This is the next instalment of a series of blog posts following the ongoing installation of a PBX (a Private Branch eXchange, literally a private telephone switchboard) in my house. I’ve pretty much got a working system now so I wanted to update you all, all that remains at this stage is connecting up to […]
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More Home Automation Examples
So this is continuing the series looking at Home Automation solutions, both in terms of the technology that’s available and what it can do for you. Continuing my theme of available options, I wanted to mention an option I didn’t mention last time, an option that I’ve discovered during my hunt for the home automation […]
Continue ReadingHome PBX Update: Codecs and Security
This is the next instalment of a series of blog posts following the ongoing installation of a PBX (a Private Branch eXchange, literally a private telephone switchboard) in my house. The thing about technology is that it’s great when it works, but it can be a pain to get it working. So far getting our […]
Continue ReadingWhat about Home Automation?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last, I don’t know, maybe 60 years, you’ve probably heard or seen the phrase “Home automation”. Most people see it one of two ways, either that slightly 1950’s vision of robots and other things that are probably less convenient than what we have today, or the […]
Continue ReadingHome library management
I love books, we have quite a lot at home, covering a wide range of subjects, plus a lot of fiction books and children’s books. We don’t mind lending them out, but eventually it becomes quite hard to keep track of them all: where’s this book, is it in the living room, the study, does […]
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