Today I'm expecting delivery of a few small trinkets that I'll have to setup tonight...





I already transferred my Xbox Live Account into an Xbox Gold membership with 5000 points, made room in my home theater setup by moving the Wii, and changed out my power strips to allow for the extra outlets needed. I already had an XCM multi-game unit component switch so the connections are already setup. I even programmed my Harmony 880 remote control to have a setting for the Xbox 360 (mind you, I still don't have any of the above in my hands).

As usual, I ordered everything through Amazon.com.

UPDATE 9/1/07 7:25AM: Everything worked with the Xbox 360 setup the other day except for the HD DVDs. The drive was definitely a bad apple since it kept on "Reading" the discs, even the King Kong HD DVD it came with. A few times, I left the discs in there for up to an hour with it still "Reading." Long load times for HD DVDs I've heard of, but this was ridiculous. Yesterday I picked up another HD DVD drive at Best Buy (along with another wireless headset for the wife and another game, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion). Of course that one worked right away! It prompted for a software update, like it should, and all was well. Even the 300 HD DVD combo disc worked, which my research on the web indicated might be a problem disc.
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Still haven't had a lot of time for this site, though I should be getting more free time soon now that my recent hectic projects are done.

I'm still going to review my MacPro when I have a chance, so keep a lookout for that.

I've also posted some updates to my Photo-site so be sure to check that out. I'll be updating it further, including the much-delayed Asia trip photos over the next week.

If you have been curious about what has been keeping me so busy lately, check out the newly resurrected CNBC.com and the brand-new CNBCPlus.


CNBC.com is pretty self explanatory... it's the home of NBC Universal's financial channel on the web. For the last few years it was relegated to a small obscure area of MSN Money's website. Some of you may (or may not) know that I was involved in the original CNBC.com launch back in the 90's before the MSN deal. This winter, we've brought CNBC.com back from the dead.





CNBCPlus is a premium subscriber service that allows you to peruse CNBC's vast video library of CEO interviews, market updates, and other snippets. The biggest feature for CNBCPlus however are the live-feeds of CNBC, CNBC Europe, and CNBC Asia for direct-to-the-desktop TV (if you're into Financial or Economic news that is).








In other news, my brother got my wife and me a Nintendo Wii for Christmas! I've been playing it nonstop, usually a mix between Legend of Zelda and Wii Sports. My wife's been playing lots of Rayman Raving Rabbids. The Wii is the only game console I've seen that has been embraced by everyone in my extended family and retinue of friends. Even my Dad and Mom play Wii Sports (Bowling specifically). I'll probably put up some mini-reviews of Wii and it's games when I get a chance.





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