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Another view for our main workspace. This is were we spend most of the day. His and hers Macbooks for work-related stuff, blogging, rss-feeding and so on. A Humax LCD 32'' is connected via DVI to a Mac Mini Intel Core Duo and acts as our main and only "Media Center" experience. It is connected to two roomy external HDD that houses all our movies and TV Shows. With the help of Frontrow and the excellent Sofa Control, I can do most of the stuff from my Sofa without keyboards and mouses.
This is the Mac Mini I'm planning on using as a development server. I spent a few days installing software with a keyboard/monitor/mouse and now it's running as a "headless" server on the home network, administered entirely via ssh.
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This will replace a full-size Linux mini-tower in the basement to run my webserver, nameserver, mailserver. The following photo gives a better sense of perspective (this stack is on top of a tall bookcase that's only about 12"x12").
Als ich heute von der Arbeit nach Hause kam, war ich einfach nur noch geschafft. Also sagte ich zu den Danbos: "Lasst uns einfach einen Film schauen oder irgendwas machen, wo ich nicht denken muss!" Also gingen sie an den DVD-Stapel und holten Inglourious Basterds. Sie sagten: "Wir wissen, du magst diesen Film. Das wird das Beste für dich sein. Setz dich, wir bereiten deinen Filmabend vor!" Die beiden Kerlchen sind einfach klasse!
When I came home from work today I was just knackered. So I said to the Danbos: "Let's just watch a movie or do something where I don't have to think!" So they went to the DVD stack and took Inglourious Basterds. They said: "We know you like that movie. It will be the best for you. Sit down, we're preparing your movie evening!" These guys are just great!
Here is the HT with all the equipment installed, but no cabinet (it's coming). It took quite a bit of time to get the TV and Yamaha YSP mounted just so. We must have pulled the TV off the wall, made adjustments, and put it back some five times. Now that it's up, it looks great. The YSP is basically exactly as wide as the Sharp LCD, so the install is very clean looking (if you ignore the cables :-). The SVS sub is off in the corner, laying down mean bass.
The Mac Mini is the "media center" for this setup. It has 1Tb of external storage that holds around 100 movies and many hundreds of CDs with room to spare (none of the media is pirated, BTW).
This is Missty's corner with her (not shown on picture) Macbook and the Canon printer.
Taken with Canon EOS 400D with Sigma 18-55mm.
I shot this photo on a sunny January afternoon. This wall is surrounding the Confucian Academy in Yueyang, China.
(I used this image to create this desktop wallpaper on my MacMini.)
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Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.3
Focal Length: 62 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
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After working out the keyboard matrix layout, I tested a few keys with my Teensy on a breadboard before soldering it to perfboard.
An ancient television and a new Mac Mini (and an eyeTV DTT)
Also, first picture with shiny new camera!
Moving SSDs around in my Macs - 240gb Intel 330 went into my 24" iMac and the 160gb Intel 320 from the iMac went into my Mac Mini.
Bought a VESA wall mount for the HDTV (doubles as monitor) and cleared my desk off.
Got the new ppc mac mini sat on top of the new airport base station -- both are waiting for an ethernet connection again.
I just got my Dell 20" E207FP Widescreen monitor yesterday. Here's a quick shot of my desk with the new screen.
Wii controller is used with Remote Buddy for quick game access. Wireless 360 Controller is used with Tattiebogle's driver to play emulated console and arcade games.
- Mac mini 1.66GHz Core Duo
- 2GB Ram
- MiniStack v2 with 320GB HDD
- Apple Aluminum Keyboard
My main work development setup...
Left: dual 23" Cinema Displays attached to a 2006 3.0GHz dual-core, dual processor MacPro with 12GB memory, 4x 500GB (2TB) internal disks, running Mac OSX Snow Leopard (10.6.1); external drives: 2TB WD for TimeMachine, 500GB Maxstor for media (podcasts, etc)
Right: old-skool 23" Cinema Display attached to a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo MacMini (Early 2009) with 4GB memory, 120 internal disk, 500GB external G-Force drive. (Used as a development machine running Leopard 10.5.8 to get around a certain XCode linker bug that affects XCode 3.2 and as a build-server), and a nice, loud, clicky IBM Model M buckling-spring keyboard.
---- Computer Setup ----
- Mac mini 2.0, 2Gig Ram
- 2x Lacie Brick 160GB Portable (White)
- Happy Hacking Pro Keyboard White (Blank Keys)
- Kenshington Expert Mouse 7.0 (White)
- Wireless Mighty Mouse
- 2x Lacie Brick 500GB Desktop (Red)
- Lacie Brick 320GB Desktop (Blue)
- Using Cube case as USB hub (installed 14ports)
---- Sound Setup ----
- Aura Note All-In-One Completer (CD, USB, PC, Tuner, Aux)
- Scandyna The Drop speakers (this one kicks a$$)
- Speaker cables: Analysis Plus Oval 12
- Power cable: WireWorld Aurora 5.2
Yea i know... these pictures are from over a month ago. we had a Leopard install party on halloween night. Kristen and ty installed it on their MacBooks and me on my MacMini.
