Despite the fact that universal remote controls have been around for some time, there are many people who still play the juggling game with two or more remotes every evening.

Typically, that’s because universal remotes have tended to be clunky, hard to program, and counter-intuitive to use.

Logitech’s latest, the Harmony One, comes pretty close to really being a really useful universal remote. If only it incorporated Bluetooth.

The topic is all part of my “Techno Logic” column that’s published in today’s edition of the Georgia Straight.

There’s a remote for everything these days. Denizens of the cold wastelands of Canada have remotes to start their cars and trucks on dark winter mornings. There are remotes for radios and TVs, lights and fans, stereos and video players, computers, coffeemakers, washers and driers, and air conditioners.