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So, I thought I’d spend some time and get our 360 up and running as a media center (extender).
I set it up, but when I tried to play any movie I created with my iPhone, it said the file was unknown/unsupported format.

Which is weird because microsoft’s site says it is supported: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/File-types-supported-by-Windows-Media-Center

Whoa, something very weird is going on. My wifi connection is terrible. My fairly reliable D-Link DIR-655 (1.34NA firmware) now dips down to pretty much zero service and back to full every 20-30 seconds. This is nuts. Gonna try the 1.35NA firmware, but that just disables SecureSpot…Lots of complaints about this software (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=10714.0), so hopefully disabling it will help.

Well, new firmware seemed to have fixed things:

I found this file from 2005 on my backup HD.

friend Amra
friend AneshayII Shane Geiger, CGI’s, Share files with.
friend Angel Lake, MI, ugly
friend Angus Young CMUer. Keith
friend Anvil SC:BW, Free NIC’s!!!
friend Ayourk He builds off of others creativity (learn by eg)
friend Azerel SC:BW, Tribes: Azerel, Midknight
friend BRAD chick using bf’s account…Christine
friend BROADWAYbound (None)
friend BROWNSTONE Adebowale, nick name:Katrina.
friend Baacus (None)
friend Banshee SC:BW
friend BeastMaster smart, talk about new computer, games, quake
friend Benz Or Beemer Share programs w/
friend Blessantville programer, needs bstree.h&cpp lmetcalfe@@acm.org
friend Blkstang Quake source file. Linux,WebMaster,navy
friend Boogey Man Tribes: Dolemite, Subspace server
friend Boyds Make ‘frameset’ CGI for.
friend Buggerman SC:BW
friend Buzz The Punman Tribes:Buzz,Punman. Perl
friend CRO POPLUS.com Job in Mass.
friend CardinalSin Web Master
friend Cerberus Program RPG in java with.
friend Chicago Boy NT Server, Maild, ftpd, httpd, etc
friend Chumley pat
friend ChumpChange beginner web master. NCSA.
friend Clapper lives down the block from Brent Leon
friend Coffee House Steven
friend CruxOfTheBiscuit Quake3 Map Maker
friend Cyanide grid computing. in Michigan?
friend DJ Darkman CMUer
friend Dalmation Sarah? Owosso?
friend Dconrad SC:BW
friend Death Jester SC:BW
friend DeathBeast httpd
friend Deeva CMUer
friend Dejavu Cecilia (nickname Toy)
friend Detorino CMUer, Cps340, @gBecky
friend Disgruntled HTML, Games, Multiple Poster!!!!!!!!!
friend Dj Jazzy Trevor Nice guy @mOwes me one
friend Dominion share programs w/
friend Dragon Reborn Has Stingray 128/3D
friend Drinking Games roommate
friend Drizzt DoUrden Job in MO?
friend Effendi WebDesigner, Share programs with.
friend Ergophobe database in FrontPage. SQL
friend Ferenczy SC:BW
friend Fido SC:BW
friend Fruit Nicole
friend Fuzzman @gDUN Server.
friend Fuzzy Animal NT Web Admin
friend GEMINI Monica, in Southfield
friend Ghostman Rob, Glenn’s friend
friend Gnostalgia Nice guy, good at DOS, windows. Share files w/
friend God Man Megatron San Diego, Web Developer?
friend Gormash SC:BW
friend Gunstar Hero SC:BW
friend Guy Incognito SC:BW: DemonBread
friend Gyver Share files with. chronos.swd.net tap:Squirt
friend Hey needs some serious help. w/ frames also
friend Houston cool dude, who is aviable to help others
friend I Am I SC:BW
friend Iowa Fats Unix guru. Help me setup my personal LAN
friend JSJ SC:BW
friend JazzyJ SC:BW, record label, diablo, stuff
friend Jeannine Joy. needs MSIE. Email admin.
friend John Public Programming Guru
friend Jormungandr SC:BW
friend Josh Escobedo TMR WWW author.
