I've been playing around with this only to find that twitter is way to unreliable to use as a home automation platform.
Instead I used misterhouse from MisterHouse.com and now control my lights via Gtalk, AOL and IRC.
I found that to be a much more stable messenger platform than Twitter.
Of course, you can still output log data to your Home's twitter account but it's not a badly needed feature if you already run the house on Gtalk and AOL IM.
Anyways, cool to see I'm not the only one playing around with this.
Cool... BTW I wrote something a few days ago to hook up a webcam in such a way that it alerts you through twitter if someone breaks into your house (or messes with ur room in ur absence). SO, there u go, cheap DIY home security with real time/anywhere updates
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wat was the name of that thing called?
Wow!
That is reeeaaally useful =)
The device on the wall is made by INSTEON (http://www.insteon.net/).
groovy baby!
I've been playing around with this only to find that twitter is way to unreliable to use as a home automation platform.
Instead I used misterhouse from MisterHouse.com and now control my lights via Gtalk, AOL and IRC.
I found that to be a much more stable messenger platform than Twitter.
Of course, you can still output log data to your Home's twitter account but it's not a badly needed feature if you already run the house on Gtalk and AOL IM.
Anyways, cool to see I'm not the only one playing around with this.
Very cool... But you have to have your computer 24/7 switched on to do that anytime.
i'm gonna get you back justin....
Cool...
BTW I wrote something a few days ago to hook up a webcam in such a way that it alerts you through twitter if someone breaks into your house (or messes with ur room in ur absence). SO, there u go, cheap DIY home security with real time/anywhere updates
http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/05/14/keep-tab-on-home-security-with-a-webcam-and-twitter.html
Twitter is just so cool for such hacks.
OMG, I MUST HAVE THIS. What an amazing idea. Very simple and very environmentally friendly.
How do you get the lights to go back on if Twitter is down???
OHH! That was pretty sweet
I think you messed up on this - you send a text message that turned twitter off, not your lights.
that was brilliant!! a great news for lazy people like me ;)
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