New House, New Dashboard Display

After living in 7 apartments in 7 years, I’ve given up renting and bought my first home.

One benefit of all the extra space is room for a permanent dashboard display. I combined an old 22″ widescreen monitor with a Logitech Revue (Google TV) box Google sent out free to developers last year to display a GeckoBoard custom dashboard. The widgets are driven by XML feeds from my own servers showing the current day’s sales and registration stats.

With my new favorite gadget, a Belkin Conserve Insight, I measured power usage of the whole setup as no higher than 50 watts max. That means I can leave the display on all day while using less power than a single 60W light bulb, and always know how the day’s sales are going at a glance.