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One more thing about wifi garage doors

One more thing about wifi garage doors

For the last ten years, I've been a big fan of wifi garage doors because you don't have to carry an extra key or controller and you can automate things once the garage opens (like turn on lights in your house). I've had Chamberlain/

WiFi garage door openers are some kind of magic

Listen to these wise words from Nelson: The #1 upgrade you should do for an older house is a dishwasher; they got a lot better about 15 years ago. But #2 may well be the garage door opener. Nelson's Weblog: tech / good / liftmaster-87504-267 I agree with both points

Track the lifespan of your LED lightbulbs with a Sharpie

I moved into a house that was built just three years ago and every light in the house is LED, but they're all generic with no brand names on the bulbs. LED bulbs typically last several years, but about every 3-4 months one of our lights go out,

Troubleshooting my tankless water heater

I'm blogging this in the hopes that anyone else doing Google searches while trouble shooting their tankless water heater might find this info useful, because I couldn't find any information about this on the web. The other day, our one year old tankless water heater seemed

LED lightbulbs: not ready for primetime

The other day, I mentioned this link to an online store selling LED bulbs. LEDs have long been heralded as the next great thing in decreasing home energy consumption, pulling down a fraction of the energy even efficient compact fluorescents use. Plus, they can last for a decade or more.

Misadventures in Copyright

Last year I moved into a new house with a big backyard, but the yard faces directly south, so it bakes in the summertime. I decided to find a local architect to help build a small shade patio off the back, and in the process I learned a lot about