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If you are considering setting up new home automation projects you might be interested in using the Raspberry Pi powered Home Assistant Yellow. Specifically designed to provide a solid foundation to ...

New line of Life|media Servers are optimized for both digital entertainment and comprehensive home control. Exceptional Innovation, makers of Lifeware™, announces the launch of a new line of ...

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I've been growing mushrooms on logs outside my house in the Pacific Northwest for a few years now. While tons of people do this successfully, I generally do it poorly, because while mushrooms are ...