“Wouldn’t it be cool if you could control your
Christmas lights from your iPhone?” That simplequestion, posed in passing eleven days ago by a
good friend, set off a flurry of activity which has
become Griswold.app (for the iPhone/iPod touch)
and Griswold Server (for OS X Leopard, Windows
and Linux/BSD). Both are being released here
with full source to each and you may just be able
to download it from the App Store by the end of the
week as well.
If you are one to deck the halls…and the family room…and the kitchen…and the roof then you know how difficult it can be controlling all those displays. Timers are somewhat effective, but are always out of sync with each other. Simple RF remotes provide better control but must be in range or have line-of-sight to work. It really would be cool to be able to control these creations from an iPhone!
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