Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan

Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan


Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 03:03 AM PST

More performance-tuning for your home and office

Part 3  I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV exports we were just carbon-negative for power by my calculations.…

Eight... HD camera smartphones

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

Sharp shooters for parties and protests

Product round-up  You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone – the device I use the most, day in and day out – should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is becoming more commonplace and so rather than judge these handsets on their mobile merits, this round-up focuses on their HD video camera performance.…

Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST

That's 'billion', with a 'b'

If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012.…

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