The Engin Blog (uk)

15 year old German does it for me

By Steve Hill

I have to change my car early next year – it is contract hired and the contract is due to expire.

Normally I would swap it out for another new shiny model, as I have done for more years than I can remember, but that is about to change.

I travel far less than I use to so I do not need an all singing, all dancing black-top eater ( I have my Harley for the serious travelling). I need a car to get me and my wife a few miles each week with the abilityt o do an occasional long trip.

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Nose to the Grind Wheel

by Steve Hill

In my last posting I was extolling the virtues of being able to work from a lot of different places – such as the wine/coffee lounge I was blogging in at the time – well I am back at my desk posting this time as part of a long list of tasks I have before me.

Yes, WiFi and modern technology has released us from having to be in one place to achieve a lot of our work – but at times the ability to work in different places brings frustration as that opportunity can be denied because you just do not have the time to get away from the desk.

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21 Into 19 Does Go

By Steve Hill

Blogging is great because you can do it anywhere, well almost.

I am usually stuck at my desk following energy news reports to update Enigin PLC’s news feeds, or compiling interviews with Enigin Distributors around the world, this can be handled remotely sometimes but it is difficult, but blogging is ideal for getting your work done while out of the office.

Hence I am writing this while out of the office after having a brunch of eggs Benedict and enjoying the sunshine in Plymouth, south west England.

To make things even easier, the Seco Lounge where I am sat enjoying the situation provides free WiFi.
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Power Hungry

By Steve Hill

It is little wonder that there is a major concern regarding future energy use – I was looking around our home and totted up all the appliances and electrical equipment we have, it is astonishing how many we have.

I think back to when I was a boy, many decades ago, when in our home we had a television, a fridge with a freezer compartment, an electric oven, an electric fire for heating backup, vacuum cleaner, radio, a stereogram, an immersion heater and then the household lighting. More

Eden Preserving Paradise

By Steve Hill

Last week I visited the Eden Project with my wife. The Eden Project is a remarkable place and although being close by, it is the first time I have visited it in summer.

This is just over the hill from Enigin’s HQ, in fact Enigin Distributor’s on the residential training course use to have Wednesday afternoon off to visit this world renowned attraction.

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Laughs Instead of Screams for Enigin

By Steve Hill

I came in on my wife and son the other day watching the end of a family favourite film, Monsters Inc.

As I had not been watching the film from the beginning I came at the story form a  different angle and saw something new in its message

If you don’t know this amazing animation from Pixar then let me layout the story, very briefly.

The world that these creatures, monsters, live in looks just like ours but their energy comes from screams, hence the energy company, Monsters Inc., collects screams from young children in our world by emerging from children’s closets to collect the required scream in a can and returning to their world with this vitasl resource (you can guess what attracted my interest). More

Spring and Summer the Time for Growth

AT Enigin we are concerned with growth, always growing as a company always expanding our knowledge and solutions to help organisations to manage and save energy but at home things are not that different at this time of year!

At home my concern is not business growth or energy saving advancement but the growth in the garden. Do not misunderstand me – I am no gardener. I love a beautiful garden, to sit in it and enjoy the labours to produce it, the labour of others adds to the delight for me.

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Energy Saving Light Entertainment no Joke for Cable TV

By Steve Hill

I have a Virgin Media cable television supply into my bedroom and in the past couple of months it started acting up! Suddenly the channels would change by themselves or the remote seemed to stop working altogether, the next minute everything would be fine, then the set top box would switch off!

I was about to call Virgin Media when I read this article by Graham Snowdon in The Guardian:

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