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In general I like my Ford Mach-E (or Mustang Mach-E, or MME, or whatever), but every now and again I run into a rough edge because Ford is really bad at technology. Today’s rough edge is in ...

https://www.missingremote.com/blog/2024/03/ford-is-terrible-at-credential-management-paak-rant

Last night I participated in a panel discussion around building sustainable homes that was sponsored by NextHaus Alliance, the folks who are building our passive house. This is totally why I w...

https://www.missingremote.com/blog/2024/03/nexthaus-alliance-sustainable-house-panel-q-a

The reporting in this piece is so bad. I have to wonder if the pen tester here took advantage of the WSJ’s total lack of awareness around how this stuff works, or the WSJ’s editorial staff...

https://www.missingremote.com/news/2024/03/wsj-is-really-really-really-bad-at-technology-reporting

Overall the Vue 3 looks like a solid refinement of the Vue 2. Including some of the points, like better terminal/port retention for the CT plugs. Pricing looks good, and I’m glad to see that...

https://www.missingremote.com/news/2024/03/emporia-launches-improved-vue-3-energy-monitor

Testing out the 60A version of EVDANCE’s NACS (Tesla) to J1772 adapter. Lets you use Level 2 Tesla chargers (EVSE) at hotels, parking lots, or sharing one at home. EVDANCE’s adapter is a c...

https://www.missingremote.com/review/2024/02/evdance-tesla-nacs-to-j1772-adapter

I’m a little late to this party. TL;DR Haier tried to bully a FOSS developer who was making their product more useful, and got schooled. I love it. It is worth reading the timeline and the...

https://www.missingremote.com/news/2024/02/haier-learns-an-important-lesson-about-internet

The SPAN IO Smart Electric Service Panel is a really neat approach to solving some electrical service load issues. But there are several drawbacks that make it the wrong choice in many situati...

https://www.missingremote.com/blog/2024/01/is-span-panel-the-wrong-choice-for-all-electric-homes

I wasn’t able to find any reviews of the Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Ai Theta camera system that answered my questions around imaging performance. Specifically, how well it worked in low-light si...

https://www.missingremote.com/review/2024/01/ubiquiti-unifi-protect-ai-theta-pro-lens-ai-audio

Every so often I see an opinion piece like the one by Steve Hanley at CleanTechnica (which TBF is a heavy copy/paste/echo job based on an opinion piece by Christoph Schwarzer) around why we sh...

https://www.missingremote.com/blog/2024/01/a-lot-of-that-pivots-around-what-you-mean-by-norm-right-steve

Starting January 1st, 2024 new residential housing will need to include the infrastructure necessary to enable owners to easily add Level 2 (L2) EV charging (SB40). That’s true for single, a...

https://www.missingremote.com/blog/2023/12/illinois-sb40-mandates-ev-ready-residential-housing