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how would you know it works if they are always on when you get near. I think Bill gates has something similar going on at his place, read it somewhere. - Javi Guerrero

http://tinyurl.com/2g5trp - Javi Guerrero

I like the idea sharing idea but, not so sure Apple could come up with a cost effective way of pulling off your idea. I read something the other day that if I can find I will post a link but it was basically the same idea using hardware already on the market available at electrical supply stores. Every electrical outlet and switch in your home could be retro-fitted with devices that can be radio controlled remotely or from one switch in your home at the door. Depending on the size of your home it would.. - Chris Conway

cost any where from $200- for 1500sq ft to $600 for a 3000 sq ft. This would also cover divices like lambs etc, stuff that is not computer oriented. I know every one loves there new iphones but do we need it to wipe our ass to. - Chris Conway

Hey pcnerd37 - sign on up for Seesmic and come play! - Cathy Brooks

They already kinda have this. It's called X10. I've seen this work real well with Bluetooth enabled phones too. - Dustin Eichler

Sounds like an X10 type controller with an iPhone app to control the base station. There's power control stuff at http://x10.com but nothing that the iPhone can control. I like your thinking Kevin. Apple, make it so! - Jim Bergman

I use X10 at home through a Perl program on CentOS (RedHat) called Misterhouse that I can control through my iPod's web interface. If you go on their mailing list you can see discussions about Bluetooth proximity sensing. MH is also available on Windows. - Ernie Oporto

Awesome idea! - Oli Kenobi

First time ive used seesmic. Loic..if you are out there..what id love would be a download all button where I could just get one long video stiched together of the entire conversation. - Matt Brooke-Smith

Hoping to do more of these. Thanks all for posting your video replies. - Kevin Rose

Great idea. My wife says this already exists but she leaves all the lights on all the time so go figure. - Mark Mitchell

The only issue is when you lose signal power wise or signal wise. It either has to have a 10 min. delay or a way to tell the device you are home when your phone cannot. - geekazine

Cool idea! One feature of this app is that if someone sneaks out of your apartment with your iPhone, you'll be notified by your appliances switching off! - Todd Logan

I've been using X10 for several years, and while not quite as automatic as Kevin's idea I can call into my base station via telephone and turn on or off lights or appliances, open or close drapes, adjust thermostat, etc. Great convenience, and also fun to freak out housesitters while away :) - jcunwired

First of all, GREAT IDEA! I love it! - Problem... This may be great for single peeps! If you have a family at home, and they are watching TV or whatever other item may be hooked to this device, and you decide to run to the store, then the house suddenly shuts down! Not good! There should be some sort of override capability! 5 Minute Countdown chime? - Something to ponder! - Michael Johnson

There could always be sensors within rooms to detect animals, children, etc. That could solve part of the problem. Then you could also have "family" accounts where you could attach various iPhones and devices. - Matthew Horton

I have an idea, more The Broken shirts at J!NX!! - Adam Maldonado

twitter is only broken on the days that have a "y" in them - Bastard Operator From FF from twhirl

aaaaahhhh - dedlam

Not to be a bastard, but if Dave was on FriendFeed, he would have known this about 5 minutes after it happened. :-) Dave, why aren't you on here? - David Bisset

I checked blog.twitter.com myself and found no announcement. I'm on MojiPage/FriendFeed at the moment, and apparently @ev and/or @twitter_status made some sort of announcement, but I can't view either Twitter account, and MojiPage's FriendFeed widget doesn't have good navigation. Yet. - Ontario Emperor

Just successfully viewed @twitter_status. They announced 1/2 hour ago that they lost a database server. - Ontario Emperor

I can see it via ev's friendfeed but w/o twitter being up a message sent there seems worthless - Susan Reynolds from Alert Thingy

been down for a while now - Andy Jenks

David, not sure what you mean by "on FriendFeed" -- I wasn't even on the computer most of this afternoon. :-) - Dave Winer

Here's the status update. http://twitter.com/twitter... - Dave Winer

Thanks Dave. His status update http://tinyurl.com/5p7dbj reads "We lost a database server, which is causing lots of errors. Reloading the page may work. It's in the process of recovery." as of 10:50 pm ET. - Mitchell Tsai

It's not broken, it's a feature! - Dustin Eichler

Maybe we're doing @corvida's 24 hr break from Twitter as a group? :=) - Mitchell Tsai

Lots of "500 Internal Server Error"s. Sometimes Dave's Status Update link fails. - Mitchell Tsai

Think it was Sarah Perez. She's the only one on the page I keep reloading - Charlie Anzman

Dave, Twitter was born broken ...via AlertThingy - Francine Hardaway

I was born broken too a little less than 53 years ago if you can believe that shit. - Dave Winer

and I'm still broken .. or is that broke .. hmmmm - Steven Hodson