Amazon Echo & Logitech Harmony
Cool is starting to kick in. I can talk to my home automation and my home entertainment. I am truly getting to be a high tech house.
Cool is starting to kick in. I can talk to my home automation and my home entertainment. I am truly getting to be a high tech house.
I received my Amazon Echo show today. It had the ‘cool’ factor but not the ‘wow’ factor. It seemed a light sluggish to me and the sound wasn’t as great as I expected. The video quality was good but not many of the skill really made use of the video. The timer function was a…
Over the last few weeks, I have switching some of the lights in the house to Philips Hue. It started because my eyes were hurting now that I am working from home all day. My office is on the lower level family room. It has eight ceiling lights and depending on the light coming in,…
Her new name is “She who must not be named”. Whenever I talk about Alexa, she decides to chime in. And I have learned, when watching YouTube videos about Alexa, make sure you turn off the michophone. I have started to integrate her with my home automation system. She have become vastly more interesting and…
I am not sure why I finally decided to buy an Amazon Echo today. Originally when I heard about it I thought to myself why would I want one. Well, I finally broke down and bought one. It might have been because it came with a Batman vs Superman sleeve. Pretty bad reason but I…
I just got my Echo Dash and I did not have a good time setting it up. My first problem is I was using my iPad. I always use my iPad. Well it doesn’t work on the iPad, I had to use the iPhone. Once I used the iPhone the configuration was a breeze. Using…
After reading all about security (or lack thereof) and the Internet of Things, I became concerned about my home because I have so many IOT devices. I looked at various online reviews and purchased a Cujo. After I received it, it just sat in it’s box for about a month, then one of the viruses…