Mine does it for negative cost... (Score 1)

My home remote can be controlled via email, SMS, Yahoo Messenger, and phone -- I get alerts through the same channels. Yeah, it also has its own webserver.

Besides controlling my appliances, it makes enough money to pay for my phone, electricity, cable TV, and other bills. It even performs fund transfers! Cool, huh.

It's called a Roommate(tm). Comes in several models: Sweetheart(tm), Spouse(tm), Sibling(tm), and Housekeeper(tm). Look around, you just might have one already... Umm. Maybe not the first two.

Heh.