Archive for November, 2009

New Macbook Pro!

Friday, November 27th, 2009

I ordered a new Macbook Pro this morning! Thanks to the sale that Apple has going for ‘Black Friday’ which is actually more of an American thing, but it seems to have infiltrated Canadian consumer culture as well! Wahoo!

I haven’t had an actual computer available to me at home for a few months now – i’ve been working from the office a LOT – so this will be a nice change for me, being able to get stuff done from home, instead of having to be in the office every waking moment – not that its so horrible.

I’m looking forward to the 7hr battery life (supposedly), and also the SD card slot that has been integrated into the body of the Macbook Pro’s.

I’ll try and post a review once I get it – i’ve also got to catch up on some blogs about my new Guitar!

Happy black friday everyone!

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Photos of the NEW HTPC Setup!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Sorry about the blur in the photos, maybe i’ll try again with my digital camera instead of the iPhone – i’m sure you’ll get the point.

Mac Mini & PS3

Mac Mini & PS3

Far too many wires/cables

Far too many wires/cables

My Modest setup

My Modest setup

My NAS drive behind the scenes

My NAS drive behind the scenes

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HTPC Update! (Bye bye ATV)

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I thought i’d break the apparent silence i’ve had on this blog (aside from Twitter updates) to post a quick update on my Home Theatre setup!

I’m quite (nerdly) excited about it – having finally moved from an AppleTv as my primary source for video, to a MacMini that I won from an Ebay Auction last week – which incidentally was a local sale, so I was able to pick it up, and not pay shipping charges. Nice.

Obviously, my media software of choice is Boxee, and was the first piece of software that I installed on it. Right now, here’s what my setup looks like (i’ll illustrate it a little better in a coming post):

32″ Toshiba LCD – wall mounted (mounted on the wall makes me feel fancy)
Dlink DNS323 – as my primary harddrive (networked)
Dlink DIR-615 – as our router in the house (its a cheap router, but has wireless N, which is nice)
PS3 – Gaming system, though, i’m wondering if I even need it anymore
Apple MacMini – An older 1.83 GHz Core2Duo machine, w/1gb Ram & 80Gb HD
Various Cables, power bar, etc etc.

I’m going to be picking up a Logitech DiNovo Mini as a keyboard/mouse controller, but for the time being, i’m just using my iPhone connected to the network, using Air Mouse. Thus far, its been fine.

I’m also considering picking up a Sony HT-CT100 3.1 Soundbar Surround system – perhaps when my next paycheck comes in!

I’ll post some photos of the setup in a day or so.

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