Muse priced Wi-Fi plugs and wrote a plant-light schedule script
At a glance
OrbitalDesk asked Muse to fix broken indoor plant-light timers; Muse found cheap Wi-Fi plugs on Amazon and wrote a home-network schedule script for about $20 shipped. This workflow is listed under smart-home, shopping, automation, personal-agents, plants.
An old scheduled timer for indoor plant lights had failed. He asked Muse for the cheapest way to control lights on a schedule. Muse returned an Amazon link for Wi-Fi plugs and wrote a script for one of his always-on home machines, asking him to reply once the plugs joined Wi-Fi.
How it went
He said the fix came in at about $20 shipped and solved an annoying recurring problem.
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