By John, on December 31st, 2008
Today I finally got around to correcting the programming for our outside lights, which I screwed up when we switched from summer time several weeks ago. The programming for the lights and for the outside blinds is performed by complicated sequences of button-pushes on the above controllers. The sequences are so complicated, and the handbooks so poorly written, that we usually manage to screw up the programming for at least one of the units each year. They drive me mad.
So the next time we move, there is one “must”. We are going to have lights and blinds controlled by a home automation (HA) unit which can be programmed using a personal computer using either a USB interface, or better, via a WLAN connection. At least, I hope so.
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By John, on December 15th, 2008
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The German Post and their parcel service, DHL, have a great internet service – you can print your own stamps online (Just don’t try to use the internet address printed on the stamps – it doesn’t exist! It seems to have been a temporary glitch – the . . . → Read More: Adobe, Mac and the Post don’t get on
By John, on December 3rd, 2008
An interesting article in the New York Times last week, about the complete and on-going irresponsibility of retail banks and credit card companies in the USA. If you’ve been reading the financial press for the last month or two, you’ll have read that after the mortgage crisis, we are going to have the credit . . . → Read More: Why the finance crisis isn’t over yet
