In a previous rented place I had a Misterhouse rig hooked up to some X10, Ethernet throughout the house and several MythTV servers so people could watch TV in d

In a previous rented place I had a Misterhouse rig hooked up to some X10, Ethernet throughout the house and several MythTV servers so people could watch TV in different rooms. Then some people moved out, non-geeky people moved in who would routinely break stuff and I ended up with just me and my flatmate having hackery stuff going on in our rooms and some in the living room. As the lock on my room was a bit crappy I had an SGI Indy with an Indycam pointed at the door taking photos every few seconds, and a script on a FreeBSD box that would check for differences, notify me of any changes (this was before I knew about ZoneAlarm) and string the differing ones into a gif with a timestamp. I caught a flatmate going into my room a few times to 'borrow' some things without telling me. In my current house we've had the mythtv setup going but have moved to a Mac Mini downstairs with EyeTV. The house is a bit too small to justify X10 everywhere, and I have too many other DIY tasks I'm trying to avoid to be able to get away with putting it in :) I do have a wireless electricty usage meter though, haven't quite figured out how to log the stats yet.