A short while ago we experienced an attempted break-in. Luckily it was foiled by our secure back doors, but I think part of the reason our house looked so tempting was because we had no working security lights. With winter getting ever closer, and the nights getting longer, I have looked at the Philips Hue lighting system to see how it could help make our home more secure. … [Read more...]
Our #ScreeningSunday with My Cloud Home
I want you to think for a second about how you look at photographs. I’ll bet when you were a child, you looked at photograph albums but these days you look at images you have saved on devices such as your phone, tablet, home computer and so on. … [Read more...]
Bringing back the family album with My Cloud Home
In my mother’s house is a book shelf. On that shelf are rows and rows of photograph albums with lovingly presented images going back decades. Although we do have photograph albums in our household, I haven’t put one together in years and we certainly haven’t put one together since Helen and Izzy were born. I’m ashamed to admit that even our wedding photographs never made it … [Read more...]
The rules we put in place when using tech, with help from Alba
Teaching your children responsible use of technology is a bit of a minefield. It’s one of the issues I have struggled with as a parent as I’ve had to accept that tech plays an ever-increasing part of our lives, even for children. … [Read more...]
The Epson ET-3600: A family-friendly computer printer
Although we live in a world that is increasingly paperless, I’d be lost without a computer printer. Every now and again I’m asked to fulfil some administrative task that involves printing off and signing a piece of paper. Either that, or I have to print off photographs for family members or scan an original image I need for the blog. … [Read more...]