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Obsolete While Working
Somewhere in a cabinet, a drawer, or a rack, there is a piece of consumer electronics that still works. It powers on. It still does the thing it was bought to do. Its capacitors and connectors are perfectly healthy. And yet it is finished. Not broken. Not worn out. Simply no longer allowed to become anything more than it already is. That’s a stranger kind of obsolescence than the one we’re used to talking about, and the real question isn’t whether it’s happening. It’s who…
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Loxone and UPS
One of the typical questions that people ask me when talking about the smarthome installation is “What happens in case of power outage?”, trying to target some weak spots of the solution. Well, usually the simplest answer is that in the event of power loss all happens the same as with any conventional “dumb” home… Read more
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Why have I decided to implement a home automation system?
This story dates back to the year 2014. At that time the main house construction work was already in progress and I was finalising my electricity plans. I had a clear idea about what I want where, but the list of things I would love to control kept constantly growing with every additional scenario I… Read more