This is a rather unusual Chit Chat Across the Pond where I interview Joe Dugandzic as he walks us around his tiny, smart home. Joe’s home is 395 square feet and he produces his Smarter Home Life Youtube series all in that space. The interview is a combination of learning about how to create lighting […]
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When Your Doorbell Tells You Your UPS Has Died
While Steve and I were on vacation, something very curious happened. As you know we’ve been getting more and more into Home Automation, adding connected devices with reckless abandon lately. One of our early devices was our Ring Video Doorbell. When we’re away, we find it comforting to watch the notifications when our Ring doorbell […]
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This week I had the great honor of being on the very first episode of a new podcast called the Conversations of Things. Joe Dugandzic of Smarter Home Life is the host, and it’s going to be an interview show with tech people about the Internet of Things and Home Automation. Joe is such a […]
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In my previous article I tried to give you the flavor of how to install the ecobee3 Smart Thermostat, and now let’s talk about how it actually works. But if after hearing more about it you feel tempted to buy one, don’t do it. My timing couldn’t be worse on this, because I just found […]
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A Noob Installs the ecobee3 Thermostat
When I was in college, my roommate Sandy and I wanted to put up a hanging plant. Remember the 70s when macramé plant hangers were all the rage? If not, go ask your mom. Anyway, she said we should go get a boy to help us. I told her that if we couldn’t do it […]
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