Letting Technology Help Care for Loved Ones: Is It Selfish?
Calvin’s step-mom and I love taking care of Calvin and that responsibility is incredibly fulfilling. Calvin
The Myth That Alexa is Listening To You
DISCLAIMER: I work for Amazon, but this post (and all my posts) is purely my opinion and based on no more information than the general public. I don’t work for the Amazon Echo team, nor do I have proprietary information about the Alexa software or devices. Roughly twice a year, a friend tells me a...
How Google’s Outage Affected Calvin Last Night and What I’m Now Rethinking
Our NestCams are constantly on alert and I get periodic notifications when Calvin moves into different zones. After an hour of eerie silence, opened the Nest app to be greeted by the message below, which turned out to be a 4-hour outage. What do the NestCams actually watch? Get Our Alexa Command Guides Now these...
How I’m Trying to Outsmart Calvin’s Water Obsession
I mentioned in a previous post that I’m monitoring Calvin’s playing with water in the bathroom with a combination of motion and water sensors. Get Our Alexa Command Guides Welp, it took one day for Calvin to figure out the water sensors. Calvin knows that I’m electronically monitoring him with sensors. How do I know...
À Huis Clos: Why We Taught Calvin How To Use a Low-Tech Child Lock
Calvin had a good night last night, but he did wake up around 6 a.m. Thankfully, I’m an early riser, so I can tell our Echo Show, Show me Calvin’s bedroom right camera and background watch him while I start working. If Calvin wakes up in the middle of the night, it’s possible for him...
The Way I Feel When Technology Breaks, Like Last Night, For Example
Calvin was up and down from about 2 a.m. until about 4 a.m. Calvin’s bedroom door did not lock automatically last night. Nothing bad happened, but it could have. Around 2 a.m. this morning, he hit the jackpot after checking if his door was unlocked, and played on his computer in his living room for...