Archive for June 8th, 2009
Argh, I friggin hate stop and go traffic on my route!
by on Jun.08, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Some times I take satisfaction in working downtown, but some days the trip coming in is all it takes to cause me to move far away. Some people are such new drivers with a passing interest in thoughts to the road. To top it off, I tipped the stupid coffee driving into the garage...
Another day another dollar.
Reminder: buy home automation toys
by on Jun.08, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Like most things considered to be home of the future type stuff I’m a big fan of any new stuff for sale by consortiums like the Z-Wave alliance and the Zigbee Alliance.
Almost all of these new products for sale shouldn’t be considered so much big a deal as they claim seeing as this stuff could be done before working with available readily available stuff but instead now they are accessible as a tidy kit. That and you won’t need a 6 page schematic to figure it out.
A few comparisons show us a lot of correlations among the product lineups. For example, almost none of the product lineups use cordless devices as RF boosters, and it’s hard to find one that doesn’t use radio waves someway. When investigating further however, it becomes more complicated – Rather than venture to describe it now and mess it up, there’s a site here Insteon review does a good job of digging into the contrast points.
So if you have any visions regarding methods to make some cash to fund the new compulsion, comment below and let me know!
