X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Sonja and I found some time to get out of the house and go see the newest X-men movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past. I’m glad we did. The movie earned it’s amazing 92% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Would I...
View ArticleHDHomeRun Prime
Six years ago I built a Media Center that used a Hauppauge WinTVHVR1600 TV Tuner. This was great at the time, when HD was not really a concern. However, I have since come to find HD-content as a...
View ArticleNextPVR and XBMC
This weekend I had a bit more time to poke around with the HDHR Prime. Since this is a network streaming device, it works great for watching TV, but in order to use it as a DVR it takes a little bit of...
View ArticleIndependence Day, 2014
Happy Independence Day! Continuing the family tradition (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), we made it the lake to enjoy the Fourth. Due to the primary attraction of going (fireworks), we had Sonja’s mom...
View ArticleTransformers 4: Age of Extinction
Izzy’s Grandma stopped by as a last minute drop in, so we took the opportunity to go out and see a movie. Our time frame was limited, and so were our choices, and despite poor reviews, we opted to go...
View ArticleJohnny Express
I’ve always been envious of 3D animators. I wish I had the talent to create characters, provide a story and give them life. However, I have very little 3D artistic skill. Fortunately for me, there are...
View ArticleFrank (2014)
Frank. This is a movie I really want to love, but don’t. It stars Michael Fassbender (X-Men reboots) and Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), two actors with two films I enjoyed immensely. Typically I like...
View ArticleBlack Friday: Samsung 60″ LED TV
I usually try not to leave the house on “Black Friday”. Not because I have an opinion one way or another about people having to work the holiday, but mostly because I hate the crowds and I don’t have...
View ArticleX10SDV-F: VMware 6.0 Passthrough Fail (Part 1)
I recently picked up an X10SDV-F to use in my home lab. The goal was to replace some aging components, including an older virtual server and my loud and power hungry firewall. The X10SDV features an...
View ArticleX10SDV-F: VMware 6.0 Intel NIC Passthrough Fail (Part 2)
After this weekends network card passthrough fail with the EXPI9404PT on VMware 6.0 I was feeling pretty discouraged, so I took a break for a day. I decided to try again today since I have a couple...
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