Memorial Day

us a flag on pole

Memorial Day is too early this year. From what I can tell, it’s actually the earliest it can be. Fascinating, I guess, to some. It just seems odd for it to fall earlier than the birthday of one of our fellow bloggers (which one, I won’t tell you). But, since it is fast upon us, I guess a meditation of sorts is in order. We have a lot of military-centered holidays. Too many for a supposed peaceful nation. I used to wonder how the Klingons of Star Trek, notably a warlike people, found their way to being...

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Towards a smarter home, part 8: A million little pieces

smart home mockup

Hey, so it’s been a long time since an update on the smartification of my home. I realize that it’s been a good number of random updates, installations, devices, etc., but not one single one that would deserve its own thread (heh) here. But, all added together, I guess an update is in order. Last time we talked about Matter Over Thread, what they tell me is the network and transmission protocol of the future. I had put together a fabric, what we call a mesh network of Thread devices, and it was working…fine. Devices would randomly...

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