Smart is a word that’s bandied around indiscriminately these days. It started off with smartphone, then smart watch, smart this, smart that. But what does “smart” actually mean? According to Dictionary.com, smart is dashingly or impressively neat or trim in appearance, as persons, dress, etc. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability clever, […]
What’s in your shed?
Who has a garage or shed? When was the last time you stopped to think about what you keep in there? Do you have bikes, for instance? What about power tools? And gardening equipment? All of these are pretty expensive to replace. And do you have a ladder? Ya know, the kind of thing that […]
The future of home security
This is Qolsys. I absolutely adore Qolsys. You know how 10-15 years ago, when the first iPhones came out? Everybody said that they’d love to have one of those one day. And no, pretty much, we all do, even if some have Android rather than iPhone. Well, this is the future of home security, of […]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could tell what happened at home when you were out?
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a WiFi Cloud camera. It’s made by the wonderful people at Partizan. It’s mains powered, so batteries won’t have run out when you want to view recorded footage. It stores it’s recording on Partizan’s cloud servers, so even if the camera is stolen or vandalised, you still have access to […]
Experts.
We were visiting a client today, as we were surveying for an upgrade to the door entry system we installed a while back. They mentioned that they’d called out a locksmith a few days ago, as they were having trouble getting the key into and out of their front door lock. The client mentioned that […]
Don’t compromise just because it’s an HMO.
One of my children will shortly start his final year at university & has recently moved into new digs. When he moved in, he looked at the front door lock and was not impressed. He sent me a lot of photos and videos of the door. I was not impressed. I sent him my recommendations […]
