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I think it was, at least for me. Back when it was thought that only the super rich could automatically switch on lights, music, or have a home theater, it was lots of fun to cobble together bits of random stuff and say "Oh yeh? Well look at this!" These days with everything "IoT" and such...

https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6178227   Basically you just open Google Maps on your browser, navigate to any location and click on the Pacman 'view' in the lower left of the screen. It transforms your current map view into a PacMan game. Goodbye productivity...   Terry    

Not the micro low-power PCs that are the rage these days but these are still good workhorses if you need one. If I remember, this board can take up to 16GB of RAM too. It's Woot so today only...   http://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-compaq-8000-elite-intel-sff-desktop-2  

Noticed this in Electronic House magazine this morning. While the geek in me thinks it's cool, do we really need a $40 9V battery that connects to the cloud??? http://www.smartroost.net/index.html

Just noticed this SlickDeals - I have no clue if this is a good PC or not, but it seems like it's worthwhile purchase for those looking to play with a micro PC or maybe a decent Plex/Kodi client box...    ...

I ran across Loxone while Googling about for LG TV TCP commands this morning. Has anybody had any experience with it? The configuration interface shown in the videos looks very Premise-ish but the hardware is a small DIN mountable controller. Wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't a RaspberryPi or...

I ran across this on eBay - anyone tried it? I like the enclosure, PS and other items included with the CAI but don't know if these boards have the latest firmware, are from CAI or modified, etc...  ...

SmartHome has a new LED bulb out with Insteon built into the bulb. That could be fun around the holidays for prop lighting.

True multi-way HDMI matrix switchers are crazy expensive so I've thought about the possibility of creating my own from a collection of HDMI splitters and switchers. My requirements are as follows: 5 sources to start, more later 8 max 9 HDTVs, possibly more later RS-232 Serial control So...

Soooo, I'm putting together a Jwilson-style audio distribution with 7 Insignia NS2000 receivers. I know I could use an Ocelot, IRtrans, or other similar pre-built device for IR control but whats the fun in that?? Instead I'd like to build my own - I'd like it to have 8 outputs, be able to...

So, I'm in the process of switching from a combination of Windows/Housebot & Linux to a Mac Mini running Indigo. I have two of the 4 port Quatec QSE100D serial to ethernet converters, and a Wiznet wiz110sr that I've used flawlessly with Windows based drivers and socat on Linux. I can't seem to...

I havent used this but it looks useful. Free today 1/20/2011 Button Shop Free Link Terry

Woot has the HDHR for $84.99 - Today 7/30/2010 only. Terry

So, what do small integrators do about selling clients A/V gear? I'm just starting out, got a few clients lined up and have been specking equipment for installs but I'm not sure how the resell-thing works for a small business owner. Are there wholesale places that anyone can recommend, or do I...

No warning, nothing. Just a "Hey Terry, can we see you in the conference room for a minute?". I suspect that they'll replace me with somebody fresh out of college at 1/2 to 2/3 my salary or the department "favorite" that coincidentally moved into the team this morning. Anybody need a IT Project...

I saw in a post from Dan that ESXi (4.0 I'm assuming) supports PCI and USB passthrough. Is this only with certain motherboards? I tried ESXi and could never get USB passthough to work. My other problem was that there was no management utility for the Mac platform. To administer the box I'd have...

There seems to be a lot of pent up frustration on the board about OS choices lately - I suppose it's been awhile since we had a good rant so maybe we're due. Anyway, to respect posts that have nothing to do with operating systems - I thought I'd start it off here - no need to limit it to just OS...

I saw this on slickdeals this morning and thought it might be of some use. Regular price is $39.95 http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/ Terry

Warning, looooong post ahead - thanks in advance for taking the time to read/reply! Frustrated by the multitude of cable boxes, AV switchers, TiVos, DVD players, an PCs that seem to congregate around our TVs - the wife has given unprecedented clearance to move to a consolidated system. For what...

I ran across this deal on slickdeals.net today and thought I'd pass it along. Seems pretty good and I may pick up a few myself... You get 1000' of Cat5e in a pull box with a bonus 50 pack of RJ45 connectors...