Archive for November 6th, 2009
Argh, I can’t stand 2 hour delays that make me late!
by on Nov.06, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Most days I take satisfaction in working downtown, but every so often the travel coming in is all it takes to cause me to quit. One in three are sleepy sheeple coupled with secondary concerns of thoughts to the roadway. As if that wasn’t enough, I then knocked over my Starbucks as I drove into the parking stall... There's always tomorrow.
Beginning my combination of intense gaming and automation technology
by on Nov.06, 2009, under Home Automation, insteon, lighting control, zwave
Switching focus from automation of your home to home theatres is hardly much of a change bearing in mind the majority of folks (not counting us) likely started their exploration for mood lighting through a remote to make the full home theatre setup just right. In my mind the AMX remotes are a godsend and we use one for every one of the LCDs. Especially since I don’t do the non-PVR style of watching at all, it seems there’s almost always a million different items to switch on which I hated - grabbing one changer followed by the subsequent one until everything was ready, only to go backwards on the process after the show was done.

While smart remotes are here now, the mixture of lighting control and our ‘relaxing’ technologies is getting more real every week with quite a few of the more prevalent home automation places releasing infared integration from any powerline system now and as a result anyone with an interest can perform actions like scripting a stereo which could be in an adjacent room of the place with just your remote house controls. It’s exciting, although everything is illustrated more thoroughly here Home automation products when contrasted against most Insteon sites so it’s for sure a good destination to read through.
It’s useful because he is way too enthusiastic regarding technology.