July 12, 2016Windows 10 Installing Windows Insider Builds on a Low Capacity Tablet There has been a lot of misinformation in the Insider’s Forum (from customers) about the necessary free space to install an […]
June 26, 2016Alexa, Amazon Echo, Connected Home Alexa, Sonos, Smart Things, Harmony, Oh My So I wasn’t invited to the Logitech Harmony Ultimate Alexa beta and I have some concerns about how Sonos activities are going […]
May 9, 2016Amazon Echo, Connected Home, Home Automation Alexa, turn on my home theater–AnyMote Awesomeness Heaven forbid that I should have to lift a handheld remote in my very Smart Home. I got to thinking that with […]
May 7, 2016Amazon Echo, Connected Home, iPhone Taking Alexa with me everywhere using Lexi Just yesterday I was away from home and thinking I needed to add a few things to my Alexa powered shopping […]
May 5, 2016Amazon Echo, Connected Home Alexa, change colors on my Hue stuff (thanks Yonomi) I love my Alexa enabled Connected Home and I love the Yonomi App. Amazon’s Echo Smart Home covers an amazing number […]
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 […]
February 12, 2016Home Automation, Home Security Netgear’s Arlo Q Security Cam is a Winner I’ve had quite a few different IP/Security Cameras from various vendors like D-Link, Foscam, Insteon, etc. going back to my first […]