X10 is the old home automation signal-over-power protocol, I thought it was long dead but keene.co.uk1 just announced a bluetooth to x10 converter2. With this you can use yor modern phone to control your old home automation devices. They have a stack of new things including usb sockets here3. Looks like they're reselling cheap ones, the same plastic one I just bought from somewhere else, not the original brushed steel version I got from screwfix that I can no longer get... Speaking of screwfix4 that I can no longer get... Speaking of screwfix4 they're kicking me off their affililate programme for not sending them any traffic, bah. I will stop linking to them then!
Paul Clarke's weblog - I live in Hythe in the far South. Wed + father to two, I'm a full stack web engineer, + I do js / Node, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, parkrun, eating, home-automation + other diy stuff, history, tree stuff, Television, squirrels, pirates, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.