friend Just Outta School like baseball! heh, federal employee
friend KCPear Share files with.
friend Kippy Rob’s gf, Robin.
friend Knightshade Share programs with (EZ CD Creator 4, games)
friend LAF RPG consultant
friend Levitation Michiganer. games, MS Products.
friend Lil Country Girl Jen, CMUer
friend LizPhairFan Brian, finally lost his virginity Feb ’04
friend Lorthana http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~holsen/__transtest/
friend Lynx gettin new computer soon
friend M Bison SC:BW, ISCA-StarCraft Page
friend MagnusSw Stingray owner
friend Major Kira Has Leadtek Vid Card
friend Marquis SC:BW
friend Mercedes SL Alexandra
friend Midknight might buy 2d card.
friend Miss Maverick Umich, skies, www.umcc.umich.edu/~shuston/
friend Montana Girl Amy
friend Mr Scarface CMUer Joel 775 6865
friend My Sharona Sharon
friend Negative Zero Ian
friend Nick Cave Quake3
friend Norman ASP
friend Ordieth SC:BW, Tribes
friend Orynn SC:BW, Tribes: Orion
friend Owner Business Cards for CGI script
friend POoh CMUer email: 344b7ma@cmich.edu
friend Paris nice, needs help w/ win95
friend Phoenix Reborn SC:BW
friend Phookie SBM, Fred or ” Derf”
friend PinkCashmere UofM..funny, CassTech, like Shaq, penny
friend Polaris SC:BW
friend Poochie CMUer
friend Qwiksilver nice guy…question about computers
friend RED WING Jill. Major:Social Work
friend Randall Flagg IIS, win2k guy
friend Rayona italiano, gvsu,
friend Rayvenna photoshop, Mindie
friend Reason Recommends the Palm IIIxe
friend Ritcshie Linux/Unix guy
friend Roadmaster ANSI colors in MS-DOS
friend Sassy Blonde Holly:517-799-8092
friend Secretary WMU, nice guy. web stuff.
friend Sexy Red Val
friend Sharp Shooter emanuel. ‘on the plump side…over 200 lbs…’
friend Shit Faced Brent’s woman, Tonya
friend Shiva SC:BW
friend Simkin SC:BW, Tribes: Modi
friend Sixpence SC:BW
friend Smile For Me cool..polish..
friend Smoke Eater Developing ISCA Client – MS Access front end
friend Snoop J BidForPower Fan
friend Snooty CMUer
friend Sojourn Make “Sale Paper” w
friend Spartikus IIS user? Html, etc
friend Stilgar CMUer Glenn, michiganfarmbureau.com
friend Stp blind guy..needs help w/ win95
friend Strawman quake
friend Swankboy XML/XSL
friend Swordslinger Simkin’s Tribes admin dude. Loki
friend System XML/XSL
friend TAG HEUER Steve Henderson, from CMU
friend TOM ClientMan, unixZip. Ask about how to tar a dir
friend Talis Allblood emulator
friend Tanj Isca Interfaces: XML,DOC,Gestalt,Citadel/UX,JS
friend Tcap google fu
friend Tequila Shot GINA GINA GINA GINA
friend Terry K WinXP stuff
friend The After Party me
friend The Bard SC:BW
friend The Bushman SC:BW
friend The Chemist grad from CMU, in berkley now
friend The Guru Win2k guy
friend The Islander CMUer Matt
friend The Locker Gnome Win95 e-zime guy
friend The Man CMUer Jason Beymer
friend The Supreme Yogurt SC:BW
friend Thermal Cool Tribes, Tom, Ohio
friend Thunderin Drew. Warez
friend Treach looking for talent
friend TrebleJunkie Perl guru
friend Veggie Power JO BEAN
friend Vengeance Rising send me a voodoo2!
friend Vincenza Roberta
friend Vodka Chick Farmington Hills Courtney
friend Vw Bugie CMUer
friend WORF SC:BW, Gamer Software/Hardware reviewer
friend Wasted Youth Sending me his DC for $210
friend WillRiker CMUer
friend Winston Smith might get me @ySLNet Telnetd
friend Wooglin CMUer. TAG HEUER friend
friend Xi Ryan Patterson, Gateway, (800) 846-4510 ext 2463
friend Yikes CMUer
friend Yorick Started me out w/ HTML
friend Yurj Linux. Sendmail. CGI help
friend Zero Kewl New to CGI’s
enemy Alan Hawk
enemy Darkhaven
enemy Rahasia

