Second Drobo Update
The new Drobo came quicker than expected and it's been working well ever since, so it's creeping higher up my recommendation list as the easiest storage solution you can buy.
The new Drobo came quicker than expected and it's been working well ever since, so it's creeping higher up my recommendation list as the easiest storage solution you can buy.
Why automated learning is hard for a smart home. The perils of over-fitting, under-fitting and how the general unpredictable nature of life makes it hard to build a system that learns your behavior.
In a home automation system we often want to convert a measurement into a probability. The ATAN curve is one of my favorite curves for this as it's easy to map overything onto a 0.0-1.0 range.
Several years ago we did a major remodel. I did all of the finish electrical myself and supervised all of the rough-in electrical. I also put in all of the electrical system and water in our barn. I have opinions ...
I'm testing a T-Mobile Home Internet device as a backup to XFinity and a way to offload half our monthly traffic to avoid the XFinity 1.2TB cap
Using nodes and links to represent a home and all the devices in it
Multicolored LEDs can convey a lot of information in a small space
The diminutive Arduino boards include a powerful transmitter/receiver
My talk to the Seattle Quantified Self meetup
Some new features for my home automation using an Android phone
Just thought I should mention that I built a web-like system before the web existed
At the risk of looking seriously old, here's something found on a paper tape
Historical note about moving my servers into a datacenter
Why disk speed is the most critical aspect for most modern PCs and servers
Monitoring a cable modem using its HTML management interface