For those of you not completely technologically innept, I bring you:
XBMC
XBox Media Center - don't be fooled, it's not a game... - is a complete media streaming solution for anyone to use. It's Open-Source, meaning... Anyone can use it completely for free. If you use it commercially, a donation is asked for but never required.
XBMC is currently installed at my house and functioning absolutely perfectly since the day it was downloaded. It manages my media so well that we've managed to cut our cable bill completely.
60 bucks a month savings... I like that.
It's pretty basic to understand the workings of an XBMC server.
You download media - movies, tv shows, music.
You place them in a common folder that XBMC can recognize.
You load them in XBMC.
Connect computer to TV and BINGO... you're live.
Check it out.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
New Years Resolution
So, I've actually followed through with last years resolution.
I promised myself that I would stop shopping at Wal-Mart.
From no major documentary or sobstory, I decided to stop shopping there based on personal experience. As easy as it might seem, it was actually quite difficult to cut that company out of my life.
I bought a variety of products from them, to usually have them broken within weeks. Sure, they're cheaper... but they're also poorly made and imported from other countries. This might seem the 'norm' on the surface, and it is. Unfortunately, our country has become dependant on other countries to bring in product for our day to day lives. This helps the consumer but drastically limits the amount of production jobs our country has available. Even in the retail world, I worked for Wal-Mart a whopping 8 hours. After being named by my employee number on the loudspeaker, I decided to go home.
I'm not a capitalist. This much is ovbiously apparent. I do support free trade, so long as it IS free trade. I do support business and the exchange of money for goods and services. I do not support monopolies. I cannot support greed and lies.
And so there you go. As this new year rolls in, I will be one year Wal-Mart free. Maybe you don't agree with my politics - but at least I keep my promises.
I promised myself that I would stop shopping at Wal-Mart.
From no major documentary or sobstory, I decided to stop shopping there based on personal experience. As easy as it might seem, it was actually quite difficult to cut that company out of my life.
I bought a variety of products from them, to usually have them broken within weeks. Sure, they're cheaper... but they're also poorly made and imported from other countries. This might seem the 'norm' on the surface, and it is. Unfortunately, our country has become dependant on other countries to bring in product for our day to day lives. This helps the consumer but drastically limits the amount of production jobs our country has available. Even in the retail world, I worked for Wal-Mart a whopping 8 hours. After being named by my employee number on the loudspeaker, I decided to go home.
I'm not a capitalist. This much is ovbiously apparent. I do support free trade, so long as it IS free trade. I do support business and the exchange of money for goods and services. I do not support monopolies. I cannot support greed and lies.
And so there you go. As this new year rolls in, I will be one year Wal-Mart free. Maybe you don't agree with my politics - but at least I keep my promises.
Changes.
BAM!
New times, new words. A new face to an old friend.
Hello world!
I sit tonight watching Fight Club, eating microwave popcorn. Classic. I'm not sure why I came back here - perhaps moreso to do with centralizing all of my online personal feeds.
Some time has passed since my last entry, and with it, change has passed through my entire world. I'm married to the most amazing woman in the world. I have an adorable little bastard of a puppy. I own guns. Barack is still running the White House and Harper his own red and white empire. We're still - though it would seem unnoticed by the average Canadian - engaged in a war in the middle east. Technology has provided to me a little slice of the Jetsons and microwave popcorn still absolutely kicks ass.
I look forward to posting here again as a sort of creative outlet to the stressors of my new life as (cue corny south park voice) A MAN.
New times, new words. A new face to an old friend.
Hello world!
I sit tonight watching Fight Club, eating microwave popcorn. Classic. I'm not sure why I came back here - perhaps moreso to do with centralizing all of my online personal feeds.
Some time has passed since my last entry, and with it, change has passed through my entire world. I'm married to the most amazing woman in the world. I have an adorable little bastard of a puppy. I own guns. Barack is still running the White House and Harper his own red and white empire. We're still - though it would seem unnoticed by the average Canadian - engaged in a war in the middle east. Technology has provided to me a little slice of the Jetsons and microwave popcorn still absolutely kicks ass.
I look forward to posting here again as a sort of creative outlet to the stressors of my new life as (cue corny south park voice) A MAN.
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