For years, I have considered purchasing a new thermostat, so that I could integrate it into the Home Automation, and control it, easily.. Â So I have kept my eye on a few different solutions, but just recently, we needed some furnace work, and I was able to justify purchasing a new Venstar T1800, when I […]
Folks, Have you actually seen the LampLinc Dual Band Dimmer (2457D2) yet? If not, take a look at it… As with the rest of the Dual Band products, its fast, it’s compact, but more importantly, the SmartHome web site’s images make it look huge! And you know what, it’s not their fault. It’s significantly smaller […]
Speed. Â It’s all about the speed, and reliability. Â Ah hem. Â It’s all about two things, speed, and reliability. Â Certain things reduce the Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) more than a flaky home automation system, especially if it is just a single device that is erratic… The 2413U solved that for us, along with a small timing […]
The term comes from the idea of a clumsy, ‘fat-fingered’ typist, who presses extra keys without being aware of it. As the practice of high-frequency trading continues to become more widespread, concerns are growing that erroneous trades carried out by ‘algos gone wild’—a sort of digitally amplified version of the ‘fat finger’ phenomenon—could cause a […]
A new report suggests that iPhone OS 4.0 could be close to release, months before it would normally be expected. Apple has heretofore only released new firmware with new phone models. However, CNET reports that a “prominent” app developer says he’s got the new SDK and has updated his app already. In the past, Apple […]
About a year or so ago, we switched from Time Warner Cable’s Digital Phone package, to PhonePower… And we haven’t looked back since, overall, the features, are much better than Time Warner’s offerings:
Ars Technica’s John Siracusa is having flashbacks…  He is reviewing and commenting on his 10 years of Apple Mac OS X reviews… The latter half of the 1990s was a dark time for the company then known as Apple Computer, Inc. Windows 95 had dashed any remaining hopes of mass-market desktop dominance for Apple. The big […]
Folks, I should be able to give  a review on the PowerLinc Modem (2412U) vs the 2414U, early next week.  My PLM is suppose to arrive on Friday, and I am hoping that it will solve some minor problems that we have been experiencing with the Home Automation.