- Mitsubishi Ultra Thin Frame Premium Flat Panel TV with Integrated Sound Projector » Coolest Gadgets — cool. I have a discrete sound projector in one room and have been happy with. this is a great way to get surround sound with minimal fuss.
- At the other end of the price spectrum, the Li’l Guppie Multi-tool. I am not sure I actually get much value out of multi-tools but they look cool.
- Realtime power use monitor — this actually seems pretty useful.
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Radon in granite countertops
May 17
Egad 2. I am sure I’ve never had our countertops tested.
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.
Disturbing Wiring
Mar 30
Dark Roasted Blend: Disturbing Wiring, Part 4 — we have 5 miles of Cat5 in our house, I can relate
Stairbookcase
Feb 23
Cable Storage
Jan 31
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.
Running HDMI over cat5
Jan 3
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.
- Ping Pong Door ? Coolest Gadgets — just a concept now I guess.
- Another concept — mobile phone/tv remote combo. I love this idea. Not sure I like this particular form factor but the concept is great.
- Response Kettle — cool! The general idea of embedding small amounts of processing power into everyday objects and having them exhibit some behaviour seems fruitful
- Combo spatula tong — OK i really need this
Home Owner's Club
Nov 4
Home Owners Club — wonder if this is worth joining
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