I’m a geek, I can’t help it. The Houseport USB Z-Wave Adapter can control 230 devices, set the level of lights that have dimmers, time lighting controls and garage door openers and maintain the actual Z-Wave mesh network. So how could I not be interested?!?! The Wayne Dalton Houseport software and Z-Wave adapter were announced some time ago. Betas went out.

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I have been sitting by my phone waiting for them to call and tell me I can buy it for months! Now, you can finally buy the Houseport software and adapter at and you can download the manual at. The PC version is the. Houseport in Action For those unfamiliar with Z-Wave, it’s home automation gear and corresponding software. You can control the HVAC in your home, the for outdoor lighting (ie – those darn Christmas lights you forget to unplug in the mornings), the inwall power outlets, for screwing into those sockets you can’t otherwise Z-Wave enable and of course, there’s the and other dimmers for controlling indoor lighting (make sure you know how your place is wired, this has been a sore point with me with 3-way vs.

You can also control the Garage Door with and even small appliances and even lamps with. The latest addition to the Z-Wave offerings is the Schlage LiNK line, which includes that can be used to Z-wave enable the locks on the doors in your home. Control doesn’t have to just be automated.

You can also have control over things respond to events. For example, using the you can have preset lighting or turn on the stereo when someone walks into a room. You can use Z-Wave as a bit of a personal monitoring system using cameras such as and there are even products that allow for voice activation of systems. Not that control needs to all flow through the computer. You can also get a, which allows you to control a number of Z-Wave enabled devices and the home stereo.

Finally, my favorite part of Z-Wave has been that it’s a wireless mesh network. You install devices and they mesh with the existing network of devices in the home.

My least favorite part of Z-Wave is that it’s a zero config wireless mesh network. If devices are not compatible with the controller it can throw the whole network into a tailspin. What I’ve done in those cases is sell the gear I bought on Craigslist and buy something else It’s annoying, but there’s not a great compatibility system out there (theoretically it should all be compatible but hey, it’s technology, that’s a friggin’ pipe dream as most of you likely already know). Most Z-Wave controllers that run on computers have been a little difficult to configure; however, Houseport for the Mac couldn’t be easier.

For more on Z-Wave overall, check out. All – I purchased this product asap w/the published promises of smartphone (iPhone) options that never materialized. Wayne-Dalton essentially mismanaged the entire product, developers etc.

And lost control forcing the product to be shelved. Shame, because the product itself was a nice start. Setting up the Z-Wave devices is nice. Where you can draw floor plans and places the device controls directly on the plan. Bad part was that was/is terribly inconvenient to use on-demand. If you want to turn off a light, it is faster and easier to get up and turn off the light than dig through the setup software. No dashboard widgets, no smartphone scripts.

So, here I am w/hefty investment in z-wave controllers, and an outdated z-wave Houseport USB controller. Anyone familiar w/another type of USB controller stick (that won’t get outdated) that works natively on the Macintosh platform and has iOS options to operate?

Drafts for Mac Here it is! Photo: Cult of Mac Drafts is a notes app that opens to a blank note, making it easy to quickly write whatever it was you wanted to write — just like opening a blank page in a paper notebook. And if that’s all you want, then that’s cool.

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You can just keep your notes in Drafts, tagging them to make sorting and finding them easy, across all your devices. But Drafts also does way more. Thanks to a huge library of “actions,” Drafts can process that text into anything. This can be as simple as turning it into an email, or a Tweet, or posting to your WordPress blog. And it can be as complex as running a javascript program to process a whole bunch of drafts. Drafts for Mac doesn’t (yet) have actions, but for most users that’s no problem.

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Because Drafts on iOS is so good, and so essential, the Mac feels lacking without it. Now, you can access all your Drafts from the Mac, and use all of Drafts fantastic editing tools.

What can Drafts for Mac do already? Drafts for Mac has the full editing and note-organizing experience from iOS. It handles Markdown, along with Javascript, TaskPaper format, and more.

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You can tag drafts, you can create and use Workspaces (these are liked saved views that let you only focus on certain drafts), and you can search. Even without the actions, which are an essential part of Drafts, this version is already very capable. Previously, whenever I wanted to jot something down on my Mac, or to save a snippet of text for a while, I had to think where to do it. TextEdit and Stickies are OK, but don’t sync to iOS.

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NvALT is also fine, but doesn’t sync to Drafts. Now, I never have to think about capture. Speaking of capture, you can easily pop open a quick-entry box from anywhere on the Mac, using. Keyboard shortcut. And there’s already a System Service to capture text, so you can use it with your favorite launcher utility, like Launchbar or Alfred. How to get Drafts for Mac beta To get the beta, you just have to head over to the and download the latest version.

As I said above, you’ll need an active Drafts Pro subscription to use it. When the app finally launches, it will be included in the price of that subscription, so you won’t have to pay any extra.