January 9, 2012 12:29am by Steve | 
We have a number of Lutron Faedra light switches in our home, and they have worked predictably (and awesomely) for many years. However, just recently, one of the switches started exhibiting strange behavior. When pressed, it would bring up the room lights to full maximum… which was not desired. With a single press, the switches [...]
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I’ve spent a lot of time lately attempting to find the best solution for keeping leaves and plant material out of our gutters. We currently have *no* gutters on the house due to the renovation. I don’t simply want to install open gutters and leave it at that, because the house is so tall [...] This is happening at my house right now. Gas hookup = heat. And for those who like the express version… My initial attempt at Media networking is a big success! The world of the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) is now open to me. Here is the formula you need to know: TV Tuner Card (Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150) + Hauppauge MediaMVP + GB-PVR + Zap2It + Hard Drive + Network = WOW Assuming you already have [...]  Tags: cable, cat5, gb-pvr, hauppauge, home, media, mediamvp, networking, video Category: House RenovationHome Renovation [...] Yesterday I received my new Home Media Network toys to try out. So I go to power on my computer and… um… nothing. The power supply is dead. Ugh! Half an hour later I’ve ordered a new power supply, but now I have to wait a week to try this stuff out. In the [...] After some additional research, I’ve decided to conduct a (relatively) cheap experiment. I’ve purchased the following: Hauppauge PVR-150 TV Tuner card Hauppauge MediaMVP I’m going to install the card in my current PC, install GB-PVR, hook up the MediaMVP to my current television and take a leap into the “modern world”. I’ll let you [...] We just did our first walk-through with the electrician the other day. Our new addition is essentially all sealed up with new windows and such, but the walls are still just framed and wide-open. So now we begin to think about lighting, electrics, and networking. I have been convinced that since the walls are [...] To give you an example of what’s going on inside our house. Here is a picture of our dining room. We were living in it a week ago. Click for big pic. Random images of Christmas Eve, so far. Some images are computer assisted. The house. More house. The daughter. The son. [...] |
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