How Technology is Transforming the Way We Store Food - allconnect.com

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At about five years old, I remember standing in my grandmother’s kitchen in Gainesville, Florida, and her telling me to put the juice in the ice box. “Ice box?” I thought. “What on earth is that?” The ice box—quite literally a box or cabinet with a block of ice to keep food cold—was a part of my grandmother’s childhood.

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The Real Financial and Emotional Cost of Cutting the Cord

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What’s the best thing about moving to a new house? Getting rid of all the unnecessary clutter that’s accumulated over the years. The second best thing? Trimming the fat off your utility bills. A new home offers the perfect opportunity for shopping around and getting the best deals on utilities, home services and that biggie: your cable bill.

It is also the best time to try out the concept of cord-cutting. I had been toying with the idea of ditching my monthly cable bill for a few years, but a move across the country was the impetus I needed to start from scratch. Faced with the bill for a 3,000-mile relocation and a 12-month lease on a lovely but ridiculously overpriced home in Mount Pleasant, S.C., I told my family of four that cable had to go – at least for the next year.

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Create a smart home on a smart budget

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Moving into a new home is a great time to bring today’s home-automation technologies into your household. However, it’s also a time when budgets are tight, and dropping $4,000 (minimum) on a fully-integrated smart home is often not an option. For those who want to dabble in the future but not pay the price, here are some simple DIY options to help create a semi-smart home on a fully-smart budget.

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