I don’t mean to make all you HomeKit users jealous, but I wanted to automate a lamp in my living room, and this has been working perfectly.

[ultranurd@tacobelllabs.net]

@drdrang And you're telling me this new-fangled clockawhatsit never randomly fails to turn on the lamp?

[taatm@mathstodon.xyz]

@drdrang @joesteel
I agree they have a good purpose.

Ironically, following a power cut, I found my lamps on at 1:30am.

[ottaross@mastodon.social]

@drdrang they phone home though, right? And upload all your personal banking info?

[bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org]

@drdrang I actually have three of the old school 80s ones in storage.

[dennmans@waag.social]

@drdrang 30 year review: can recommend.

[sarae@ecoevo.social]

@drdrang lol srsly

you can keep your smart home

I have an assemblage of timers and motion and light sensors

[ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social]

@paulc @drdrang I'm an Insteon person too: All of the hardware works like dumb hardware but my PC can also communicate with it. Nothing in Insteon land ever fails in a harmful state.

[ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social]

@jamesfee @dmoren @drdrang Which part? My understanding is you can drive in a straight line and enter and exit daylight savings a few times!

[belwerks@mstdn.ca]

@drdrang Lookit this guy, living in the future!

[aaa365a@ohai.social]

@drdrang We have one of these for heating and hot water. There is smart lighting which is dimmable to accommodate light sensitivitiy.