Smart Home Metering Without the Smart Meter

December 5, 2011 in Home

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Frustrated with smart meter conversions by energy companies and looking to exploit consumer smart meter frustrrations, tech companies are taking a risk at producing consumer product devices that allow consumers to control their home useage without assistance from smart meters.

Comapanies such as EnergyHub, offer several product offereings such as powerstrips and the Home Base control panel which allows residents to control the power usage of all the devices powered through them. EnergHub’s Command Post Smart Thermostat, let you program timetables in-home and remotely. Learn more at www.energyhub.com




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TCL – The Creative Life ”24 LED HDTV for $199

November 28, 2011 in Televisions



List Price: $399.00 USD


Plug-and-Play Compatibility for More Entertainment Options
The TCL 24-Inch LED HDTV is more than a television–it’s an entertainment system that lets you access your favorite media files. Compatible with multiple file formats–including mp3, WMA, M4A (AAC), JPEG, BMP, and PNG–this LED television makes it easy to watch a photo slideshow in brilliant color with a customized soundtrack, or play a personalized mix of songs for a party.sed, all-digital audio/video link for the highest quality connection, and they also support copy-protected HD broadcast content.
Numerous Inputs and Outputs
This LED HDTV has output options for headphones, analog audio output and coaxial digital audio output (SPIDF). It includes inputs for: three HDMI (two rear and one side), one rear composite, one rear component video, one rear RF, one rear PC video, one rear PC audio, and a side USB 2.0 port.

The PC video input lets you see your computer’s digital media on the big screen, while the USB port allows for quick connection of a digital camera or other USB device. Additionally, you can connect the latest Blu-ray players, DVD players, camcorders, and game consoles using either the composite video inputs or the three HDMI inputs. The HDMI inputs provide an uncompressed, all-digital audio/video link for the highest quality connection, and they also support copy-protected HD broadcast content.

Foreign Exchange Authenticity Tour

July 24, 2011 in Music



The Foreign Exchange Authenticity tour stopped in Sacramento, Ca last night for a performance at the newly revitalized Artisan building in the once blighted Del Paso Heights area. Phonte and Nicolay, collectively known as Foreign Exchange, left quite an impression. Some attendees were loyal fans of Phonte and Nicolay before they merged, others were new beginners. Regardless, everyone enjoyed a solid performance that was followed-up by an amazing encore inspired by a hungry crowd.




New From: $8.99 In Stock
Release date October 12, 2010.

EPMD Live! This is Hip-Hop

January 27, 2011 in Music

EPMD live and on stage in Sacramento, CA at Harlows. Nice!




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Release date July 1, 1991.

The Kno Dual-Screen Digital Notebook

December 12, 2010 in Home

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This is kinda cool and almost more functional than an iPad if you’re a student. Just one book-like device can hold all of your textbooks, notepaper, pencils, and reference materials. Very cool and all for under $1000 bucks.

What will Apple do?