Submission by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - First a big thanks to Li at Laser.com for lending me the X10+ Light Spike to play with and review. The X10+ light spike is advertised as "a convenient way to automate garden lighting" but is it? Well the look and feel of it is chunky enough, the 80W bulbs are reasonable substantial and bulbs are available in a variety of colours (white, green, blue, red and yellow). As you would expect it also has a spike on it for sticking it in the ground...

Having obtained a number of Mini Timers from Homebase for £2.99 each, the first thing I needed to do was remove the electronics from the nicely styled case. Turning the case over I saw two screws at the back. There are in fact four screws to be removed, the other two are at the front under the rubber feet...

 Submission by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - I got a weather station from Skyview in the UK and it turns out that the system is the Oregon Scientific WM-918, which in this case is branded as Huger, from Germany. After several months of use it has proved to be incredibly reliable and stable, my only complaint was that the software that came with it was a bit pants really and offered little or no hope of integrating it into the Homevision setup...

"With this latest hardware and software upgrade, Comfort's already impressive feature list now grows to include the ability to :- view real-time video images from cameras around your home, control lights and curtains, switch camera views, open the garage door and control the heating from literally anywhere in the world using a normal web browser and the internet as the communication line...

Submission by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - "Firstly a little bit of background just to get you in the mood... I recently received Homevision as a Christmas present. Most people know what Homevision can do and it was one of these features that I was particularly interested in.. IR... Like most people into Home Automation I have a large(ish) number of IR controllable devices, amps, vcrs etc...

Submission by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - "It's not often that powerline technology gets me excited, most of us use X10 and we know it has short commings. This is different though. The ATL60142E wont turn your lights on and off, it wont close the curtains at night, but what it will do is provide you with a network connection. So what is so special about that I hear you cry. Well, the ATL60142E will provide this network connection anywhere that you have a power socket in the wall. That's right, it uses powerline technology to provide network connectivity...