Soooo, my dad was a geek and instilled in me a deep love for tech. Like...we had a dot matrix printer for home use. My childhood gaming sessions started so early they were barred by trying to figure out the correct DOS run command.

Point being: I still love cool new technology, I'm a douchey early-adopter. But I'm still renting, so my forays into smarthome tech are (sadly) literally non-existent.

Enter: My Santa.

This awesome rock star narrowed in on one of the few things that doesn't require any modification to a rental: a smart bulb! I must confess, I've only seen one of these in person once and I always wanted to try one!

Full-disclosure: I'm going out of country in a concerningly short number of hours, so I don't have time to decide which room it'll be most badass in. I just installed it in the bathroom for now to give 'er a whirl.

OMGIT'SSOCOOL. I can now dim the lights, or set a timer so it fades or turns off in the evening hours... all via my phone! But most importantly: PARTY. MODE. Which resulted in the following rave: Thank you. You rock.