Author Archives: Tom Long

King of the Media Center Hill? Maybe Soon.

I want to watch anything I want to watch on my big screen (instantly) or iPhone (easily).  Believe it or not, I am almost there.  Today I’ll focus on the big screen.  After building a Windows 7 HTPC with HDMI … Continue reading

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I've Started Digging Myself Into a Hole

Not content with turning my laptop into a home media center, I made the foolish decision to build my own video|music streamer for fun. Not being the brightest bulb, I thought I would just use an old hard drive I … Continue reading

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TV Guide – A Streaming DVR

I love Hulu.  Sadly it doesn’t carry about five of the shows I watch on TV.com.  TV.com has it over Hulu in that it includes a viewing schedule with just the shows I’ve picked, but unlike Hulu it doesn’t notify … Continue reading

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Windmill Prodigy

Thanks to Wired Science, I learned of a 14 year old boy in a remote African village who should be an inspiration for all of us.  William Kamkwamba noted the wind in Malawi and thought he could rig something up … Continue reading

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Watch TV on XBMC

Today we’ll look at how to capture TV shows and watch them using XBMC. In my second XBMC tutorial I covered how to name and organize directories and files for movies and included a peek at how to organize your … Continue reading

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