Edward Austin

Just fresh out of CES 2022, Samsung has teased the release of this new gaming TV. Having just got the Odyssey 49” Ultra wide, I must say this is a very interesting TV. It can be placed in the traditional landscape mode and also in portrait which makes is 3 32” TV’s stacked on top […]

I’ve been messing with micro controllers for a few years now and been a avid fan of ifttt.com. Now ifttt.com have released a new channel to their site which is a real game changer. This channel is ‘Maker’. You can basically trigger on ifttt.com an event by executing a web request (POST, GET or Curl). […]

I’ve been trying to get my vegetable garden going for a few years now with limited success. My main problem has been watering them at the appropriate times. I tried a water timer but did not satisfy need for better automation. So this is a story of my journey to smarter water automation :) I’ve […]

The Belkin WeMo is switch that you can control through your iphone that turns power off and on. I been interested in getting these for a while now and Belkin have just released them in Australia. I got one last week to trial it out and so far I’m very impressed. It took me less […]

I must admit I have fallen in love with Apple products over the last few years. The iPad is the must ever used gadget I have owned. I have been getting a bit bored though with the iOS and want to try something new. The Google Nexus might just tempt me with its price point […]

I’ve recently started playing around with Arduino. I started out with the beginners kits and have that has exploded a ton of ideas of projects I want to create. My first thoughts were to control my fan in my network rack with some logic to turn them on and off based on temperature ranges. After […]

I recently got Solar installed and can monitor how much it’s generating and how much power we are consuming in the house. It’s very addictive to try and get it down as much as possible.. esp when you can see in real time how much each extra light now is costing. I’m using this device: […]

Apple has just refreshed their Macbook Air range and they have some impressive specs. From what I have read they even out pace the recently refresh Macbook pro range. Very tempting :) Review Apple – Macbook Air

Interesting article on techniques you can use to drive user conversion. Pricing pages can sell a service, or scare people away. Obviously, the first is preferred. It can influence what service is sold, and help potential new customers navigate to what they need. Let’s look at a showcase of today of pricing pages in web […]

Eight percent of U.S. Internet users are on Twitter. More than 20 million U.S. adults access Twitter at least once a month and more than 170 million tweets are sent every day. Younger users (ages 18-29) are more likely to use Twitter than older users. The service is also used more heavily by those with […]