The Phoenix rises

March 31st, 2006

Ok, so this has been a very bad seven days for me and my hardware karma. In a span of seven days, I had two machines at work die with bad power supplies, one system cpu die, my Large data drive on my mac mini start singing off key, my server’s motherboard at the colo take a dive.

I finally have everything back online. Fortunately everything was under warranty, but it was scary there for a moment. I am hoping this weekend will provide me with a better karma.

A new toy for the wish list.

March 27th, 2006

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It turns out that Denon has a unit that has everything I wanted:

1080p HDMI
XM radio
Ipod connector
Network Jack
Support for playing MP3’s
Multi-zone

The unit is not out yet, so I don’t know what the street pricewill be.

Recipe Databases

March 26th, 2006

Found this Recipe Database program. Now I need a decent wine tracking software.

One part salt, one part SDGE

March 25th, 2006

Because we are tired of smelling like a chlorine factory every time we get out of the spa we are going to add a salt system to our pool.

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This takes basic table salt and turns it into Chlorine when you add electricity to the electrodes. Everyone that has one of these units loves them. We hope they will be worth the price.

Does the Web Float?

March 25th, 2006

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Looks like Pentair now has a web enabled interface for their pool automation system