My smart devices situation has gotten out of control.

I guess the first thing I need is an inventory, so here goes:

 

AMAZON ECHO DEVICES

• Front hallway – Echo dot
• Joanne’s office (and guest room) – Echo dot
• Lab (my office) – Echo show 1st gen
• Lab – Sonos (microphone turned off)
• Garage – Echo dot
• Kitchen – Echo show 2nd gen
• Living room – Echo show 5
• Living room TV – Echo cube
• Bar – Echo
• Bar – Fire Cube (microphone turned off)
• Laundry room – Echo dot
• Thermostat – Ecobee (microphone turned off)
• Bedroom – my nightstand – Echo spot
• Bedroom – Joanne’s nightstand – Echo show 5
• Master bathroom counter – Echo dot (no camera on this one)
• Back patio – Echo dot

(We also have an Amazon Auto that neither of us likes, so it’s on my workbench right now)

 

APPLE HOMEPODS

• The lab – HomePod Mini

 

TV DEVICES

• Our bedroom TV – Fire Stick
• The living room TV – Fire Cube & Apple TV
• The bar TV – Fire Cube
• The lab TV – Fire Stick & Apple TV
• Joanne’s office TV – Fire Stick

(Note that all of the TVs are also Smart TVs, but I don’t use them as such)

 

LUTRON SMART SWITCHES

• Front hallway ceiling lights
• Lab ceiling lights
• Garage overhead lights
• Kitchen ceiling lights
• Kitchen island lights
• Dining room ceiling lights
• Game room ceiling lights
• Bar ceiling lights
• Master bedroom ceiling lights

 

SMART PLUGS

• Office table light
• Office desk light
• Lab desk light
• Lab floor light
• Lab tree lights
• Living room table light
• Living room floor light
• Living room tree lights
• Bedroom floor light
• Bedroom table light – my nightstand
• Bedroom table light – Joanne’s nightstand
• Bedroom tree lights
• Hallway china cabinet lights

(Every year, we add a whole bunch more plugs for all our Christmas trees, village, and indoor and outdoor lights)

 

COMPUTERS

• Lab – Larry – MacBook Pro 16″
• Lab – Moe – Mac Mini – Intel
• Lab – Curly – iMac 5K 27″
• Lab – Bob – Mac Mini – prototype Apple silicon
• Kitchen – Groucho – MacBook Pro 15″
• Garage – Chico – MacBook Pro 13″
• Lab – Joe – Dell 14″ laptop
• Lab – Brutus – Homebuilt PC desktop
• Office – Unnamed 1 – Joanne’s Dell 14″ laptop
• Lab storage – Unnamed 2 – Asus Chromebook
• Lab storage – Unnamed 3 – Joanne’s Asus Chromebook
• Lab – Shemp – Raspberry Pi 4 8GB
• Lab – Junior – Raspberry Pi 4 4GB
• Lab – Octo – Raspberry Pi 3B+
• Lab – Peewee – Raspberry Pi 3B+
• Lab – Nano – Raspberry Pi Zero W

 

OTHER STUFF

• Lab – Echo glow
• Kitchen – Echo wall clock
• Garage – MyQ garage door opener
• Everywhere – Our smart alarm system
• Front hallway – Roombie the Roomba
• Lab – Monoprice Maker Select V2 3d printer (connected to the net via Octo the Raspberry Pi)
• Garage – Chip, my Tesla Model 3

 

I suspect there’s more smart stuff I haven’t thought of yet. If something comes to mind, I’ll add it in the appropriate place above.

 

***UPDATE***

It appears that I left out my smart cameras. There are five of them. I think I’ll leave their locations out, other than the one mounted to my 3D printer, providing time lapse video of all my prints. Fun!

***END OF UPDATE***

 

Having all this smart stuff has a few downsides.

• The obvious security risks of having all those connected devices
• Maintaining everything and keeping it all working
• Spending WAY too much money buying new stuff

 

But it has a whole lot of upsides.

• We can turn lights on and off in every room of the house just by speaking
• We can control many things in our home remotely
• We can create fun routines that run either on voice command, at a certain time every day, or when other events trigger them
• Our home feels like we’re living in the 21st century

 

Anyway, while I admit my automation is out of control, I don’t care. I love my life. Would you do anything differently?