(07-23-11) Automatic Kitchen Sink Light

Today I added an automatic kitchen sink light. I set up a motion detector to turn on the light whenever someone is in the kitchen, and then it will shut off again in a few minutes after the movement stops. All of the bits and pieces are X10 things that had been unused for a long time, so the only cost was about $8 for a fluorescent light.

It was a bit of a mess to drill the holes to hide the wires, but it was a fun project.

In other news, and thanks to the creator of the Digital Home Server (a very cool Home Automation front-end), I found www.supertweet.net, a site that allows old basic authentication to work with twitter instead of the new OAuth that Twitter has added for security. I'm so happy that my old twitter programs are working again. :)