I had a powerful case of procrastination yesterday.. I had a ton of work to do.. but instead I decided to resurrect the old model train we used ot have running above the soffit i our kitchen. It’s something I put there for the kids many .many years ago.. It hasn’t run in something like 15 years. . I got up there and cleaned off a ton of dust.. then sanded the tracks to get off the rust, then coated them with silicon. I cleaned and oiled the old large gauge engine and found the transformer.. I was surprised that the thing came right back to life..

I decided to give it a bit more magic.. so aI found a ZigBee controlled smart plug and linked it to our old Smarthings hub.. then i tied that to alex.. and Voila.. a speech controlled train.. that surprises, delights and eventually annoys at the sound of your voice..

some kitchens have all the modern appliances.. we have train. i like that better

nite all. nite sam
-me