by Mark Anderson | Feb 6, 2013 | Lighting And Automation Systems
Part 1 – The Basics (using a Linux VM) Intro After trying and failing to get SiriProxy up and running last year, I was inspired to get it working on my Raspberry PI by this article, but had much grander plans. There have been lots of posts about...
by Mark Anderson | Dec 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Disclosures My HVAC needs are simple. I live in 101 year old house that my wife and I bought 2 years ago. We don’t have central air (yet), and have radiant heat. So my thermostat requirements are simple: a single thermostat controlling a furnace. (I control my window...
by Mark Anderson | Oct 1, 2012 | Video
With services like Vudu, iTunes movies, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, UltraViolet, etc. streaming is growing at a dramatic rate. Fortunately, many movies look pretty good these days when streamed in 720p or 1080p, but much of the content found on YouTube, etc. leaves a...
by Mark Anderson | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
What is MHL? Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) is a standard for connecting mobile devices to a big screen TV or projector. It’s a 5-wire, single cable interface capable of supporting 1080p 60HZ video and 192 kHz, 7.1 audio while simultaneously charging the phone. It...
by Mark Anderson | Aug 1, 2012 | Lighting And Automation Systems
Light Control Thousands of dollars’ worth of audio visual wizardry can be worthless without proper sound and light control. Any home theater with a lot of ambient light (especially one with a highly reflective plasma, or low output projector) will have a negative...
