Smart Home – Doors and Locks

This is the fourth post in my series on smart home technology. You may want to start with the one entitled Smart Home Starting Point. {Disclosure: I’m providing links for these products. If, at the time of publication, the price was the same on Amazon and elsewhere, I linked to Amazon and I may getContinue reading “Smart Home – Doors and Locks”

Status Report, 15 Jan 2024

Big Picture: Where are we? The hardscape project is UNDERWAY! Technically this status report is being written on Tuesday, but that’s OK… Corp Update  Goals for January

Status Report, 8 Jan 2024

Big Picture: Where are we? Vestibule plaster work is complete, and hardscape work has begun OK, this status report is more than a bit “overdue”, but this should catch everyone up to where we are. It’s been a great holiday season, with time to visit family and friends and really enjoy the fruits of our labor. There’sContinue reading “Status Report, 8 Jan 2024”

Smart Home – Lighting

This is the third post in my series on smart home technology. You may want to start with the one entitled Smart Home Starting Point. {Disclosure: I’m providing links for these products. If, at the time of publication, the price was the same on Amazon and elsewhere, I linked to Amazon and I may getContinue reading “Smart Home – Lighting”

Whom do I trust? (updated)

{I originally posted this back in Feb 2022. Since then, I’ve found new sources, and some are less valuable over time. It’s worth updating this post to include them. Read on…} In the “old days”, if you had a project at your house, you had to have a friend who knew what he was doingContinue reading “Whom do I trust? (updated)”

Status Report, 29 Oct 2023

Big Picture: Where are we? When one door closes, another one opens. The concrete is still stalled… BUT big news on the doors! it’s been about 6 weeks since I wrote a status report. It isn’t for lack of activity- just not what I’d define as progress. I’ll dive into it below. Corp Update Goals forContinue reading “Status Report, 29 Oct 2023”