing: you…

The recent Amazon Prime Day had some interesting geeky offerings. One of them was the Philips Hue Light Starter Kit that comes with a Hue…

I have been looking for ways to mount security cameras around my house to get good coverage of all doors and windows. If the cameras…

The self-driving car now has real users…

I had posted these “futuristic” thoughts a while ago. But looking at this NY Times article about  Google cars that drive themselves, it appears that…

While writing posts for the article The Car That Drives Itself, I have been wondering about all possible reactions to a topic like this. Then…