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20 Gifts I Gotta Get: Pyramat Sound Rocker (#11)
Filed in archive Wired Home General on December 15, 2006
This isn't a picture of the Pyramat Sound Rocker! For that you'll have to head over to the Sharper Image. This is an amazing chair if you're into video games and being ultra-comfortable. ...
The future of the wired home
Filed in archive Wired Home General on January 24, 2006
You can read Rob Enderle's thoughts on this topic on TechNewsWorld. I'd have to agree with most of what he writes, but I take exception to his thoughts that using embedded linux over Windows ...
1TB (that's Terarabyte, as in 1000 Gig) Home server available this month!
Filed in archive Wired Home General on January 7, 2006
It seems as though everything is getting faster these days - computers, cars, even the speed at which predictions come true. In the December 2005 issue of Electronic House magazine, there was an arti...
About me
Filed in archive Wired Home General on January 3, 2006
As the author of this site, I thought you might like to know a bit about me. My name is Dorri Williams and I have a lovely wife named Victoria and we have a daughter named Katie. We live in Salem, SC...
Contribute to Creative Weblogging
Filed in archive Wired Home General on September 8, 2005
Got something to say? Want to earn a little money while you're at it? Now the Creative Weblogging Network (which Wired Home is a part of) gives you a voice with Creative Reporter. Here's the ...
Bonus Episodes Coming to The Sopranos
Filed in archive Wired Home General on August 12, 2005
For "Sopranos" fans, it really sucks to wait almost two years between seasons. Now it appears we'll be getting a little pay back with 8 bonus episodes with the sixth season. According to...
Will The Next Dot-Com Boom Be A Little More Disciplined Than The Last?
Filed in archive Wired Home General on August 7, 2005
Word is that we're in another dot-com boom. Hopefully after the dot-com burst, we'll see a little more common sense when it comes to spending investment money. CNET has the list of the top 10...
I've Got Current TV.... Woo Friggin' Hoo!
Filed in archive Wired Home General on August 3, 2005
You know I've been waiting forever for Mediacom to get ESPN Classic back, so imagine my joy when Current TV shows up on my TV instead of ESPN Classic.Anyway, enough whining. I watched a little bi...
OJ Owes DirecTV $25,000
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 29, 2005
Poor OJ Simpson just keeps getting picked on. According to YahooNews.com: A federal judge has ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay $25,000 in damages for pirating satellite television sig...
TV Guide to Stop Providing Local Listings
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 27, 2005
Maybe it's more nostalgia than anything, but this news from TVSquad.com saddens me: In a move that defies logic, TV Guide is no longer going to provide local listings for TV shows. Instead, they ...
WiMax Gets One Step closer to Reality
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 19, 2005
While a lot of consumers still haven't heard of WiMax, it's gotten one step closer to reality according to TomsNetworking.com: Vancouver - The WiMax Forum, an industry consortium that was cre...
Cooter Don't Like the New Dukes
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 15, 2005
Okay, I'm a child of the 70's. I grew up watching the Dukes of Hazzard of Friday nights and thought it was the greatest show on earth. Okay, flash forward to 2005. Last week I was watching a ...
Dr. Toilet Will See You Now!
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 10, 2005
I'm all for technology in the home but this toilet mentioned in an article at CNN.com seems a little much to me: The "Intelligence Toilet" system, created by Japan's largest toilet ...
Why the Wireless Home Theater is Still a Dream
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 7, 2005
Like like most technophiles, I hate wires. So why aren't there any wireless home home theater systems available yet? ITWorld.com has an interesting opinion piece that discusses some of these issu...
Is Slingbox Too Complicated for the Masses?
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 5, 2005
When it comes to selling technology to the typical consumer, ease of use has to be a big consideration. Mike Langberg of Mercury News is reporting that the Slingbox isn't as easy to setup and use...
Buying Home Electonics: Timing Equals Savings
Filed in archive Wired Home General on July 3, 2005
Buying electronics can be pretty tricky. It sure sucks to buy that great new device that drops in price in a few months and even includes more features. The Citizen-Times.com has a decent article tha...
Watch Out for Those Sneaky Plasma TV-Lovin' Senators From Wisconsin
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 30, 2005
Want a Plasma TV? Well, until another senator messed it up, you could of just become a Wisconsin State Senator. According to the Chicago Sun-Times: A Republican senator says she's blowing the whi...
Calling All Bloggers
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 20, 2005
As you may of noticed, our whole network has a great new look and we're currently looking for bloggers to join our family. Here's a current post from the Creative Weblogging page: We are com...
Big Screen TVs Suck....Electricity That Is!
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 17, 2005
You don't really need to be a rocket scientist to know that big screen TVs use more electricity than small screen TVs. The Christian Science Monitor has an article that pretty much states the obv...
Extreme Makeover: Creative Weblogging Style
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 16, 2005
So what do you think about our new look? Leave us a comment and let us know. Also Be sure to check out the rest of the Creative Weblogging family (Click the "Network" tab in the menu above)...
Hey Meathead!, Get Me a Beer and Nominate Me for TiVo's Top Five Dads
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 15, 2005
Do you have the coolest dad in the world? If so, be sure to nominate him for TiVo's Top Five Dads here. TiVo also did a survey for the top TV dads and the top 5 look like this:1. Cliff Huxtable -...
Internet Explorer Catches Up with The Rest of the World
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 9, 2005
Unlike many geeks, I prefer Internet Explorer but it drives me nuts not to have tabbed browsing. I've used other tabbed browsers but have always gone back to IE. Well you can finally have tabbed b...
The Ultimate Wired Home: Build Your Own Recording Studio
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 8, 2005
Are you a budding musician? Maybe you're just looking to lay down a few tracks for your homeys? Well, you might want to consider building a home recording studio. USAToday has an article that get...
The Future of the Digital Living Room
Filed in archive Wired Home General on June 2, 2005
We all know that sooner or later everything in our home is going to be run by a microchip. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has a nice article that discusses the future and the dr...
More Web TV Start-ups Now on the Scene
Filed in archive Wired Home General on May 23, 2005
We've been hearing this for a long time, but someday Web TV will truly offer competition to broadcast TV some day. The Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about two new startups: Enterpris...
Walmart Turns DVD Rental Service Over to Netflix
Filed in archive Wired Home General on May 19, 2005
This is pretty stunning news. Walmart is a admitting defeat in the DVD rental business by offering it's rental customers to netflix. According to Bloomberg.com: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world'...
Sony Unveils HD Camcorder for the Common Folk
Filed in archive Wired Home General on May 18, 2005
There's nothing like catching Junior's runny nose in High Definition. Sony has announced a consumer HD camcorder that comes in under $2000US. According to BetaNews.com: Weighing only 1.5 pound...
The Future of Home Technologies
Filed in archive Wired Home General on May 17, 2005
It's amazing how quick home technology is changing and most important, how advanced it's becoming. The Home Theater Blog has their predictions of the top 10 future home technologies and advanc...
Do You Use Parental Control Software?
Filed in archive Wired Home General on May 16, 2005
If you've got a whole pack of kids like me, you know that computer time usually ends up which someone getting popped in the nose. We finally had to give in and download parental contol software t...
Pretty Soon We Can Skip The Whole Show!
Filed in archive Wired Home General on May 10, 2005
I found this really interesting. Martin over at Creative Weblogging's Digital TV has an article that mentions a product called Gotuit On Demand which he describes: Gotuit Media Corp. has develope...
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