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Default How have you customized your life -- electronically?

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:05:24 GMT, DaveC put finger to
keyboard and composed:

One regular poster here has designed a microcontroller-based, networked (
(remotely accessible), whole-home climate control monitoring system
(heating-AC/hot h2o/heat exchangers/the whole works). Others have modified
their digital toaster (I'm not mentioning names... (c: )

How has your profession (or hobby) leaked into your everyday life? What
customizations or applications have you put electronics to that makes your
life easier and/or more fun?


Admittedly it's very trivial, but my most recent fun with electronics
was to hack a $40 DVD player based on a Sunplus chipset. I added a USB
port to it and replaced its "Tevion" banner with a photo of my own.

- Franc Zabkar
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