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As I mentioned in the introduction article of this series, there isn't a standard yet for smart home devices to talk to each other. However, the advertising and hype sure makes smart homes look like an easy care free way of life. Well, it isn't. If someone is telling you it is, beware! Snake oil will soon follow!
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Since February of this year, I've been working on a lengthy project - I am slowly adding digital control and automation to the everyday things in our home. This project, unlike most of the others I've started grew out of a need rather than a want. Sure, the want is there and I'd be lying if I said that this wasn't one of the most fun projects I've committed to but, in this case, this project started with attempting to fill a need. Now that this project has matured a bit, I want to start chronicling my journey so that others with a similar need may find these experiments useful.
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Jay Napier is Mr. IncredibleIt is so easy to take everything for granted. Let's take for example, turning on the TV. Next to none of us give this simple task a second thought. I have had days when I came home from work so distracted that, after a few minutes of scurrying around the house, wondered if it was actually me that turned on the TV.
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- Category: Personal Development
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So, by now, we all know that social media creates "echo chambers" or news and social feeds that can reinforce extreme views and beliefs.
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A couple of years ago, I responded to a post on Facebook with a personal story that I have rarely shared. I don't talk about these events in my life often and not because I don't think of them as important or central to my identity but rather, because I do. I have kept it to myself largly because, it is a fundamental piece of me - one that is sensitive and utterly personal.
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I'm back on Facebook.
Now, before you get that look on your face, let me also note that I'm a FB Ghost. My profile only contains the items that are required to register and I have zero friends. I turned off all of the available settings to find me and it isn't possible to send me a friend request. So, now that look on your face probably looks puzzled. Let me explain.
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I've been noticing that I spend a lot of time online. I don't have a lot of social media accounts to manage but nonetheless I've been feeling like the time I've spent wasn't worth much. Sure, I've started some discussions on topics I think are important and I've learned a lot from other's point of view, but what has the net balance to all of this online perusing been? Did I really gain anything or add to the world in any meaningful way?
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It is an early Monday morning. I get out of bed to get ready for work and before getting in the shower, I sleepily step on the scales - 205. ~sigh~ I go about the rest of my morning and go in to work. For the last two months it has been this way, except that the number has been increasing, slowly inevitably, again.
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I want to exercise, study and change several other aspects of my life. How I do this with a full time job, two side businesses, a family and a profound need to sleep once in a while? Oh, and I want more down time to spend with my family and friends, too!
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As I mentioned before, I've been doing a bit of self analysis. One of the things that has become oh so painfully clear is that I have gotten lazy! A number of things have contributed to this laziness but regardless of that I now have two areas of flab - body and mind.
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- Category: Robotic Arm
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After several months on the to-do list, I finally cleaned up the Robotic Arm Project code a bit to improve my robotic arm's functionality and performance.