April 2005
The Archives
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04.27.05Why you do not want to show static information on a Plasma screen!I snapped this picture at the train station at Stansted. One of the worst cases of burn-in I have ever seen. Click the picture for a closer look. This is why a Plasma screen is totally out of the question for my HTPC! I wonder what the sales persons told the people at the train station when they sold these screens? "We have these new fantastic flat screens for your train tables. They are only £ 10 000,- a piece and will last for at least two years."
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04.26.05Silencing an XFX GeForce 6600 GT AGP with a Zalman VF700 CuRecently, I bought a new screen card to be able to run Win MCE 2005. I went for an XFX GeForce 6600 GT AGP. Mainly because the GeForce 6600 GT supports NVidia PureVideo and because the XFX Card had two DVI connectors. I knew that I had to remove the original fan and mount something more silent, so at the same time I ordered a Zalman VF700 Cu. I followed the instructions and the VF700 is quite simple to install. However, I encountered one problem on my particular card. The instructions tell you to mount the RAM heatsinks, ...
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04.22.05HTPC Update – Installing Windows Media Center Edition 2005I have been playing around with HTPCs for several years. I started out with an ATI All-in-wonder back in 1999. I have been running ShowShifter, myHTPC, Meedio, BeyondTV and Beyond Media. My last configuration was this one: Meedio J River Media Center NetRemote Girder BeyondTV SlimServer I must admit that I am dead tired of administrating several pieces of software and all the communication between them. Now I want something that just works. BeyondTV is a very good PVR. Meedio is a very good media management tool. However, they both need their share of caring and configuring... And running two different main applications is not ...
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04.21.05Google sightseeingThe other web site I am running, Trendmapper leads me to all kinds of cool stuff. And, related to my article on trevelling with a GPS and a camera, I found this: Google Sightseeing. I still encourage people to travel and visit the world, but maybe you can use this kind of sightseeing to plan your trip? Update: And here is another site with lots of cool details from Google Maps: GoogleGlobetrotting
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04.17.05Travelling with a GPS and a digital cameraI just read this interesting post after finding a link to it over at brilliantdays. Some more searching and clicking, I also found this, and I came to think of the following story: A couple of years ago I traveled through Alsace in France by bicycle. I had my GPS attached to the handlebars and took lots of pictures with my digital camera during the trip. When I came home, I transfered the pictures to my laptop as usual. I also transfered the GPS-log with all the coordinates to the same machine. I started thinking about how nice it would ...