I HATE farming, but my tailor needed some cloth to finish off tailoring (525).
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=47227

By gmisura (3·3) on 2011/05/07 (Patch 4.1.0)
7:21 PM 5/2/2011
122 cloth in 1 hour (i probably spent a lot less time than an hour as I kept KVM to another machine).
4-5 greens

Probably helps to be a tailor for the extra drops.

Mouse

I love my IntelliMouse Optical USB 5 button mouse. Alas, it has lived a
long and mousey life but refuses to click once per touch (it will easily
click 2-3 times within a millisecond with one press). Looking at a new
mouse.

I like MS stuff. I don’t like logitech.

I’m not too fond of wireless (unless it comes with a dock?)
Blah, 2.4ghz? that sounds like interferance for wifi. Probably
completely pass on wireless (though my desktop is pretty messy
so it would help to remove cords, but not that important).
Hrm, maybe bluetooth? (again, with a dock?)

USB. Duh.

Must have 5+ buttons.
I’m used to having the 5th button be on the right, but now I’m
wondering if that is the best. When I go to click it, I pretty much
move my fingers off the other buttons. Maybe 2 buttons for my
thumb would be better. Though I think I use back/forward a lot
so the logical location makes a lot of sense…
I play a lot of WoW so more buttons are good.

I’m wondering if tilt is necessary (I can’t think of myself using it
much, but i won’t disable it).

Scrollwheel is mandatory.
My current (broken) mouse ‘clicks’ so you know when you’ve moved it. I
have another mouse that doesn’t ‘click’. It seems to work fine, but I
can see the clicks as useful feedback to know how far you’ve gone (not
required though).

Must be ergo, though most of them are ergo enough. I think I had a
‘Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000’ which was nice, but batteries
are just not happening (except maybe with a dock).

I like my MBP’s touchpad so I’m wondering if a touch mouse is
worth it..? Should i just use my iphone as a mouse? heh.

Oh, Amazon my old mouse still available. That might be the best
solution considering my KVM problem.

So I dropped my iPhone4, the case didn’t protect it (Apple genius suggests a rubberish case, makes sense).
I got a crack in the front from the top to the button at the bottom.
Took it to Apple, guy said since it was my first time there, he would waive the cost ($199).
He wiped my old phone and gave me a brand new one with my phone number attached to it.

1. I backed up my phone before I went there.
2. I copied all my photos/movies off. Luckily because the backup does not contain these…
3. I’m worried about my voice memo’s…those had better be in the backup.
4. Clearly my iPhone was NOT storing my contacts in google as I told it to. After setting up my new phone, I have 72 contacts instead of 600+

So now begins: How to restore my phone?
I could simply plug it in and let itunes do its thing, but I don’t believe that would get me to where I want to be.
Next?

Hrm, so what exactly did the iTunes backup do? I got 2500 of my 2800 pictures (where are the rest?), no contacts, no calendar, no mail (which is on gmail, so I guess that makes sense), pretty much nothing but my pictures. WTF?

It’s here. Ok, yesterday. Busy with work and setting it up, i didn’t post until now.

So we bought a Dell Zino HD.

At first, with the default Windows 7 install, it was SLOW! Streaming videos over wifi (802.11n) was not smooth.

Friend suggested I wipe and reinstall windows. So I did that and things are much smoother.

Next was trying out “media center” options. The MS Windows Media Center is …ok, but it is clearly designed to be used with a mouse and keyboard, not the favorite tool while sitting on the couch.

I decided to install Boxee! Using the iPhone app, its very nice user interface. It sure is different and I’m still learning, but I think it is a winner.

Any others I should try?

Misc Links:
http://lifehacker.com/5813269/top-10-ways-to-power-up-your-home-theater-pc

Not that I’m complaining, but why am I getting 12334 and 39720 XP for this boss kill?