Looks like today is laundry day, and possibly haircut day. Might be clean-the-apartment day too.
I've really got to put more effort into doing chores in the evenings after work..
Speaking of work, it looks like I'm going to be getting to know Windows XP Media Center very well over the next week or so. The project I've been on is kind of up in the air, so we're moving on to something else for the time being.
I don't know much about Media Center yet, but I guess I'll soon be an expert ;-) At the moment, it looks like the software allows different companies to plug their software into some sort of a Media Center framework. So, for each system you come across, you'll have a different TV viewer, music player, etc. I think that's a dumb way of doing things—why not have a consistent interface? On the other hand, Microsoft would be accused of abusing their monopoly position if they did that.
Well, I've only seen the software in action for a sum total of 10 minutes so far, so maybe I'm just confused about how things work.
Another thing I learned/remembered from work: I'll have to be very careful the next time I upgrade my motherboard. For ages, PC users have been using a 33MHz PCI bus operating at 5 volts. The faster versions of the bus often require cards to operate at 3.3 volts, and I think the PCI-X bus does away with 5 volt slots altogether. I need to inventory the cards I have to see what works and what doesn't, and buy a motherboard that has the right selection of slots (many new motherboards have a mixture of the slot types).
With my luck, some of my most important cards wil only work at 5 volts... Well, it'll be a while before I upgrade my system anyway.
Posted by mike at July 19, 2003 09:49 AM | Abode , Corporations , Hardware , Software , Work | TrackBack