http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com Embedded geekery and similar pursuits Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:19:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/2009/02/twitter-home-automation/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/2009/02/twitter-home-automation/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:13:28 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=201 Twitter Burglar Alarm you might be wondering what the point is in using a message broadcast service like Twitter for communicating with your home. Broadcast messages are pointless for most home automation purposes - and in some cases you may actually prefer the messages to be protected from viewing by the public. Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/2009/02/twitter-home-automation/feed/ 0 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/2009/02/twitter-burglar-alarm/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/2009/02/twitter-burglar-alarm/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:29:22 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=103 A burglar alarm that tweets when an intruder enters the house? What with the fashion for Twitter lately, I thought I'd give it a go, and this also gave me the excuse I'd been looking for to try out the Arduino hardware platform.

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