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A little bit about my home network wiring

11 March, 2008 (17:24) | Projects | 2 comments

Since I bought my house last year, I’ve been adding alot of new wiring. I put up a bit of info on the wiring job here.

HD - finally worth the effort?

11 February, 2008 (05:22) | Projects | No comments

Now that HD content has gotten pretty decent on DirecTV (I use HD+DVRs - HR20s in my case) I’m starting to reconsider my stance on stardard def DVDs. I think I’m going to pick up a Toshiba HD-A3 from Amazon fairly soon. I’ll have a better idea once I compare some upscaled SD DVDs with […]

Prepping for the new PJ

7 February, 2008 (06:27) | Projects | No comments

I’m waiting for my new projector to show up. Since my HT is down ’til the end of the week, I finally took some time to work on my HTPC. It’s a linux box running Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. My original IR receiver vanished, so I built a new one and just screwed it up inside […]

hardened WRT54gs writeup

21 October, 2007 (03:57) | Projects | No comments


M-day is coming and I’m going to be busy.

26 June, 2007 (16:26) | Projects | No comments

I get into my new house this weekend. I’ve practically been living at the hardware store for a few days while I plan out my projects.
I’ve bought everything for the new tile kitchen floor, and everything for the girls laminate floors (think of them as sacrificial and easy to clean).
I scored a door switch for […]