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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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Tagged Boxee, GB-PVR, last.fm, Live365.com, MediaPortal, pandora, RadioTime, Slacker, Windows 7, Windows Media Center, XMBC
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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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Tagged DVR, hulu, Internet TV, streaming TV, TV Guide, tv.com
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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
Posted in Tree Hugging
Tagged alternate energy, inspiration, Tree Hugging, William Kamkwamba, windmills
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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