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A hand holds a mobile phone with the face showing the Lutron mobile app with controls for devices, scenes, and schedules. Behind the phone is a window that has a light-filtering shade covering the upper half of the window. The shade is translucent and is light sand in color The window has an ornate white frame and white-rimmed window panes.

CES 2025: Lutron Caséta Light Switches and Smart Shades

Allison interviews Melissa Andresko from Lutron about their Caséta light switches and new motorized DIY smart shades. You can install the shades in about 20 minutes and schedule them to open & close at specific times or manually through a switch or mobile app. Caséta offers shades with black-out or filtered lighting options. The interview […]

CatEye Sync Bike Lights

July 31, 2022
by Bart Busschots

CatEyeSync iOS App When it comes to cycling safely, I don’t think it’s possible to underestimate the importance of lights. I think everyone knows how important it is to see where you’re going if you’re riding on dark roads, but what a lot of people overlook is the importance of being seen lights at all […]

Safer Nighttime Exercise with LED Shoe Clip Lights

In January I wrote a post entitled Nite Ize Taglit Might Save Your Life. I explained that I was nearly hit by a car twice while walking Tesla in the early evening hours. I figured that I might live a bit longer if I lit myself up with blinky lights. At Bart’s recommendation, I bought […]

CCATP #532 – Joe Dugandzic Answers NosillaCastaways’ Home Automation Questions

Joe Dugandzic of smarterhomelife.com joins us again, this time in a crossover episode. We start by him asking me to describe my progression in Home Automation from my first smart lightbulb to the more advanced capabilities Steve and I enjoy today. But then we turn the table around and I ask Joe a series of […]

Nite Ize Taglit Might Save Your Life

If you’ve been paying any attention to my nonsense over the years, you already know that I exercise a lot. In the mornings I alternate between running along the beach and doing the elliptical at the gym every other day. In the afternoons, I take Tesla for a nice long walk, anywhere from 1-3 miles […]

Not Sure HomeKit Makes Home Automation Easier

When the Hue Light system came out a few years ago, Steve really wanted to dip his toes into the home automation fun. We got the Hue Hub and plugged it into our router, and installed the three bulbs into a few lamps. It was pretty much a party trick, changing the colors from white […]