This summer, the main project was to to add pavers to the front and back yards to make room for a boat. The pavers in the front yard opened up the driveway and house enterance in a great way. Also by replacing the lawn in the backyard, we created a space that I decided to…
Thanks to Frank’s suggestion I recently Hacked an Apple TV with XBMC and Boxee. I must admit that its and eloquent solution to a higher resolution XBMC but I’m a bit disappointed with the 720 limitations of the Apple TV and no GIGABIT Ethernet. Here is a machine that I purchased for a great price…
Today marks a landmark in SYN Geekdom as the Syn Pipeline has been update to DOCSYS 3.0. The Motorola Surfboard SB6120 was installed this weekend and I can truely say that it beat the heck out of T-1 and DSL by a long shot.
The day has come where 720P just doesnt cut the mustard. I need the 1080p for my PS3. I need 1080P for my HTPC so I can play the “killer sample”. I need 1080P to edit the my Xacti 1080P footage. Lucky for me I spotted a used The VPL- VW60 on Ebay and snipped it for…
Thanks to Frank for showing me a PC laptop with XBMC working flawlessly on Linux! This weekend I loaded the XBMC on Ubuntu Linux (Hardy) and I can honestly say this beats the heck out of the my TivX, my HTPC running Media Center, my I-O Data AVeL LinkPlayer, ShowCenter, Rhapsody N-35, Kiss, Linksys … and the various…
While renewing my domain names, I stumbled upon the blog of the CEO of GODADDY.COM. You might remember them from the mega expensive super bowl adds they use to run with the good looking girls. This guy is like on of the most successfull CEOs around. He grew up poor in Baltimore where he dropped…
The other day my buddy Frank turned me on to a cool device that allows you to boot and load Mac Leopard OS X onto a PC from the standard retail CD!. Its called the EFI-X. Optimized for several Gigabyte motherboards. No more messing with hacked kernels. A must do install. Wonder if Final Cut…