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I’ve abandoned SmartThings for Wink

I’m an amateur Home Automation hobbyist; we did some construction on our house a few years back and I took the opportunity to select a variety of Z-Wave switches and devices to replace our existing light switches; and over time I’ve replaced existing switches with their Z-wave equivalent. For the uninitiated, I can basically turn light switches on […]

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Penchant for puns

My wife (and her entire family, actually) have a penchant for making the most hilarious puns, usually unintentionally. Her most recent contribution: “I would love to see the Columbia River Gorge. It’s gorgeous!”

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Google now tracks “Google Alert” links

As of August 25th, 2009, Google Alerts now tracks links from emails through the google.com domain. Previously, they didn’t.