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Stuff I Want But Don't Need — Surround projector TV, Multitool, Power monitor

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Radon in granite countertops

Egad 2. I am sure I’ve never had our countertops tested.

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Flash is the worst web technology ever

We are planning some remodelling and trying to exchange ideas with our designers. I know that the people who design websites for all the furniture industry mean well, and their sites look cool, but they are usability disasters. there is no way to send links back and forth to items we like because all the content is embedded deep in flash animations. KraftMaid Cabinetry, IKEA are great examples — we find a set of cabinets we like, and we have to tell our collaborators to go search for the item themselves. oh and of course there is no search function.

If searchable, linkable, plain old HTML is good enough for Amazon, the number one web retailer, how is it that it isn’t good enough for all the rest of these guys.

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Disturbing Wiring

Dark Roasted Blend: Disturbing Wiring, Part 4 — we have 5 miles of Cat5 in our house, I can relate

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Stairbookcase

Thrill of the (book <em>and</em> stair) case — cool

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Cable Storage

Like many people I have a mess of extra cables — displays, ethernet, usb, sound/speaker of many flavors, firewire, etc etc etc.  I used to just keep them in a tangled mess in a drawer.

But I had an unused shoe rack like this one — Chrome Over-the-Door Shoe Rack — it is pretty great for storing cables. Lots of ways to hook them over the shoe holders, easy to keep them organized by type, etc.

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Running HDMI over cat5

eHomeUpgrade | Honeywell Introduces HDMI to Cat5 Converter — maybe the wireless HDMI stuff people are talking about will render this useless, but with 5 miles of cat5e in my house I am always looking for ways to use it up.

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Stuff I Want But Do Not Need — household edition

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Home Owner's Club

Home Owners Club — wonder if this is worth joining

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Need a wireless doorbell/intercom

quick scan of google results –
* Westinghouse 5 Channel Wireless Home Intercom System with Doorbell
* Radio shack unit with telephony interface
* Westinghouse or on amazon (savage customer reviews)
* Doorbell fon units — telephony integrated solution
* a list of units at nextag
* … and at smarthome

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