Steev's Blog - Automated Musings - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,2000496997b,00.htm Steev's Blog - Automated Musings - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:39:06 +0000 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:39:06 +0000 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) Steven Goodwin will be presenting an introductory session in the world of homebrew home automation at OpenTech on July 5th in London. Standard blurb follows: * Ticket reservations now open - Please Redistribute Freely * Ope... zdnetuk/10008480 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008480o-2000496997b,00.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:25:44 +0100 Home Automation at Open Tech 2008 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) Thanks to everyone that turned out for my talk in Brussels last week. (Hey - the law of averages says there must be at least one of you - right?) Well, for those that couldn't hear me explain some more of the technical details, there's a video of my pr... zdnetuk/10007490 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007490o-2000496997b,00.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:29:36 +0000 Minerva at FOSDEM mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) Well, after many months of agonizing I have managed to release a full bundle of the Minerva code that was featured on zdnet in December, and in the Homebrew competition. And yes - it includes the 'kettle' script :) Previously, you had grab separate ... zdnetuk/10007032 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10007032o-2000496997b,00.htm Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:52:58 +0000 Minerva Base Install Available! mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) Put simply, I have taken the basic X10 RF controller, and abused it to my purpose, of controlling the house. In essence I have a PalmPad Hand Held Remote Control which sends RF signals to the X10 RF Receiver, which in turn places signals on the powerli... zdnetuk/10006707 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006707o-2000496997b,00.htm Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:02:50 +0000 Cosmic - The RF to PC Gateway mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) T...]]> zdnetuk/10006693 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006693o-2000496997b,00.htm Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:04:29 +0000 A few more pictures mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) HA is not about brute forcing complexity into your daily lives, it's about technology augmenting your life in a subtle natural way. Here are five things of note I've implemented in Minerva. When the lights switch of at night, they fade out over the cou... zdnetuk/10006646 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006646o-2000496997b,00.htm Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:39:12 +0000 Five Subtleties mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) As most of you know, I do a lot of work within the Free and Open Source communities; so it's natural that my HA setup makes use of this. This post is to briefly outline which majors pieces of software are featured. CD player - cdcd - for basic CD handl... zdnetuk/10006611 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006611o-2000496997b,00.htm Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:16:23 +0000 Build On Free Software mailroomuk@zdnet.com (S) Yesterday, Karen suggested I upload some screenshots of the current state of my project, Minerva.

Minerva is basically a home automation suite covering everything you would normally do in the home, e.g. switch on lights, set videos, read news, a...]]> zdnetuk/10006586 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006586o-2000496997b,00.htm Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:18:40 +0000 A few screenshots