Archive for April 29th, 2009
So many questions about remote controlled curtains
by on Apr.29, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Like most things considered to be domotics I’m a big fan of any of the recent products developed through places like Power Control Systems and SmartLabs.
Nearly all of the latest items developed shouldn’t be considered actually as novel as they would seem in that these things has been created previously using currently accessible off-the-shelf stuff but for beginners they’re available as a organized kit. One other thing is now you don’t feel like you need an electrical engineering degree to understand how it works.

Upon closer inspection there are a lot of likenesses amongst the technologies involved. One such similarity, few of the offerings use handheld remote products as signal relays, and it’s hard to find one that doesn’t use radio waves in some capacity. With other differences still, it gets interesting – Rather than endeavor to outline it myself and mess it up, this site Insteon Controller has good discussions highlighting any differentiators.
So if anyone has any visions regarding ways to pull together a bit of dough to cover our recent addiction, please share!
Some days, I friggin hate accidents on my drive in!
by on Apr.29, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Many times I don’t hate my workplace, but every so often the traffic alone is enough to convince me to quit. A million horrible motorists coupled with barely any thoughts to the pavement. To top it off, I then knocked over my carefully balanced coffee driving in to the parking spot...
Think happy thoughts.