I have an eclectic blend of old X10 and Insteon devices. I've got an antique serial interface for querying and setting the statuses of the modules. The shipped

I have an eclectic blend of old X10 and Insteon devices. I've got an antique serial interface for querying and setting the statuses of the modules. The shipped software was win3.1. The hardware control devices were awful. Hooking the serial device to my home server and writing a restful web app with control screens for various tasks for use with my smartphone and junk tablets scattered about was magic. I also replaced a thermostat and the ridiculous "mainboard" in our home security system with beaglebone boards. I've been working on that stuff for years. The missing part was always a cheap, always on touch screen device to give it a reasonable interface. The day is finally here. I'm really excited about the kindle paperwhite for this purpose.