It’s the age of multi-purpose, multi-function. We still call our mobiles a ‘phone’, but we do a lot more than talk on them. A meal around the dining room table is irreplaceable, but most of us love to eat while we watch tv…in the living room....
Homeowners often ask two questions when they’re considering a home improvement project: ‘How much does it cost?’, and ‘How long will it take?’ These are important questions to answer from the start. After all, the payoff should be worth...
Horsepower– 18th century Scottish engineer James Watt coined the phrase ‘horsepower’ based on his own equations. Since he was hoping his steam engine would perform work traditionally done by horses, such as moving heavy loads, pumping water from mines, or...
If it’s done right, the penetrations a professional solar installer makes on your roof will keep moisture out longer than your roof will, in much the same way the best welders proudly proclaim (and prove) that their bead of material is stronger than the pieces...
FastTrak toll rates go up a dollar starting today. The state-approved increase is the first since 2010, all in all, a gentler blow than what’s happened to a gallon of gas (around $1.80 in January 2009) or a kilowatt hour over the past decade. Inflation is...
IN 1973, New Yorkers stopped and stared in amazement as Dr. Martin Cooper demonstrated the first cellular telephone call, right on the city street. The invention and combination of the radio, battery, and micro-processor had launched the mobile phone era. It takes a...
