Did you dig the third grade? We did. Tetherball. Multiplication tables. Salsberry steak for lunch every Wednesday. Heads of 7-Up. You should’ve seen our science project – blue g-d ribbon. Those were the terrific times. And, we all should commemorate them. Remember that world map hanging from the front of your classroom? We’ve got one adorning our living room wall. We stole it. Well, not quite, we bought one. Admittedly, our purchase was not inspired by elementary school. We bought the wall map because it’s awesome. We continue to exhibit it because it’s the greatest conversation starter—ever. It entrances visitors. They spend hours sharing where they’ve been and where they want to go. They converse about geopolitics, the Louisiana Purchase, and the best route from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. Like your old classroom map, it flips. People flip from...
Welcome to the future. Progress marches. Innovation blossoms. Bold people search for ingenious solutions to everyday problems. Our thermostats learn. Robots vacuum our homes. And, now, we don’t even need keys because we can open the door with our iPhone. The Kwikset Kevo is a deadbolt. It comes with regular keys and can be unlocked like any deadbolt. But, that’s not why someone spends $219.00 on the Kevo. No, they buy it—the forerunning product in a new market—because it allows you to unlock your door via the magic of Bluetooth technology. And, it works. Installation was uneventful and took about an hour. Afterwards, we setup the Kevo iPhone app and configured our “eKey.” When we approach the door from the outside, it senses us. And, when we touch the lock, it opens. For those without iPhones, the Kevo comes with...
