Recent content by kurelgyer

Seven months later and HAL still has not released anything. The once anticipated next version has been in development for over two years. They are down to 200 active users on the message board. Only a couple of threads are anywhere near active. Most have not been commented on in months...

Thanks Dan. My ultimate intent isn't to start a bash thread against either company. I, personally, have experienced good service from both companies when I've requested it.

Something is horribly off in this industry. It seems companies that should be co-dependent do not communicate. It's ridiculous. I've been a Smarthome and Automated Living (Hal 2000, purchased from Smarthome) customer for over 10 years. I started with X-10 and Hal Deluxe, and graduated to...

Updates please! How is it going with LinuxMCE? I've been studying it for 3 months now and want to try it. I've never built my own computer. I'm going to have a lot to learn and look forward to it. But I'm really interested in hearing from someone that LinuxMCE works before I go down a...

I have used Vonage for 4 years and love it. I live in North Carolina and was able to walk my mom in Michigan through setting it up also. Neither of us has had a problem. Something fairly new I've tried is Magic Jack. Check it out at magicjack.com. It's CHEAP and you can plug a regular...

Long time reader, first time poster... The remote may not be as bad as it appears. Using the thumb in the picture and my own thumb to scale the size, it looks like this thing is very close to 3"x5". Approximately the same size as the x-10 palm pad. While it looks cludgy in the hand, it may...