Let’s face it: us geeks do have a tendency to accept computer interfaces barely more user-friendly than, say, a shell. And that’s all right for me; it doesn’t really matter to me that Emacs maps C-w, M-w and C-y to cut, copy and paste instead of the more familiar C-x, C-c and C-v. But if […]
Lesson learned today: always monitor a machine you intend to let run without interruptions for a long time. And that includes home automation hardware. I have described elsewhere the steps to install Debian on an embedded PC. I’m still working on this project and intend to soon install the open-source Misterhouse software on it. But […]
The Guardian carries an interesting story about yet another alternative to ZigBee: Ultra-low Power Bluetooth. ZigBee has been touted since 2003 as a low-power, low-bandwidth wireless protocol ideally suited to home automation applications. But as the article makes clear, “we aren’t all drawing our curtains and turning on the lights with the touch of a […]
At long last I’ve pasted together the videos taken during by PhD defense. Here they are, raw and unedited. 1/8 2/8 3/8 4/8 5/8 6/8 7/8 8/8