Recently I had to work out a solution for my brother-in-law's large home. There are three levels, 15 rooms and a granny apartment all as part of the home. What we needed was to put an intercom sta…
"Smart Homes for Dummies" has been around since 2000. A new edition was released without fanfare in July of this year, 2007.
From a quick flick through and comparing it with the 2nd Editio…
Hi and Welcome to my new blog. My name is Elwyn Jenkins and I have taken over from the previous blogger.
Because I live in a "Do-It-Yourself" wired home I face all the challenges and reward…
If you're like me, you know that summertime means time to hire the neighborhood boy for 15 bucks every few weeks to cut your grass, because you don't have the time or the energy to do it yours…
Since we posted the tutorial about programming the 30 second skip on the Motorola DVR, we've gotten several emails asking how to program TiVo with the 30 second skip. So for all of our wonderful …
Editing digital video can be a nightmare if you don't know where to start. Editing Digital Video : The Complete Creative and Technical Guide gives you the basic steps and tools for preserving tho…
I've always been envious of TiVo and ReplayTV users and their ability to zip through commercials (recorded shows only) with a 30 second skip button. If you're not familiar with the 30 second …
Okay, this is definitely not a project for everyone. Have you ever wondered about the exact electricity an appliance in your house uses? Well here's a tutorial that shows you how to build a home …
We've talked about building a large screen home projector in the past. Now InventGeek has a really nice DIY that does a great job of breaking down the costs and considerations for this extremely …
If you're looking for a media center and you're comfortable messing around inside a computer case, you'll want to strongly consider building your own system. Oreilly has a really nice tut…
