For better or worse, we are the offspring of our parents. My father had a thing about House Numbers. He hated trying to find a house, and having to hunt for house numbers, both on the house he was seeking and on the ones around it trying to figure out where he was. House numbers painted on curbs were better
So I have a webpage that gives me status about the house, and lets me control things. The first page is for the house overall. It has the current heating/cooling mode, the set point temperature, and the actual temperature. There are buttons to put the Nest Thermostat in Home or Away, Raise the set point by one degree, Lower the
My old Kenmore Front-loading washer finally died after 16 years (bearing went), so I needed to replace it (and figured replacing the dryer at the same time made sense, since it would also be close to the point of age-related failure). I did my usual technique of research: Consumer Reports, Amazon user reviews, etc. and settled on a Samsung Washer/Gas
I’m a nerd. I’m an engineer. I bought a house. The result is inevitable… I like using Home Automation to have my house respond to (and, if possible, anticipate) my needs. From the simple things like having a motion detector turn on the lights in the kitchen and living room when I stumble out of the bedroom in the morning