Install open source solar power at home: Install open source solar power at home Joshua Pearce Fri, 12/09/2022 – 03:00 You might have already given some thought to powering your home with solar. Solar photovoltaic panels, which convert sunlight directly into electricity, have fallen so far down in cost that it makes economic sense everywhere. …
How to stay warm when you’re working from home (without turning the heating on): A blanket and dog help. eva_blanco/Shutterstock If you’re working from home all or part of the time, the chances are that your home working space is getting chillier as winter sets in. But with heating so expensive right now, having it …
Heat pumps without home insulation could raise bills and overload the grid – here’s what the government can do: Infrared imaging reveals where most heat is lost from a house. Ivan Smuk/Shutterstock The UK aims to replace 1.7 million gas boilers a year by the mid-2030s, as part of its plan to reach net zero. …
We were told to ‘stay home’ to stop COVID. Then our homes became disease hotspots: Lucigerma/Shutterstock The rapid rise in COVID cases and deaths in March 2020 led Boris Johnson, then prime minister, to tell the British people: “You must stay at home.” These comments marked the beginning of the first nationwide COVID lockdown, and …
Moving back home doesn’t mean you’ve failed in life –- here’s why: shutterstock “When I was in high school,” the essayist Anne P. Beatty recently wrote, “ambition meant two things: escaping my hometown and becoming a writer”. The idea that young people’s futures are best served by moving away from small towns and rural areas …
Achieve smart home interoperability with open source technology: Achieve smart home interoperability with open source technology Florian Robert Wed, 11/02/2022 – 03:00 Advertisers sell the myth of the “Smart Home” as a magical world where you automate everything with ease to simplify your life and free your mind of trivial tasks. It looks great on …
COVID lockdowns in Nigeria brought the fear of crime closer to home. What communities did next: The 2020 COVID lockdown witnessed an upsurge in crime in Ibadan, Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images The COVID pandemic changed people’s lives in many ways. For instance, lockdowns and curfews drove people from their cities’ streets and …
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3 steps to protect your home network: 3 steps to protect your home network Seth Kenlon Wed, 09/14/2022 – 03:00 The typical setup for Internet connectivity today is for your home to have a router, usually a little physical box located somewhere in your house, that acts as a gateway to the rest of the …
Joe Biden and Cyril Ramaphosa: finding common ground amid divisions at home and abroad: American president Joe Biden, left, with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2021 G7 Summit in England. Leon Neal/Pool/AFP via Getty Images. US president Joe Biden’s invitation to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet at the White House, …
Control your home automation remotely with Raspberry Pi and Traefik Hub: Control your home automation remotely with Raspberry Pi and Traefik Hub Nicolas Mengin Mon, 09/12/2022 – 03:00 Over the years, several friends have asked me for tips on managing their home networks. In most cases, they are setting up home automation and want to …
Ukraine recap: Putin remains popular at home, unlike his puppet rulers in occupied regions: Once it became clear – which it did, early on in this conflict – that Ukraine’s defenders would not wilt before the onslaught of Vladimir Putin’s war machine, analysts predicted a long and drawn-out war of attrition, particularly in the east …
Saving home energy using open organization principles: Saving home energy using open organization principles Ron McFarland Mon, 09/05/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like There are (at least) two ways to look at the move to more green power generation: the supply side and the demand side. The supply …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Mule team being led home after day’s work. Van Staaden’s Pass, 30 miles west of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province. Image by Mary Gillham Archive Project Plettenburg – locusts Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Sailing …
Live Life Brilliantly with Smart Home Products from Control4: Smart home technology has come a long way in the last few years, and with Control4 you can create a customised home experience. It’s easy to set up and use, but what’s really exciting is how much it can enhance your life. Smart home products from …
Five easy ways to use less water at home – and not just in a drought: Wait for starchy cooking water to cool and then use it to water your plants. VH-studio/Shutterstock With so much of the world suffering from drought, you might think your ability to help is minimal. But when you consider the …
Heatwave-proofing your home could save your life – and shrink your carbon footprint: Buildings are designed to keep people safe and comfortable according to the local climate: warm when it’s cold outside, dry when it’s wet and sheltered when it’s stormy. If the climate changes, buildings may struggle to serve our needs in the new …
South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki at 80: admired on the continent more than at home: Former South African President Thabo Mbeki in 2017. EFE-EPA/Kevin Sutherland Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s second post-apartheid president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 18 June 2022. Following Mandela’s era of multiracial and multicultural rainbowism, Mbeki had to …