Computer Controlled Christmas 2009

Well it’s that time again already, Christmas is on our doorstep. During the month of November we begin putting up all our lights as it is no small task. Unpacking lights from last year can sometimes be a tangled mess, once that’s sorted all lights move onto the...

Home Automation Project – The Beginning

I’ve always been fascinated with using the computer to control real world devices. So I embarked upon this little project to teach myself more about this topic. I started out some time ago and wrote a application in VB6 to automate my irrigation system. Simple...