Got three AirTunes setups in the house with independent amps and speakers. This is really great. Will do a more thorough blog post on it later.
Home
Subscribing to Pandora (after lapsing) due to Airfoil’s magic. Will use Pandora 100x more than before. Wish Pandora had a standalone app tho
Mosaic installation on the fireplace is starting. Pretty cool.
Trying to thaw a frozen pipe.
AirTunes FTW in a big way – blog post to come in the future. Happy camper this morning.
Getting 5 (!) countertops replaced today. Process starting now.
Guys are here taking large mirrors off the walls to facilitate counter replacements. Hoping to not hear any large crashes.
The 9 1/2’ by 4 1/2’ mirror, with three outlet holes, came down safely. Yeah!
Mirrors all removed from the walls. Counter installer here now to start the replacement. Everyone on time and no hiccups thus far. Great!
The sawsall is going upstairs. Best for me to stay downstairs and not worry.
Have had the fireplace going for four hours. Birch, oak. Love fires.
Mir:ror - RFID for the Home
I’ve been wondering when these little RFID gadgets will start to make a presence in the home. Big companies have done pretty amazing things with their supply chains using RFID, but what use will a geeky household be able to make of RFID. There hasn’t been much. I was interested …
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- Hmm.. On first launch Boxee hard crashed my MacBook Pro. Not good.
- Boxee people - anyone know why it’s an installer? Why no drag-n-drop. (Hate installers and their voodoo.)
DirecTV v. iTunes & Apple TV
I recently was doing a review of some of our monthly expenses. With the economy in the toilet I think this is a pretty common activity. Mainly I wanted to look for things that we weren’t necessarily using, or didn’t think we needed anymore. The trick to doing this exercise is to …
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