A couple weeks ago I was walking around the house and I came to the realization that I was once again behind the times. Shortly there after, I ran across a nice deal from an online retailer. That was good enough for me. It was time to scrape together some funds. One week later, I have in front of me […]
Read moreJust got back from Tahoe and saw a few tasty tidbits in my inbox. For those looking at buying SageTV extenders, Sage is running a March Madness Sale (until end of month). Enter the coupon code MMAD09 when checking out to get the indicated discount. (Coupon expires April 1, 2009) – $20 off SageTV HD Theater (only $179.95) – $25 […]
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To get started, let me give you a quick idea of my planned home automation infrastructure. My plan, at least at this point in the ball game, is to automate lighting and HVAC systems. mControl server is installed on a Windows Home Server with access granted to mobile clients, internet connected PCs, and any locally connected Media Center clients and […]
Read moreA friend recently went my wife a link to a website we had not seen before. The name of the site is Bash.org and I wanted to make sure that all of you see it also. Beware though, it’s not a website that is workplace friendly.
Read moreIt was about 7:30 pm last night, give or take a couple of hours, and I was hard at work attempting to wrap my feeble mind around the shroud of mystery that surrounds home automation. Deep in its bowels I toiled for well over 10 minutes while I read the manual of the Intermatic Master Controller and how to assign […]
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BoxeeTV is a new home theater type software, but they have gone a different route in the ways they began distributing. They launched with an initial alpha version for Linux, Apple, and AppleTV’s, and shunned us Windows users. That didn’t bother me as I wanted to get my hands on it, until I remembered how terrible I was with Linux. […]
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As I continue to test, play and poke around the enormous amount of resources that exist for XBMC (Xbox Media Center) on AppleTV, I felt obliged to comment on just how stunning the visuals are. I briefly mentioned the user interface in my last post, but this is the type of appearance that can only be expressed with pictures. From […]
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Sometimes I can’t just leave good enough alone. Let’s see… It’s been a month since my last blog post, and a month and a half since my last issue… So this time I had to be pretty creative in order to break things. As some of you know, my HD server/development system died on me a little while ago. Around […]
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One of the benefits of the installation of BoxeeTV on an AppleTV, is that XBMC (Xbox Media Center) HTPC Software is basically already installed onto your AppleTV. Remember that BoxeeTV is based on XBMC’s code, so it makes the install that much easier. If you are only interested in installing XMBC, there are a number of writeups like this . […]
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EDIT 3/6 @ 3:30pm: Well that didn’t last long 🙁 Good thing this update has some cool new features besides Hulu! By now you have probably heard the news about Boxee releasing an update with a different way of approaching Hulu. While previously Boxee had an amazing integration with Hulu, that service had since been terminated due to unknown reasons […]
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