April 22, 2016Amazon Echo, Connected Home Yonomi, LifX, Alexa and Routines (Scenes) I recently discovered the Yonomi App which was the result of a narrow quest to enable voice control for my Sonos […]
March 24, 2016Amazon Echo, Connected Home Completing My Alexa Connected Home with Sonos Stations via Yonomi Earlier this week I started a quest to include my Sonos speakers in my Connected Home in order to control them and […]
March 19, 2016Amazon Echo, Connected Home Whole Home Sonos Control using Amazon Echo Skill I’ve always wanted voice control for my Sonos speakers, and the TL;DR version of my story is that thanks to a […]
February 26, 2016Connected Home, Networking, Technology Roomba! I’m a geek and proud of it, so when my 26 year old canister vacuum’s motor seized up and died and ugly […]
January 13, 2016March 23, 2018Connected Home, Home Automation, Insteon, Sonos Insteon and Sonos Happy Together I’ve had my Sonos Play 5’s since 2010 and started my Insteon Connected Home in 2012. And now, I’m happy to […]
November 14, 2015Connected Home, Home Automation, HomeKit HomeKit, Philips Hue Bridge 2.0, and Siri Stops Working Philips Hue has some awesome lights and devices for decorating your home with light and providing home automation. The original Philips […]
June 28, 2015Connected Home Siri HomeKit Commands with On/Off Switches and Lights in Rooms or Zones Apple’s HomeKit powered hubs and devices are very new and the platform is fragile, but definitely is a promise of things […]
June 22, 2015Connected Home HomeKit and My Connected Home The Internet of Things isn’t arriving fast enough for me, but I’ve managed to jumpstart my Connected Home’s entrance into this […]
January 15, 2015Connected Home, Device Sync, Fitness Misfit Shine is the Stylish Fitness Tracker for Me I was one of the early adopters of Jawbone’s Up V1 fitness tracker. When it worked, it provided me with the […]
June 8, 2014Connected Home, Home Automation, Windows 8.1 Get MMS Alerts from Insteon Cameras I’ve got a great set up for Home Automation and Security, thanks to my Insteon devices and software, including the newly […]