andy’s place…

So, back for another post…

I’m looking at a Popcorn Hour A-110 for a possible Christmas gift for someone.  It’s not intended to be a full replacement for a HTPC, which might be a better overall pick, but neither I nor the individual it would be bought for has enough spare componentry to build a HTPC for a while (kids do that).

What I see this doing:

Youtube on the big TV

DL.tv/Revision3 on the big TV

Playback of ISO’s and other media files (BitTorrent, self rip, etc)

Not so much as serving media over the local network.  This individual doesn’t have a working desktop anymore (by choice), and uses basically only laptops for computing, so he doesn’t have a large cache of files on a home server somewhere that he’s pulling off of.  Previously, everything has been on the satellite receiver or on DVD/HD-DVD discs.  With small children around, not the best plan.  Ripping the files and storing on the optional internal drive would be safer for the media content.  Can always add larger drives/external drives if more storage is needed.  And the BT client is kind of nice…

Any thoughts on this as a device?  Experience?  Yay/nay?

Three of my favorite things…

http://www.holytaco.com/2008/10/14/the-nerdiest-t-shirts-for-nerds/

I won’t steal any of the bandwidth from these guys by hotlinking, but any article mentioning guys in their mom’s basement smelling of cheetos and sunny d is a winner in my book…

Been a while since I posted, and since I have little to say, I’ll mention the schedule of the upcoming week.

For Monday, the three day weekend really isn’t a weekend, as on Monday, I’ll be driving with the upper boss to Sioux Falls for a couple days of meetings, an brief install, a visit to a recovering co-worker, and a lot of hotel room time.  In sometime on Monday, out Wednesday afternoon.  Hopefully I get a few minutes during normal hours to hit up the shoe shop, as it’s time to replace these businessy shoes.

Hopefully Thursday or Friday I won’t need to head to Aberdeen for another install, that a decision is made to not push this install up in timeframe.

The days should hopefully be spent doing benchmarks on some new gear coming in and writing some new language for some contracts.  Fun huh?  Anyone want to join in?

you choose…

Wow…