The Mac-O-Lantern was made the week before halloween, but held up long enough for our party.
This is my current work setup. I'm pretty happy with it now, so I thought I'd post it. The monitor to the left is attached to a Mac mini in the corner. I primarily use the monitor on the left for email/IM/Campfire (work related chat room). I do actual work on the other two screens.
The bluetooth keyboard and mouse can span all 3 screens using some really cool software called synergy (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/).
My home office/gaming rig as of September 4, 2006.
My long term goal is to be able to run my Mac mini to the HDTV and control OS X through a remote (Remote Buddy) or preferrably a PS3 controller. I'd love to be able to watch any Movie in my library (thank you, Handbrake) or launch an Emulator to play any game in my 100% complete 13GB Rom collection (NES, SNES, Genesis, SMS, GG, PCE, Lynx, Jaguar, 2600) with a single input device.
I can dream, can't I?
Eventually, all of this stuff will get moved into the basement (when we get it finished off) so that I can have room for my Arcade Cabinet. Right now it's tucked in the corner off to the right in this photo.
I also plan on:
- upgrading the TV to a 37+ incher (LCD)
- adding in my Sony 5.1 surround receiver and my Yamaha powered sub
- removing the TV stand and using built in wall cabinetry
- showcasing my massive console/game collection somehow
MacBook 5,1.
2.0GHz Core2Duo
8GB RAM
64GB SSD
Thunderbolt Display, connected to the MacMini (See nerve centre for more)
iPad 3, LTE
Magic TrackPad, Magic Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard.
The network cabinet, which connects the gigabit ethernet out of the NTD to the gigabit Cisco VPN router (RV220W).
I have split the network out into 5 VLAN's to allow me to use QoS:
VLAN 1: Network Admin
VLAN 10: VOIP
VLAN 25: Office
VLAN 50: Home
VLAN 100: Guest network
The VOIP duties are catered by a Cisco ATA (SPA112). This is a 2-line ATA adapter which allows me to have one phone number for home (with iinet) and a second which connects to my work's asterix phone system.
After getting the house cabled with multiple network points in each room (by Fallon Services) I needed a network switch large enough to connect all the network together. I found a Netgear semi-managed switch (GS724Tv3) whcih allows me to split the VLAN's out into separate sockets on the switch. A separate Netgear managed switch (GS105e) also is contained in my office as I have all the VLAN's trunked in there.
With the remaining space in the network cabinet I decided to put my 2 mac-mini servers (one for DNS work in my office, the other media dutues) in the cabinet along with the external HDD's for photo backup & media storage.
Camera: NIKON D800E
Lens: Nikkor 24-70 mm f/2.8
Here is how I can move the monitors apart (thanks to the desktop supports by DMP) when working with my netbook or in any other situation where I need more room. the monitors can also be rotated to form a 90°angle with the wall, so that the desk is completely free.
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2012 Update: I've since ditched my MacMini/EyeTV setup for the Boxee Box / Live TV tuner setup. Read more
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I'll write up a much larger blog post on this after I see how broadcast works @ Superbowl Party, but real quick:
I have a Mac MIni (w/ Boxee & Plex) hooked up to an Eye TV (USB tuner, $130) that is hooked up to the Time Warner cable that runs thru my apt and reading the unencrypted QAM stream. (read: watching cable w/out a cable box)
The QAM feed has about 120 channels - most of them are bullshit (infomercials, pay-per-view ads) and a lot of Spanish channels. These are the 12 that are interesting (and work great)
I'll cover this in the post, but configuring the EyeTV (separating good channels from crap) can be a bit of a pain, so I'm hoping this screenshot will let some people skip corners. (note: I am using the TV Guide listings from "Northern Manhattan" even tho I am downtown. Take note of the "1008" channels - there's a ton of them, but only 2-3 worth keeping. Tell the difference using the freq/MHz)
Links:
EyeTV: www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/EyeTV-Hybrid-1...
QAM: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature_amplitude_modulation
Search terms for Google (cause I couldn't find this info when searching)
+ QAM channels in NYC
+ Time Warner Cable QAM
+ TWC QAM
+ eyeTV in NYC
+ eyeTV Manhattan
ps: Using Boxee and Plex for everything else (movies, Netflix, Hulu, CNN, ESPN3, etc)
And yes, I get the irony of trying to #QuitCable tho still being dependent on their physical cable line to get this QAM stream. The #QuitCable thing is more "stop paying $161/mo for something I barely use but sometimes need" and less "sever all ties w/ Time Warner" (i'll still be paying for internet thru them). Slightly still up in the air is "does TIme Warner change their QAM policies if a critical mass of people quit cable? My understanding is that they're required to broadcast the "major networks" over QAM, tho not required to do it in HD. I could also ditch QAM / Time Warner for TV entirely but I'm hearing that over-the-air antennas (that pick up broadcast HD signals) don't do so well in the "urban canyon" that is NYC.
My stack with Mac mini G4, *new* 500 GByte Iomega MiniMax Firewire/USB HDD, Belkin Firewire/USB-Hub and iPod 30GB