May 2005
The Archives
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05.30.05HTPC Frontend roundupUpdate2 Here you find my complete list with links to all the HTPC-frontends I know of. Update: Tivo has recently made headlines as people have discovered a horrible functionallity that lets content providers delete shows on your box. My god, what a stupid move! Kind of like: You can buy this VHS tape, but you'll hand over the keys to your apartment so that the content producers can come and take it when they decide that you shouldn't be able to watch your recording anymore. Open solutions like MythTV and MediaPortal suddenly became even more interesting. Still, even Microsoft haven't implemented something like the Tivo "we'll ...
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05.30.05Remote control your music collection in MCEUpdate: I have played around with another PDA Remote solution as well here. I have been using NetRemote for a long time. NetRemote is a little application that runs as a server on the box with your music. You can then connect from a client running on another PC or a PDA. From the client you can control what is playing on the box running the server. This works very well towards J. River Media Center and Meedio that I have been using before. Of course, I could install J River on my new MCE box, but it would be much more ...
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05.29.05Windows Media Center Edition with 3 tunersI just got Windows Media Center edition up and running with 3 tuners. I am using one old standard edition Hauppauge PVR-250 and one new Hauppauge PVR-500MCE. The PVR-500 has two tuners, so together with the 250 I have three. It took some experimenting to get this up and running, so I'll post some of my experiences here. Continue Reading...
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05.29.05Update 2 – EverythingIn response to my post about Everything you would ever want to see I have recieved a couple of calculations. See the comments over at the original post.
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05.27.05www.my dog just ate it.com up and running!The utterly creative Mr. Kårstad has set up a website that could turn into a classic before you can say "dog!" very fast. www.my dog just ate it.com The blog about mischief and mayhem performed by Luna the dog. From the site: "Never. And I repeat; never dangle a lobster in front of a dog….This time the dog almost ate it." Now, go over there