Rick Sutcliffe's Blog, page 4

Automation Information

Much of what you wanted to know about home automation with HomeKit.

The time has come...

Cabbages and kings, sealing wax and things, and whether pigs have wings.

Sharp Knives For Coming Cuts

The Spy muses with some cutting remarks

Freezing in the Dark

climate change, doing something about it, Russia, America, inflation, invasion, windows (not W*nd*ws). siding, and incompetence--a mixed and late bag this month

Fall Miscellany; Question Time

Webb, Hubble, the Big Bang, standards and the smart home, Matter, Apple's M-chips, accounting and Excel, health, c=vaccines, conspiracies, rumours and their making, fake medicine miracle cures, Wayne & Shuster, and merci--a veritable potpurri of topics.

Quo Vadis Civilization?

Civilization and its technology are interdependent. Transitions are tough. Can the fragmented Third Civilization transition to the Fourth--the Information Age, or will everything collapse? The answer may be political, not technological.

Supply and Redundancy

On the enabling, necessity and fragility of supply chains. The Spy proposes his twelfth Law, this one on the failure to plan for failure.

We Have Seen The Energy And It Is Us

In the light, or better, darkness, of Russia's war against Ukraine, the Spy turns Pogo-like this month to discuss energy options.

Pushing On Tropes

On supplementing instead of trying to duplicate huuman intelligence

A Tale of Three Technologies

Of tractor engines, Synology NAS, and surveillance camera systems