In my book Integrating the Smart Home and its Owner (ISHO for short) I make mention of the fact that Home Automation is something of a black art. Not in any moral sense, of course, but it is so very undefined that it can mean almost anything. I'd like you to know on this very first page exactly what I mean when I speak of home automation. First of all, I hate the term. It doesn't mean anything substantial. Heck, your furnace comes on automatically, doesn't it? And can't you control the light bul