Google Serious about Home Automation

 Posted on January 13, 2014  (Last modified: February 6, 2015)

Google has spoken at past I/O conferences about home automation (aka [Android@Home](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/10/google-announces-android-at- home-framework/)). With the purchase of Nest, it looks like they are $3.2 billion dollars serious about it. [Here is The Verge article](http://www. [Read More]

New Release of Noobs v1.3.3

 Posted on December 26, 2013

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A new version of Noobs is available for your Raspberry Pi.

Update your Pi or make sure that your new Christmas gift has the latest.

Windows 8 Requires Extended Activation for Single Re-Install

 Posted on June 9, 2013

I decided to transition my laptop from Windows 8 Pro to Ubuntu Linux. I figured that I would just re-install Windows as a virtual guest under VMware Workstation. Unlike my experiences with prior versions of Windows, I was directed to call Microsoft for further activation and report 9 groupings of 7 digit numbers. [Read More]