I love those old memories. But my real passion is with the possible... or should I say with trying to figure out what might be possible. I still get excited when I think about what might be... right around the corner. One good, new idea could allow a hundred useful changes. One new product... could spawn a hundred new ideas. It's never ending.
Those words are truly phophetic to an extent. The best I've heard since I've joined this community.
The next time I read a rant on X10 being an outdated and obsolete technology, I'll be sure to point to this one post.
Dave was just telling me the other night how he felt "old", but it's this kind of attitude that will keep us all "young". Perhaps the title to this thread should be adopted as our mission as X10'ers --
Keep Trying New Stuff. (words to live by)
I'm tired of the guys that want to go out and invest the price of a small property in Aspen and then have trouble making it work. X10 has been a great passion of mine for the last 20 or so years, and I've never been afraid to
Keep Trying New Stuff and expanding the possibilities of the technology.
Instead of looking to the past, let us all remember to look to the future of X10 and encourage the programmers and engineers (whether it be the home brew writers (-Bill- (of WGJohns.com), Tuicemen and other) or the guys that build new toys (Jeff Volp, Puck, (myself to an small extent)) or the guys that test it all out till they break it (Brian H, Tom J, BigJohn), this is where the future of X10 lies.
Let's never lose our optimism, or our ability to dream of new forms of automation. Keep up the good work my friends, and never be afraid to
Keep Trying New Stuff!!!!!!