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Category Archives: Home automation
Wired UK on Home Automation
I was travelling back from a meeting yesterday on the train and decided to grab the UK edition of Wired to read to pass the time. In it there was a good, short and to the point article on home … Continue reading
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The snag list
Ok, it is time to admit it. All is not well in the geeky home. There are little niggles, everythings working but it’s not slick and it’s not well integrated enough. It’s time to start finding some solutions. Here are … Continue reading
Y-CAM
For a while now I’ve been looking at some home monitoring systems and how I can best integrate them into my digital experience. Previously I’ve used Yawcam with some pretty great results but currently I’m trying to reduce my carbon … Continue reading
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Lovin’ the Home Server experience
Gotta say I’m really loving the experience of Home Server. It’s got to be one one the best products MS have put out in years! It’s so simple, so well thought out. I’ve got the client “Connector” software installed on … Continue reading
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Projects I want to do
It’s fair to say there are a number of projects I want to do ggua year and I intend to post about each of them as I do them. cctv: I want to be able to remotely monitor the house … Continue reading
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Yawcam – Yet Another Webcam Software
I wanted some form of monitoring from the home setup of something. Not really sure why but I sometimes get a bit worried when we are away from home. So I picked up a Tesco Value Webcam and found the … Continue reading
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Power Monitoring
This looks like a really interesting new system that I’d really love to get into. The Greener Grass: Concept – Current State This is an automation system that does remote control of sockets, but the killer feature is that it … Continue reading
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