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Automate Your Home, DIY Tech Support

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August 24, 2010
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Automate Your Home, DIY Tech Support
Automate Your Home With Four Easy Projects Teach your PC and smartphone to turn on your lights during midnight bathroom breaks, lock your doors, wake you up (with coffee!), and more.
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Household Hacks: Fix Home Nuisances With Your Tech Pigeons perched on your window? Cables cluttered? Use your tech to make your home life just a little easier.
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