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You can also get cheap projector mounts from monoprice.com

The best is to learn how not to get a virus and use nothing!

Why wait around for the TV stations to get their head out of their arse when you can just hit up bit torrent sites?

from Apartment Therapy - News: NBC Direct Launches on November 14, 2007 10:10AM

I always thought this thing was vaporware....

You'd have to be a fool not to get an original Zune when they are blowing them out at places like woot.com for $90! 30 GB, color screen and updates to basically make it a second gen Zune. Why pay...

from Apartment Therapy - Zune Originals on November 14, 2007 10:06AM

Lizzy C, according to the article, "they ended up with a $216,000 loan from another bank, which barely covered construction costs". And that "a real estate agent has since put the value of the h...

from Apartment Therapy - NYT: Modern Green Retreat on November 13, 2007 03:17PM

Darwinism at its best!

Why not just go digital and store them all on a few TB's of disk space? Easier to search and on demand access!

I wouldn't call this a media server. Just a new fangled carousel. $3500 buys plenty of hard drives!

B&O seems like over priced fluff to me. Why not get something like a Harmony or Pronto?

from Apartment Therapy - Bang Olufsen Beo5 on September 12, 2007 11:14AM

Yea, the whole reason compact fluorescent bulbs are more efficient is because they don't waste so much electricity as heat. So I think you'd be fine with something like a 2 or 3 watt compact fluor...

RE: slot-loading Really? I've had slot loading cd players in the car and they've always treated my media fine. Are slot loading optical drives any different?

from AOpen mini PC on May 29, 2007 09:33AM

It's ok because he buys credits to offset his energy usage!!!! Right?!!?? How lame......

from Inspiration: Al Gore's Desk on May 23, 2007 11:39AM

Anne, If you use a wireless router to connect, you should be able to access its interface with a web browser and there should be a section where you can view clients connected wireless...

from Open Thread 2 on May 7, 2007 09:09AM

If it were me (I'm not sure how large the couch is) I'd have the couch perpedicular the the fireplace, floating in the middle of the room, facing the 9ft4 wall. Put the TV on or against that wall ...

from Open Thread 1 on April 24, 2007 11:43AM

This has to do with controlling light spill. You do want your screen to be white or sometimes silver but you want the space around that to soak up light rather than reflect it. Helps the picture ...

from Choosing the Right Color For Home Theater on April 19, 2007 09:01AM

I think patrick has it spot on, if that's the way you decide to go. One problem might be the lower perpendicular support that runs around the legs. It may end up too close to the floor depending ...

Having your center channel inside that cabinet is probably a little detrimental to the sound as the wooden grates are blocking it. Also, have you never had an issue with the Roku Sou...

from #2 - JenPDX's Geek-Out on April 11, 2007 02:47PM