Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Home Automation Forum : Now Open!
I get a lot of email daily asking me about my home automation system and the types of control, wiring, devices, etc. I use. I’ve decided as part of Myro Control to open up a forum that will allow for this type of discussion to happen in an easier and more efficient way than me replying back to hundreds of people. So if anyone has any questions about home automation please post them in the newly formed forum.
P.S. If there isn’t a forum topic that suits your question, please post it in the “General Home Automation” forum and I’ll create forums based on the questions.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
New Blog In Town: Frillas – Frills for the Home and your Lifestyle
My wife has always wanted her own blog (www.frillas.com) and I’ve been too
lazybusy to get one setup for her — so she found out about Blogger.com and setup one up by herself! If you have interests in great home decor and designs, you definitely need to check out Frillas — “Frills for the Home and your Lifestyle”.
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Mavromatic Video Reviews Now On iTunes Podcasts
You can now subscribe to Mavromatic’s Video Reviews via iTunes. Just click here and you will be automatically subscribed to the podcast. See me make a fool of myself right when I publish the videos live!
P.S. I’m still trying to figure out how to fix the “Podcast Description”.
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Mavromatic Video Reviews Now On Blip.tv
I’ve decided to use blip.tv instead of YouTube for my video reviews since the quality and encoding/viewing options are better. Now you can subscribe via iTunes and view my videos on pretty much any device! I’ll still be posting on YouTube as well. More video reviews are in the works so stay tuned…
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
UPDATES: Spam Cleaned and Captcha Added
Just a quick update. I finally got around to cleaning up all the comment spam — it was really starting to take over the site! I think I got it all cleaned up, however, I might have even accidentally removed valid comments, so please repost if that is the case. You will also notice that in order to post a comment you will need to enter the code that is in the “captcha” image. Hopefully this will curb comment spamming on the site.As for new content, I will be posting the Nobu Video Review next week and I will also be giving a sneak peak of my home automation software… so stay tuned!
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
New Disney.com Site Launches
Point your browser to the completely redesigned, all Flash, Disney.com website. The last few weeks of my life (hence the lack of posts) has been devoted to helping bring this site to launch. I’m beat. Have fun exploring the site and watching all the videos.
Update: The redesigned site is only accessible from within the USA and Canada.
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Back From CES
I just got back from Las Vegas. I’ll be posting the products I found to be “Best of Show” shortly — need to take a nap first.
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Friday, January 5th, 2007
Heading to CES
Be sure to check out my CES coverage starting Monday, January 8th. I’ll be on the search for the latest and greatest in Home Automation and Entertainment.
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
We’ve Got Power!
After 6 days, numerous calls to Puget Sound Engery (PSE), complaints to Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (1-800-562-6150), we got our power restored. How? I told my dad that if he saw a PSE repair truck to call me. So this morning, he saw two waiting on the side of the road a few blocks away from my house and he called my cell. I drove up to the truck and greeted the repair crew. They were very understanding and helpful. The one was eating an apple and the other was making a phone call. The gentleman behind the wheel (the one eating the apple) told me they were waiting for a tree to be cut down before they could start work. I told them that my street a block away was still without power (since Thursday 1am) and that the primary lines were still intact and that I’m pretty sure it was just a fuse that needed to be replaced on the pole that connected to the main street. He said that would’t take long and he would swing by to restore my power. It took 10 mins total!!
In fact, when I told the crew that PSE said there are over 400 repair trucks on the road, he told me he hadn’t seen any and that he has been working 20 hour days. I think PSE is blowing smoke up our asses. When he looked at his list of repairs for the day, I wasn’t even on the list (even after speaking to a supervisor at PSE that said he would try to escalate my repair). When I called PSE (a private power company), they told me that they had asseted my lines and that it would take 7 trucks of 3 men or a total of 21 men to repair my power. I was floored, angered, depressed and did’t understand where or how they got that number. It’s all completely false! It took 1 man and 10 minues to get me powered up. I urge everyone that has PSE to call the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (1-800-562-6150) and file a complaint against PSE on how they handled this storm. Clearly, this company is clueless, unprepared and not giving us the service and truthful information we deserve.
If my dad didn’t find the crew, and I didn’t talk to them, we’d still be without power until after Christmas (that was what another PSE operator told me when I called them). It’s scary to think that a wind storm would do so much damage and knock us out for almost 1 week. Imagine what it’s going to be like if we have a major earthquake!
Now I can finish trying out the HD DVD drive with the new HDCP enabled video card and Vista…
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Power Still Out…
It’s very interesting to see how reliant we have become on electricity. Everything I blog about needs it and without it, they are worthless chunks of plastic and metal. A powerful windstorm hit Seattle Thursday night and our power went out around 1:00am Friday morning. It was restored for about 30 minutes this morning (Sunday, 2:00am) but then a big bang took that joy away. I called up Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and they say it may take until Saturday to get our power back — I really hope not. Luckly, my parents live right around the corner and their power has been fully restored — that’s where I’m writting from.
At night, my wife and I have been sitting by the fireplace catching up on magazines, books, and playing cards. We look at all the technology in the house and realize that all this stuff really doesn’t matter, what’s most important is being warm and safe.
Ok, enough of that… The new HDCP graphics card arrived. Once the power is restored I’ll try it out with the HD DVD drive and post the results.
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