What it’s like to drive a plugin-hybrid for the past 6 months

Last year I bought the number one selling plugin-hybrid vehicle sold in America, and I even got a $7,500 tax rebate for the purchase. And before you try and guess, I’ll say that nope it wasn’t a Prius, it was a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe. It’s ridiculous that a 5,000lb tank with the aerodynamics of …

Some recent photos

Every once in a while, I take a photo and I look at it on a desktop computer and I’m just amazed that it came out of a phone. Anyways, here are some photos I’ve taken in the past couple weeks that surprised me at how good they came out.

Red Team Blues is a fun “ripped from the headlines” romp

A couple weeks ago, I got a copy of Cory Doctorow’s new novel Red Team Blues, and after reading about a third of it the first night I had it, I ended up switching over to the audiobook, and listened in one eight hour stretch during a road trip to California the next day. First …

The one good HomeKit-capable wall switch you should get

TL;DR: The Lutron Claro (or Diva if you want dimming) Smart Switch is the best HomeKit compatible wall switch there is, period. I’ve been playing with smart home devices since x10 came out in the 1990s. And every house I’ve had since 2005 has had a few smart switches hard-wired into my walls. I’ve tried …