Category: Everyday
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Unlock Major Energy Savings: The Hard Numbers Behind Heat Pump Efficiency!
DISCLAIMER: the heat pump installed in my house was provided free of charge as part of a Daikin field test trial. Running costs are covered by myself. We’ve just “celebrated” two years since we’ve closed our main gas account and switched to a full electric house and I want to show some of the changes…
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Building Dreams: The Inside Story of LEGO Set Design
As Sean Hollister mentioned in his article, I don’t think we’ve ever seen this level of access and insight in how a LEGO set comes to life. I especially love the part about frames Want a part in a different color? That costs designers a frame. A new piece? Spend some frames. Bring back an…
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How much does it cost to charge your EV?
One of the first questions that normally revolves around EV ownership is how much is going to cost to charge the car. My hope with this post is to show you roughly the order of magnitude related to these costs. Of course, cost of recharging is heavily linked to your car and the driving efficiency…
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Let’s play a round of poker…
As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s certainly possible to complete long journeys with EV, quite easily in fact. You just need to complete a tiny bit of planning, but it’s definitely easily doable. Now, if you are a Tesla driver, you can pretty much skip this entire post as you look down at…
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Don’t worry about the range
When I was told I was going to have access to my company car scheme, I knew it was going to be the perfect moment to take a leap and switch to an electric vehicle. It absolutely was the right thing to do. Taking a significant step toward the personal decarbonisation was of course a…
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How F1 Visor Cam Works
Great short video explaining the beginning on this incredible technology. In the first two night races of the season these were used to great effect under the lights, looking forward to more of these exquisite point of views!
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My WWDC 2022 Wishlist
Seems crazy to think that another year has gone by, but here we are: Apple has just announced WWDC 2022. From their press release: Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in an online format from June 6 through 10, free for all developers to attend. Interestingly enough, they will…
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This is just a test…or maybe not? Definitely not!
So…I think I’m finally ready to start this thing again. I know, I know…I’ve probably written this very same post few other times in the past, but this time is for real. I really want to use this outlet as a way to express myself on things that I find interesting and compelling. There will…
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Where’s Luke?
The official theatrical poster for The Force Awakens is here. The final trailer will hit the web tomorrow. Tickets pre-orders after that. The question is: where’s Luke?