Personal Technology Review

Put in this $80 swivel arm by Ergotron. Very convenient and flexible. Came with an arm extension for more longer reach and flexiblity, but did not install it.

Cleaned up the computers off the desk and stashed them away underneath:

What's the white box on top of the computer case you ask? It's a Kworld KW-SA230WP PlusTV TVBox Blazing Orange which allows you to convert your LCD monitor to digital/cable/hd. Has picture in picture features where you can watch tv while using your computer. Does not take up any computer resources; in fact, the computer does not have to be on at all...

Panasonic Double Din headunit with bluetooth, TV tuner, JBL surround, and 1000 watt system

Pyle LCD headrests

Comment: Great headunit, however would recommend the Pioneer Double Din system from what I have seen of it. Got this package because of price, expandability, and full control of sound system. Pioneer is better, has more bells and whistles, and has internal hard drive storage.

60" Panasonic Projector TV

Family Workstation with TV out to Panasonic TV

Comments: Streams Hava and movies from central storage; custom wiring to bose sound system

HAVA Platinum Box
1GB Upload

Comment: Great piece of equipment; smooth streaming and can be played on multiple devices simultaneously.

Downside: No mac support, nor windows mobile support, however windows mobile support is said to be in development

Left Side Angle

Right Side Angle (sharing dual monitor from workstation 1)

Windows 2003 Server

• network vpn, DNS, active directory, etc.
• Website mirror for galido.net
• 2GB Ram
• 200GB Raid 1
• Plextor DVD-RW
• 3 clear-side case with carry handle for portability

Comment: One of the best computer cases I've worked with. Motherboard can side out from the back. All side and top panels are clear and slide off easily. There is a liftable handle on the front for portability. Great for LAN party computers. Used it this time as a server, however not optimal for expandability.

Linksys WRT600N w 500GB external storage (for movies and backups) uplinked to netgear gigabit switch

• Linked to 10 computer network plus laptops and mobile devices
• Uplinked to 2 accesspoints and additional switches

Additional Access Point

Comments: Fast router and switching. Support Wireless N and has dual wireless channels, making wireless super fast; probably a good router for networks requiring high performance in wireless technology

Downside: Network storage is slow.

Mac Mini w firewire external hard drive

Dual keyboard recording station

Sony firewire camera

Harmon Audio recording interface used with Garageband
Leopard OS
Mac Mini Duo Core

Comments: Garageband rocks with the Harmon Audio interface; works faster, easier, and more responsive than Cubase on Windows

Vista PC

• ex5 Mini Me Series case and motherboard
• XP Athlon Processor
• 2GB DDR Ram
• 160 GB Hard Drive
• Using Cubase and M-Audio sound recording interface

Vista

Comments: Cubase with the M-Audio interface is a good pair for sound recording, however, Cubase is buggy and is complicated.

Windows XP

• Asus A8N-SLI Motherboard
• AMD 3800 Dual Core 2.0+ Ghz
• 4GB DDR
• 2 500GB SATA Hard Drives
• 256MB Asus Nvidia Geforce Video

Comments: Finally upgraded to a Dual Core processor with 4MB DDR ram and SATA drives. Windows XP does not support more than 3GB ram. The extra gig is used for Vista on dual boot.