Weekend Project: MCE in Da House
April/29 Sun/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
It's ALIVE! It's ALIVE! Wahoo! I finally broke down @
CompUSA and bought the cheapest Vista computer I
could get my hands on. CompUSA goes out of business
next week so the discounts on everything helped a
lot. So to get this PoS system up and running with
Windows Media Center (MCE) I had to get a few more
toys 
Yes Becka helped out too.
Parts_List:
+ PoS Acer Aspire Visa Basic pc (15% off... yeah not oo much horse power in this puppy).
+ Vista Ultimate Upgrade (50% off YES!).
+ Win-TV PVR USB2 (20% off... duh need something to convert the video feed so the PoS Acer doesn't need to do the processing).
+ Western Digital My Book Firewire 250GB storage (No discount
@ BestBuy... yes due to the PoS-ness of the Acer PC
we needed more storage capacity for all those
episodes of Gilmore Girls and PIMP my ride
+ 512MB Mem Stick from an old Sony Camera
(Again the RAM that came with the Acer was not going
to cut it so We utilized Windows Vista
ReadyBoost
to give it a shot of speed).
+ Buffalo Wireless-G high speed wireless router.
Yes I do realize this sounds like a frankenstein, and quite frankly it is. lol. Once we had everything connected and configured (pretty much all of Saturday night and Sunday morning
...
WOW I finally figured out what's been missing in
my life... an MCE box. You would swear the
design and functionality was was from Apple
(minus the iPod white or brush metal
interface 
.
Yes that good and that A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Basically
it's a TIVO on Steriods!
Wows of MCE:
+ On screen TV Guide.
+ Record TV. You can record the entire series or the episode you're watching.
+ Live TV pause. Great of those Lakers and Yankees games
Yes yes even those they are loosing.
+ Sports... With a click of the Xbox controller you can get a listing of all the sports games on TV, score for all games, and even player stats. Yeah WOW!
+ Movies... Just like sports, MCE will list all the movies playing on TV and download the movie poster to boot (too smooth).
+ Stream music to the Xbox.
Enjoy the Hot and Sweaty nerd pics... Mmm now that's hot
-Garvin (^_^)
Yes Becka helped out too.
Parts_List:
+ PoS Acer Aspire Visa Basic pc (15% off... yeah not oo much horse power in this puppy).
+ Vista Ultimate Upgrade (50% off YES!).
+ Win-TV PVR USB2 (20% off... duh need something to convert the video feed so the PoS Acer doesn't need to do the processing).
+ Western Digital My Book Firewire 250GB storage (No discount
@ BestBuy... yes due to the PoS-ness of the Acer PC
we needed more storage capacity for all those
episodes of Gilmore Girls and PIMP my ride
+ 512MB Mem Stick from an old Sony Camera
(Again the RAM that came with the Acer was not going
to cut it so We utilized Windows Vista
ReadyBoost
to give it a shot of speed).
+ Buffalo Wireless-G high speed wireless router.
Yes I do realize this sounds like a frankenstein, and quite frankly it is. lol. Once we had everything connected and configured (pretty much all of Saturday night and Sunday morning
...
WOW I finally figured out what's been missing in
my life... an MCE box. You would swear the
design and functionality was was from Apple
(minus the iPod white or brush metal
interface .
Yes that good and that A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Basically
it's a TIVO on Steriods!
Wows of MCE:
+ On screen TV Guide.
+ Record TV. You can record the entire series or the episode you're watching.
+ Live TV pause. Great of those Lakers and Yankees games
Yes yes even those they are loosing.
+ Sports... With a click of the Xbox controller you can get a listing of all the sports games on TV, score for all games, and even player stats. Yeah WOW!
+ Movies... Just like sports, MCE will list all the movies playing on TV and download the movie poster to boot (too smooth).
+ Stream music to the Xbox.
Enjoy the Hot and Sweaty nerd pics... Mmm now that's hot
-Garvin (^_^)
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Bill's Big Move
April/22 Sun/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
Wow. Halo Master Chief vs. Metriod Samus
April/18 Wed/2007
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Site News
April/14 Sat/2007 Filed in: Site_News
Hi All
Three bits of news:
#1: I got some time this morning to fix the "Theater" section. Wahoooo! Now all the movies will play (foreshadowing for huge update later).
