50. Internet of Things

Chris, Soroush, and Soroush’s girlfriend Taylor talk about the Internet of Things.

• Sonos
• Wemo Light Switches
• Wemo Plugs
• Eero 3-pack
• fast.com speed test
• homeassistant
• Thread about Wemo connection issues
• Raspberry Pi
• Homebridge
• Smart House
• An escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. You would never see an ”Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order” sign, just ”Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. We apologize for the fact that you can still get up there.”
• Running terminal commands at startup with launchd
• “When you’re house sitting for millennials and ask how the lights work”
• “Like, 90% of infomercial style products were designed by/for disabled people, but you wouldn’t know that, because there is no viable market for them. THey have to be marketted and sold to abled people just so that any money can be made of off them and so the people who actually need them will have access.”
• The less than reliable Netgear Orbi
• The more reliable Ubiquiti router
• Powerline Networking