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VW GLI Upgrades
As part of my car purchase the other day, I worked in a couple upgrades for the VW GLI. In Sonja’s Nissan Murano we were spoiled with access to an Auto-Dimming Mirror with Homelink. While my Audi TT...
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I had this morning off and was able to run a lot of errands I have been meaning to get done. The most important being getting my title/registration taken care of at the courthouse downtown. In the past...
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Epic Hockey Fight
This weekend my family wanted to get together to go see a hockey game. They’ve known for years I like the Stampede, but it was the first time they had ever asked, so I couldn’t say no (though, mostly...
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Popcorn Hour A-300
It has been over two and a half years since I ordered my first Popcorn Hour, the A-110, and a small amount under that for the Popcorn Hour C-200, which I stalled on ordering. I had a mixed experience...
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Minimalist Cover Designs
I’m a big fan of custom art work, and movie covers are no exception. I tend to prefer more “simple” designs, the ones without the extra garbage often printed on movie covers (reviews, quotes, etc.). I...
View ArticleDual Polk PSW505 Subwoofers
It is hard to believe it has been over a year since I ordered my Polk Monitor70′s (L/R) and CS2 (C). They were originally intended for the new home entertainment area in the basement, but ended up...
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Code Camp 2012
It is hard to believe that it has been over a year since the last Code Camp (Nov. 2011). Again, Code Camp is always way to early on a Saturday, but I made out OK and was able to hit up at least three...
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Creating a Bootable OpenIndiana USB Device
The OpenIndiana project is an enterprise operating system based on the illumos kernel, which is a fork of the OpenSolaris project. OpenIndiana is open source, free, and community driven, and my...
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DanLAN: War Thunder
Nerd weekend. While other games were played, it seemed that the majority of people played a new (free) game called War Thunder. This ended up being the only real game I played, though others did play...
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Mountain Lion
In late 2009, I built my current desktop, a first generation Intel i7 processor running on a Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 motherboard. This build combined with my previous NVIDIA GTX 275 continues to serve me...
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Independence Day, 2013
Happy Independence Day! Continuing the family tradition (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), we made it the lake to enjoy the Fourth. On the trip up, we stopped in Madison and saw this beautiful piece of artwork...
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Harmony 890
A new toy came over the weekend, a Harmony 890 IR/RF Universal Remote. I wasn’t totally sure how well the RF would work, and I was leery of the $325 price tag at Amazon, so I actually picked this up...
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Moto X
I made the plunge. I put my old Galaxy Nexus to rest and replaced it with a Moto X. The Galaxy Nexus was a great phone, and would still be, but I think the flash memory on mine had finally hit its wear...
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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...
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HDHomeRun 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...
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Independence 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...
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Transformers 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...
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Johnny 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...
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Frank (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...
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