Links from Hanselminutes 349

As if I had nothing better to do (I'm supposed to be cleaning the bathroom), I collected a bunch of links whilst listening to the Hanselminutes podcast episode 349. This show was one of the Hanselminutia episodes where Scott chats with Richard Campbell. They were talking about a lot of home automation stuff that's interesting to me so I gathered links to follow up on later (after the bathroom is clean, of course).

• Hanselminutes Technology Podcast - Hanselminutiae-eleven with Richard Campbell
• Scott Hanselman - Nest Thermostat Review 2nd Generation
• Synology Network Attached Storage
• Synology - ReleaseNote DS1511+
• Synology - DS1512+
• CrashPlan
• Box - Secure content-sharing
• Dropbox
• Scott Hanselman - Backup Strategies - How to set up CrashPlan Cloud Backup headless on a Synology NAS
• WiFi SD Cards: Eye-Fi Memory Cards: Wireless Photo and Video Uploads from your Camera
• Windows Storage Spaces:
  • Ars Technica - Storage Spaces explained: a great feature, when it works
  • MSDN Blogs - Virtualizing storage for scale, resiliency, and efficiency
  • MSDN Blogs - Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces
  • MSDN Blogs - Two new modules related to Storage Spaces for Windows PowerShell
• Gmvault: gmail backup
• Scott Hanselman - Windows 8, Step 0 - Turn on continuous backups via File History
• Plex - A Complete Media Solution
• Foscam.us - Wireless IP Cameras
• Wikipedia - Arduino
• Arduino - HomePage
• Wikipedia - Raspberry Pi
• Raspberry Pi
• Supermechanical : Twine - Listen to your world, talk to the Internet
• Apparently Twine was funded by a Kickstarter: Twine - Kickstarter

Beckhoff Automation Technology

BECKHOFF New Automation Technology

Beckhoff implements open automation systems based on PC Control technology. The product range covers Industrial PCs, I/O and Fieldbus Components, Drive Technology and automation software. Products that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and seamless control system are available for all industries.

Arduino

Arduino

"Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments."

Jack PC

Jack PC Thin Client - Chip PC Technologies:

"The Jack PC's patented technology enables converting a standard LAN jack into a fully managed desktop PC, offering VDI support and connectivity to any type of popular Terminal, Citrix or Legacy server."

Marvell SheevaPlug

I want. I want.

Marvell: Plug Computing

PlugComputer Community

Linux for Devices - News: $100 Linux wall-wart launches

CONDG Meeting - August 2008

Links from the August 2008 Central Ohio .NET Developers Group meeting:

The presenters were from Exceptional Innovation. They discussed the use of Devices Profile for Web Services in their home automation products. After the presentation we were given a tour of their office which includes a model living area where they can demonstrate many parts of the system.

Also, I was not aware that there are different kinds of twilight: Civil Twilight, Nautical Twilight, and Astronomical Twilight. This came up in the discussion on programming their Life|ware system. I can't recall now if their system included Nautical Twilight. It should, for the yacht automation market, you know.

And thanks for the pizza.

ThinkGeek :: Kill-A-Watt

ThinkGeek :: Kill-A-Watt:

"The Kill-A-Watt allows you to connect your appliances and assess how efficient they are. A large LCD display counts consumption by the Kilowatt-hour, just like utility companies. You can figure out your electrical expenses by the hour, day, week, month, even an entire year. Monitor the quality of your power by displaying Voltage, Line Frequency, and Power Factor."

Linux Home Automation

Linux Home Automation - Neil Cherry's blog. Neil is the author of Linux Smart Homes For Dummies.

Quiet Computers - End PC Noise

Quiet Computers - End PC Noise: "Silent PCs, and the best quiet PC components including quiet cases, quiet computer cooling, quiet power supplies, quiet hard drives, and quiet CPU fans."

SOLIO - Solar Powered Battery Charger

Solar Powered Battery Charger, SOLIO Universal Portable Solar Charger

Troubleshooting Serial Communication in Linux - KnowledgeBase - Support - National Instruments

Troubleshooting Serial Communication in Linux - KnowledgeBase - Support - National Instruments

4.2 Setting up permissions for serial (RS232) ports

4.2 Setting up permissions for serial (RS232) ports