Summer Doldrums

September 07th, 2006 | Category: General, Home Theater PCs, DVRs, and Media

Labor Day may have come and gone but I’m still feeling a bit of the summer doldrums. Things are relatively okay overall though, buoyed by various weekend gatherings and a long drive through the desert a couple of weeks ago. Life could be a lot worse.

Supercomputer (the HTPC) has been upgraded to an Athlon 64 3500+. I had real problems getting Linux to work on the new hardware (tried FC4, FC5, and Kubuntu, all had various issues), so I switched to Windows MCE and am currently running the trial version of BeyondTV. I also wanted to try streaming shows to the Xbox 360 downstairs, but the wireless connection ain’t so great. It’s kind of working, but not really. BeyondTV needs some Windows services disabled in order to work on MCE, but MCE needs those services to stream to the Xbox, so it’s kind of an irreconcilable standoff. (This goes for other third-party PVR softwares as well, such as MediaPortal or GBPVR, by the way.) I really don’t want to get an Ethernet jack installed just for this, and I don’t want to drop any more money on this to get 802.11a equipment, so I may switch back to MythTV at some point.

Off to Chicago tomorrow for the Touch & Go 25th Anniversary Celebration. Time to get my indie rock on. Hope all is well with everyone.

Random Stuff:

  • Chris installed a second camera at nowcali.com
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  • Anybody need a 1-bedroom apartment? My neighbor is moving out and I’d like to do some pre-emptive neighboring. I think it’s going to be expensive (over $1k a month) for what it is and where it’s located, but hey, you get to live next to me and Regul.
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