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March 29, 2008
My Home Theatre
Posted At : March 29, 2008 10:40 PM | Posted By : Aaron West
Related Categories: Personal,Mac,New Technology

It's done. Finally. Our home theatre is 100% installed and functional. The whole idea of building a home theatre started about two years ago. My wife and I are very much into music, movies, and TV and for nearly two years we have toyed with the idea of completely reinventing our living room experience. Until last week that experience included a 27" analog TV, DVD player, VCR, and two gaming systems (Wii and PlayStation 2). Today, the experience includes a complete lineup of high-definition video, high-fidelity audio, and a seamless integration of nearly everything digital in our lives. For the full story of how we created our home theatre - including pictures and the equipment we used - read on.

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July 24, 2007
Microsoft Surface Parody Video
Posted At : July 24, 2007 8:12 PM | Posted By : Aaron West
Related Categories: General,New Technology

If you're familiar with Microsoft's Surface this video will be very funny. Don't you want a big ass 10,000 dollar table?

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May 30, 2007
Surface Computing - Is It Really New?
Posted At : May 30, 2007 12:09 PM | Posted By : Aaron West
Related Categories: General,New Technology

There's a good bit of buzz in the blog-o-sphere about Microsoft's new Surface technology. I've watched the demo's on the site, read the background information and yes it is really cool stuff. I especially like the idea that I can put my smartphone on top of the table and drag content to the device. Whether it's music, spreadsheets, maps or directions, the idea just seems really compelling to me. But is any of it really new? Well over a year ago I was watching demo videos of very similar technology (see below) that included various usages of surface computing. I suppose the idea of surface computing is nothing new but Microsoft's implementation is. And as far as I know their technology will be the first to reach the market and be available for consumers in the winter of 2007.

View the videos below and see what you think.

Bumptop 3D Desktop Prototype

Multi-touch technology from Adobe TED

UPDATE: 07.24.2007 Check out this parody "Surface" video

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