Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

This is just a short post to show that I really am starting off my smart home journey from the beginning. No smart hub, no…

The Automated Home Blog started life in 1996, so 2021 saw it reach its 25th Anniversary. The top 20 most popular posts from the past…

I’ve referred back to this post about a Smart Home Utopia many times since I wrote it 14 years ago. In the intervening years, there…

With our student getting ready to return home it was time to setup the den upstairs. The timing couldn’t have been better because BenQ got…

After nearly two and a half years of ownership, I sold my Model 3 last Autumn, taking advantage of the incredibly strong used prices. The…

This new video from the Connectivity Standards Alliance gives a good overview of the new Smart Home Standard, Matter…

Sitting is the new smoking apparently so we were intrigued when FlexiSpot offered to send us their EW8M Comhar Standing Desk to try in the…

Back in the summer we added the Comhar Standing Desk to the Automated Home. Now FlexiSpot have sent over their new BS11 PRO Ergonomic Chair…

This blog started in September 1996. 27 years on, the time has come to make a change. Almost 3 decades after I began my home…

Hi everyone, my name’s Marty and I’m new here. I was originally planning to have the website and forums running smoothly before introducing myself, but…