Town Wired For Change at The Wired Home Weblog

The Iowa City Press-Citizen is reporting that city of North Liberty, Iowa is pushing for an ordinance that would set standards for communications wiring in homes. According to the article:City administrator Brian James said the ordinance would adopt the wiring standards of the Telecommunications Industry Association for every new house, apartment and condominium built in the city. The standards would require lines for voice, data or video in almost every [...] Read More


Welcome to my wired home blog at The Wired Home Weblog

Hi and Welcome to my new blog. My name is Elwyn Jenkins and I have taken over from the previous blogger. Because I live in a "Do-It-Yourself" wired home I face all the challenges and rewards that you may be facing if you are also building a wired home. One thing I do notice is that there is always something to do around the wired home . . . like extending [...] Read More


Does a Wired Home Sell for More? at The Wired Home Weblog

The Baltimore Sun in the article "Wired for Sale" questions whether a wired home actually sells for more. Generally, according to Abigail Tucker (the author), the impact of wired features in a home on the resale value is uncertain, particularly in a stagnating market. And according to real estate brokers featured in this article, they are suggesting that wired features do not really add value. What does seem to add value [...] Read More


Designing that Perfect Home Theater at Creative Weblogging

Home theater enthusiasts spend gobs of time picking out everything from the color of the walls to the perfect size movie screen when setting up their home theater systems. But, don't forget about the furniture! It could be just about the most important item in the room next to the actual wired set up you have to put together. Wired Home has some tips about making decisions concerning the right [...] Read More


Change.Org : What do you want to change in this world ? at Web 2.0

Change.org is a social network with a mission. And it's mission is clear : Save the planet and humanity by getting everyone together and realize those much needed changes in our world. If you agree on a requested change, you can login and add your blog, vlog, image or other comments to it to show why you support that change. And than you can add actions, or you can setup seperate actions, [...] Read More