Tech update
Well here it is another Wednesday and I am posting about stuff in general.
Tuesday - Tech Update
I took part of Tuesday to update my various technology. One of these updates included updating the Surround sound system for the home. It wasn't much of an update so much as a reconfiguration of current technology to work better then I had currently setup.
I had always thought it weird that I couldn't get the audio from the Cable system to the surround system. I was reconfiguring the video connection on the Cable box because it has S video, no component, unfortunately. So while I was playing with that I found that my tv has an audio out. Well the rest was pretty easy after that. Plug all the inputs into the TV and run the audio out to the Surround sound. It has an optical out but I will save that for another day.
So currently hooked up to the system is a PS2, HTPC with non working TV card (DAMNIT), the cable and the DVD player. I think it is a good setup now that I have it working!
My XP64bit experiment has been mostly successful. Awhile ago I decided to update my laptop to Windows XP 64-bit. I know that this apparently isn't a 'true' 64 bit OS but it is a legal copy and I was able to find all the drivers with a little helpful searching. The hardest part to get working was the Zune software. For whatever reason Microsoft didn't feel like making a 64 bit for Win 64bit. there is a version for Vista 64 bit, but no XP love. :( bastards. Oh well, enough people figured out how to do it so there was a work around. I have a working copy of Zune media on my laptop and I can sync my zune. that's all I care about.
Currently - Today
I am working in the Martinsville Library. We were having some wireless users complain that the signal was too weak in the further reaches of the library.
So on Tuesday, the boss updated router in place with a WRT54-GL and we cranked up the wireless signal thanks to DD-WRT. So far I am at the far back of the libray and I have 2 bar's or 11MB. Which isn't too shabby. It's at least enough to keep things flowing nicely in the system. And I have not had any signal drop or problems surfing the web. I am not doing any media type stuff, ie youtube or streaming so I don't really know if I have consistent bandwidth.
UPDATE: Not consistent. :) but good enough at the moment.
UPDATE2: Well Youtube sucks but liveleak worked ok. Hmm.
A friend of mine is taking a database class at her local community college and that has me kind of interested in Databases again. I want to take a class but I am sure that our local cc won't have jack squat.
Oh well that's enough. I think I will head home for some Chili and tortilla chips
--OUT
Tuesday - Tech Update
I took part of Tuesday to update my various technology. One of these updates included updating the Surround sound system for the home. It wasn't much of an update so much as a reconfiguration of current technology to work better then I had currently setup.
I had always thought it weird that I couldn't get the audio from the Cable system to the surround system. I was reconfiguring the video connection on the Cable box because it has S video, no component, unfortunately. So while I was playing with that I found that my tv has an audio out. Well the rest was pretty easy after that. Plug all the inputs into the TV and run the audio out to the Surround sound. It has an optical out but I will save that for another day.
So currently hooked up to the system is a PS2, HTPC with non working TV card (DAMNIT), the cable and the DVD player. I think it is a good setup now that I have it working!
My XP64bit experiment has been mostly successful. Awhile ago I decided to update my laptop to Windows XP 64-bit. I know that this apparently isn't a 'true' 64 bit OS but it is a legal copy and I was able to find all the drivers with a little helpful searching. The hardest part to get working was the Zune software. For whatever reason Microsoft didn't feel like making a 64 bit for Win 64bit. there is a version for Vista 64 bit, but no XP love. :( bastards. Oh well, enough people figured out how to do it so there was a work around. I have a working copy of Zune media on my laptop and I can sync my zune. that's all I care about.
Currently - Today
I am working in the Martinsville Library. We were having some wireless users complain that the signal was too weak in the further reaches of the library.
So on Tuesday, the boss updated router in place with a WRT54-GL and we cranked up the wireless signal thanks to DD-WRT. So far I am at the far back of the libray and I have 2 bar's or 11MB. Which isn't too shabby. It's at least enough to keep things flowing nicely in the system. And I have not had any signal drop or problems surfing the web. I am not doing any media type stuff, ie youtube or streaming so I don't really know if I have consistent bandwidth.
UPDATE: Not consistent. :) but good enough at the moment.
UPDATE2: Well Youtube sucks but liveleak worked ok. Hmm.
A friend of mine is taking a database class at her local community college and that has me kind of interested in Databases again. I want to take a class but I am sure that our local cc won't have jack squat.
Oh well that's enough. I think I will head home for some Chili and tortilla chips
--OUT