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…
I finally was so disgusted with my cable bill I decided to try live TV from Hulu. I already had Hulu for a year and it was great until they changed the user interface recently. They change the user interface to support live TV. I am trying Hulu Live for a month but I already…
I finally had enough with the Behmor Coffee Maker. With firmware updates causing problems, the coffee marker making eight cups, sometime the coffee maker not working and unpairing from my iPad, I have finally had enough. I purchased a normal, non-internet connected coffee maker. I guess some things are not meant for automation yet. The…
I finally tried Amazon Music since it was free for a week. It didn’t really work for me. It usually recognized the titles of the songs but it would pick obscure groups to play the song. I cancelled the service before the week was over and went back to Pandora.
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.
Over the last few months I have gone a bit overboard. I bought two more Amazon Echos as well as an Echo Dot. I am getting use to talking to my house. Occasionally I also use it as a bluetooth speaker. Not the best sound but it will do.
Did I go one step too far? I just purchased a coffee maker because I could control it from my iPhone/iPad. It is suppose to be a great coffee maker (Behmor Connected Customizable Temperature Control Coffee Maker). It makes the best coffee I have had in a long time. But syncing it with my iPad…
I have been doing the math for cutting the cord. in my initial calculation the cost is pretty close because I can’t get really use an antenna easily out here. I am now subscribing to CBS All Access and the commercials are driving me crazy. I am also ashamed to admit but I enjoy some…
I was coming home from a weekend outing and we started talking about the high cost of cable. I had been talking about this a lot in the office recently, and I was surprised at the number of people who already started to look into this. We were all using the same cable provider although…
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…