About

Most of what I am (outside of family), and what I write about on here, involves my computing experiences and playing with other gadgets… Here’s a rundown of what I’m currently working with:

(Note: a LOT has changed since I first created this page, so I made a few updates)

Shared:

  • (2) Samsung B2430 24″ LCD Monitors
  • Benq 24″ Full-HD Monitor (PC through DVI / PS3 Through HDMI)
  • Logitech Z-5300e THX Certified 280W 5.1 Surround Speakers
  • Linksys WRT-320N Router w/ DD-WRT (Wireless-N / Gigabit Wired)
  • Linksys WRT-54G-TM Router w/ DD-WRT (Wireless-G)
  • (2) Linksys WRT-610N Routers w/DD-WRT
  • 4-to-2 HDMI Matrix
  • Creative Extigy External Sound
  • Belkin Multi-TT USB Hub

Main PC:

  • Phenom II X4 2.6GHz / 8GB RAM / 1TB HDD
  • Dual DVD-Burners
  • ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB Video Card
  • Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card
  • ATI TV-Wonder Pro 650 PCI-e w/Motorola Digital Adapter (FIOS)
  • Microsoft BT Keyboard / RocketFish BT Multimedia Mouse / Aiptek BT Tablet
  • Microsoft LifeCam HD 5000

Windows Laptop/Main PC:

  • Dell Studio 1557
  • Core i7 820qm / 4GB RAM 8GB RAM DDR3-1333 / 250GB HDD 500GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive Corsair Performance 3 128GB SSD / DVD-Burner Blu-Ray/DVDRW Combo Drive
  • ATI 4570 512MB Video Card
  • Intel Ultimate-N 6300 Wireless Card
  • Backlit Keyboard, Dell 365 Bluetooth Adapter
  • Logitech K800 Wireless Backlit Keyboard & Performance MX Mouse on Unifying Receiver
  • VMS:
    • XP (Compatibility)
    • Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Mac Laptop:

  • MacBook Late ’07 – 13.3″ / 2GHZ Core 2 Duo / 4GB RAM / 80GB HDD / SuperDrive

Rack + Firewall/File Server:

  • Custom Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz / 4GB RAM 8GB RAM
  • (2) 400GB HDD – Raid 1 (System Drives)
  • (3) 1TB HDD – Raid 5 (Mass Storage)
  • (2) 2TB Hitachi 7200RPM HDD (RAID 1) / OCZ RevoDrive 50GB PCIe
  • PCI-e Dual Gigabit NIC (LAN) + On-board Gigabit NIC (WAN)
  • Dell 5224 24-Port Managed Gigabit Switch
  • APC 1500VA 2U Rack Mount UPS Conexant 950VA UPS
  • Hauppauge HVR-1600 PCI ATSC/HTSC/QAM Tuner
  • Hitachi-LG BD-RE DL Drive
  • VMS:
    • Windows Web Server 2008R2 (Development)
    • Windows Home Server 2008
    • MythTV (OpenSUSE)
    • Cloud Processor (OpenSUSE)
    • ZoneMinder (OpenSUSE)
    • Asterisk (OpenSUSE)

Everything Else:

  • Motorola Droid-X, Rooted, Deodexed, TBH 3G Patch and upgraded to Froyo Gingerbread
  • Acer Iconia A500, Rooted and upgraded to Honeycomb 3.2
  • Motorola S9-HD S10-HD BT Headphones
  • Motorola Finiti Bluetooth Headset
  • Western Digitial MyBook Upgraded w/ 1TB HDD, Heatsinks added internally
  • PlayStation 3 40GB (Upgraded to 80GB) Slim 160GB
  • Apple iPad 16GB WiFi (Jailbroken) (for development)
  • Apple iPod Touch 4th Gen. 8GB (for development)
  • Palm Pre (for development)
  • BlackBerry Storm II 9550 (for development)
  • LG Quantum (for development)
  • UPS Dual-UPS’s (Conexant 500VA & APC 550VA)
  • HP ScanJet 7650 Scanner w/Duplexing ADF
  • Ricoh Aficio CL3500N Color Laser @ 22PPM / 512MB RAM / Duplexer