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Nice insight and links. I wonder how Hack Club (501(c)(3)) does it.

read https://scienceblogs.com/angrytoxicologist (RIP)

I think this is Langley's post tptacek is referencing: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/02/05/crlsets.html

Sadly ZEVO looks to be in trouble, if not dead [1]. Even Don Brady (the lead engineer behind ZEVO) has reluctantly returned to HFS+ on 10.9 [2].

[1] http://jollyjinx.tumblr.com/post/64863395820/time-to-say-goo...

[2] https://twitter.com/DonJBrady/status/393028766554812416

Am I the only concerned that once a few billion of these energy parasites are deployed everyone will have to have to use more energy to broadcast the same signal the same distance?

This is where Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with web tech (ideally) and/or Apps (practically) could shine: the sprinkler system could vend a much better software UI to our smartphones than the hardware UI it's currently offering.

I've barely used it, but http://librelist.com seems like a potential Google Groups replacement.

I agree with your analysis, and that doesn't even include the value of your time.

However Time Capsules run hot and have a nasty habit of burning out every two years or so. I presume the Pi + external drive would run cooler and have a much longer life.