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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Wednesday, June 04, 2003
The Family Room Computer Upgrade! It's hard for me to have spare computer parts laying around, especially a half-way decent ATI AIW Radeon 7500. It's actually not a bad card, sporting 64MB of RAM, plus the TV Tuner and all the bells and whistles that go with it. My bedroom has the ATI AIW Radeon 7000, and we actually use it to record shows that we may miss. When I was helping Peter move, I noticed a motherboard and CPU in his garbage! Blasphemy! I could never throw away any computer parts, regardless of its vintage. The CPU/Mobo combo that was heading for a landfill was an Athlon 500Mhz (w/ a +100Mhz overclock chip), and an Asus K7M motherboard. In its day, this was a pretty powerful setup. Everybody needs a few computers in their house. They're extremely useful! Shit, I've been using an old Cyrix 233 and an AOpen Mobo for years! It works great for internet browsing, plus it also seconds as a webcam server. Now, that relic is getting replaced with the rescued Athlon 600, Asus K7M, and the ATI AIW 7500! The only thing that I had to buy was a case, since I don't really have spare ATX cases with the current form-factor laying around. That set me back $50.00. Oh well. And now with the new computer, I'll be able to pipe in cable, and use it as a make-shift Tevo, like I do in my bedroom. Plus, we'll now have the ability to watch DVD's in the Family Room, which has always been limited to the bedroom or basement theater. It's half-hearted excitement for me to replace the old Cyrix 233 relic that has always been a little sluggish browsing on the internet. Plus, who knows? Maybe I'll jump on it and play a little Unreal Tournament in between changing channels. What Happens to the Cyrix 233 Relic? And, don't fret! The Cyrix 233 relic will not be thrown away. I never retire working computers. I've got something in mind for it... the Garage Computer! Oh boy! I just need to figure out how to network the garage as cheap as possible. I don't want to spend more than $20, so wireless is almost out of the picture. The garage is hardlined with AC that comes from the house, so I just need to figure out how to snake some CAT-5 cable through the pipe. And if I can do that successfully, I'm styling! And with a networked garage computer, I'll be adding the infamous GarageCAM! I'm giddy with excitement! The DecomaCAM Still Under Construction Since I'm now behind a firewall here at work, I don't have access to our routers and switches to port-forward http camera requests to my specific computer. I was able to do that at the Development Center, because I setup that network. Even with our Nokia VPN switch (which creates a secure, encrypted connection to the main Decoma servers at the HQ... which in essence ends up being piped through the main Decoma router), I was able to convince the corporate IT guru that I needed all port 8080 http requests to be piped to my computer. I don't have that power at the Mother Decoma building. I'm going to ask, but I don't think I'll get anywhere. Can't hurt to ask. If my requests are futile, I do plan on just setting up the cam to snap pics every 60 seconds and FTP it to my server. Webcam won't be live, but it will be the next best thing. I know nobody cares... unless we have some closet voyeurs that like to watch me work. I just like the self-imposed challenges... I need challenges to get through life. posted by Dino at 10:02 AM (permanent link) |