#2: There's a new tool in the "Extras" section. It is called Meebo. It is browser messenger client. Now if you're ever in a situation where you need a IM somebody but can't install software, you can just go to Digidreamerz and log on to your favorite IM service (AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN).
#3: Mini-update to the "2k7_Photo_Album" -> "Codonics" album... and yes all those toys are in my cube or lab bench
Enjoy... Peace out
-Grrvin (^_^)
Three bits of news:
#1: I got some time this morning to fix the "Theater" section. Wahoooo! Now all the movies will play (foreshadowing for huge update later).
#2: There's a new tool in the "Extras" section. It is called Meebo. It is browser messenger client. Now if you're ever in a situation where you need a IM somebody but can't install software, you can just go to Digidreamerz and log on to your favorite IM service (AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN).
#3: Mini-update to the "2k7_Photo_Album" -> "Codonics" album... and yes all those toys are in my cube or lab bench
Enjoy... Peace out
-Grrvin (^_^)
Jackie Birthday Party
April/14 Sat/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
Bary Bday Present Part 2
April/13 Fri/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
Ok I've got 1 word for Gary's Bday present...
skank-tastic! Danity Kane and the Pussy Cat Dolls
opened up for Christina Aguilera. Everybody had a
great time and with each performer having less
clothes than the other. lol! There's over 3 Gigs of
movies and pics.
enjoy the pics and vids
-Garvin (^_^)
p.s. Warning! The movies in the "Theater" -> "Gary Present" are pretty larger so you may need to wait a while for it to download.
enjoy the pics and vids
-Garvin (^_^)
p.s. Warning! The movies in the "Theater" -> "Gary Present" are pretty larger so you may need to wait a while for it to download.
Bill's Birthday Presents
April/12 Thu/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
Wahoo! Welcome to the 26-Club Bill. A fun filled day
with presents, food and surprise movie. Bill's got
some new bling (almost one of a kinda... more like 1
out of 200 ever made) for his wrist too
Sidenote: Believe it or not Dead or Alive (DoA) the movie was pretty good and funny, too bad it never made it to the theaters.
enjoy the pics
-Garvin (^_^)
Sidenote: Believe it or not Dead or Alive (DoA) the movie was pretty good and funny, too bad it never made it to the theaters.
enjoy the pics
-Garvin (^_^)
Mini-Update-A-Palooza
April/08 Sun/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
Hey Gang
Finally got a few hours to myself to update the web site. Updated Album List with Quick Blurbs:
+ 2k7_Photo_Album -> "AZ Family in the House": Biggest update. Tons of Family fun with an impromptu road trip to Rochester (Oh yeah that was a loooooong day). Leah and I did make it into a real road trip and stopped off @ Buffalo to the original wing place. Mmmmmm. Worth every mile.
+ 2k7_Photo_Album -> "Codonics": Added good-bye Nick pics. ::tear::
+ 2k7_Photo_Album -> "Kalahari": Reference 03-31-07 post
...
yeah I know I'm lazy. heheheee
+ Bill's Album -> "Box Fort": Self-defined.
okie dokie enjoy the Pics!
-Garvin (^_^)
Finally got a few hours to myself to update the web site. Updated Album List with Quick Blurbs:
+ 2k7_Photo_Album -> "AZ Family in the House": Biggest update. Tons of Family fun with an impromptu road trip to Rochester (Oh yeah that was a loooooong day). Leah and I did make it into a real road trip and stopped off @ Buffalo to the original wing place. Mmmmmm. Worth every mile.
+ 2k7_Photo_Album -> "Codonics": Added good-bye Nick pics. ::tear::
+ 2k7_Photo_Album -> "Kalahari": Reference 03-31-07 post
...
yeah I know I'm lazy. heheheee
+ Bill's Album -> "Box Fort": Self-defined.
okie dokie enjoy the Pics!
-Garvin (^_^)
Peace Out Nick
April/05 Thu/2007 Filed in: Fam_News
