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10/30/2005 · 2 min read · 1 comment

Jon’s HTPC: Games

This is Part of Jon’s HTPC setup. For more, see: Introduction and Table of Contents Games: I’m a huge old-school game fan. I’m currently working my way through Chrono Trigger and The Secret of Mana. Again, this is…

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10/29/2005 · 4 min read · 4 comments

Jon’s HTPC: The “Tivo”

This is Part of Jon’s HTPC setup. For more, see: Introduction and Table of Contents The “TIVO” Everybody knows what a TIVO is and what it can do, so what’s the advantages to doing it through your computer?…

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10/28/2005 · 6 min read · 1 comment

Jon’s HTPC: Now For Software

This is Part of Jon’s HTPC setup. For more, see: Introduction and Table of Contents Now for Software: As for the core piece of software, I really can’t imagine using anything besides Meedio Essentials. I have to qualify…

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10/27/2005 · 2 min read · 1 comment

Jon’s HTPC: The UI

This is Part of Jon’s HTPC setup. For more, see: Introduction and Table of Contents The UI: The user interface can be whatever you want it to be. I have a wireless Gyro Mouse and wireless Gyro Keyboard…

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10/26/2005 · 4 min read · 2 comments

Jon’s HTPC: The Case

This is Part of Jon’s HTPC setup. For more, see: Introduction and Table of Contents The Case: I guess I’ll start by talking about the case. I designed and built the case with three things in mind. First…

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10/25/2005 · 2 min read · 3 comments

Jon’s HTPC: Features & Machine Specs

This is Part of Jon’s HTPC setup. For more, see: Introduction and Table of Contents Features: Very high “FF” scores (“FF” is Fiancé Friendly) Silent Unobtrusive to the Living Room 6000+ MP3 Music Library (every single tag is…

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10/25/2005 · 2 min read · 9 comments

Jon’s HTPC

My friend Jon (the one that bought me the rare mentos) and I were e-mailing back and fourth about Apple’s new HTPC-like software (Front Row), so I asked him to do a little write-up on his home theatre…

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10/20/2005 · 2 min read · 1 comment

Apple’s Aperture (and other new products)

Well, Apple has sure been busy lately! A load of new products released last week, and then another load of new stuff again just yesterday. I guess they’re ramping up their line for the holiday season. There were…

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10/13/2005 · 1 min read

New Cherry Flavor Mentos

It’s been a good month for Mentos! I ran across my first box of Fruit Mentos that included the new cherry flavor last night at The Wal-Market. Mentos has been advertising the addition of the new cherry flavor…

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10/13/2005 · 3 min read · 3 comments

New Load of Apple Stuff

Apple just relased a big batch of new stuff, including the rumored iPod Video, some new iMacs, and a new version of iTunes. You can find the details for all the new stuff on the Apple site. I…

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10/11/2005 · 1 min read · 2 comments

Sugar Free Cool Mint Mentos

Continuing in my never-ending pursuit to discover new Mentos flavors, I’ve recently run across a new flavor. Previously, I’d only seen the berry flavor sugar free Mentos, but just the other day, while grocery shopping, I discoverd the…

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10/4/2005 · 1 min read · 3 comments

Gmail Adds Auto-save

Gmail just added a really handy feature to their web-based e-mail system. How many times have you been typing a message in Gmail and then had your browser crash, or you accidentally bump the back button, or some…

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