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Submission by: John Lamont - Background - On a PC Since discovering Homeseer as a Home Automation controller for my X10 modules throughout the house, I've been in gadget heaven. Flicking on/off/dimming lights and with some Hawkeye's, basic motion detection is possible. Then I obtained a wireless Oregon Scientific Weather station for the Fry's miss-price of $60 while on a trip to California...

A very nice article on how this guy remotely mounted his Mac mini under a kitchen unit, then extended its ports onto a UK double socket faceplate, complete with USBs, Power, Video out and Ethernet etc...

"My father wished to install a computer in the kitchen, hidden, and with few to no visible cables. Encorperating a TV into the setup somehow. Situation: The kitchen had been recently overhauled, tiled, plastered, and cleaned up. So I had a blank canvas to work from...

Here is an interesting Home Automation product for the Mac mini..."As a home automation design and consulting company, we were faced with the challenge of placing our control system (a Mac mini) in just about any location that the customer wanted.,,

Just spotted this..."UStec, a leader in structured wiring systems for residences, allows you to easily place your Mac mini onto the home network. With our Mac mini-friendly holster, you can easily turn the Mac mini into a server for the entire home, sharing and centralizing all of your digital media. Once in place, it can utilize our commercial grade 10/100 Ethernet Switch/Router and 350Mhz rated tecWire and tecPorts, bringing you security, reliability and quality of service unseen in wireless networks...

Our UKHA community mailing list has had a lot of Mac messages since the Apple keynote that announced the Mac mini. For a lot of PC users (myself included) this is the first time we've actually considered buying a Mac. On that information alone Apple should be pleased...