Saturday began at 9:30 and John left around 6:30. I made a trip to Lowes and kept at it until around 9:00 Sunday John came over at 8:30 and we worked until 6:30. I’m so tired it’s stupid. But we made a lot of progress. We started by moving the wiring for 4 of the Read More …

Saturday. A long home theater construction day. Night comes. I’m tired and sore. “A nice warm bath in the Jacuzzi tub would be great”, I think to myself. An hour later I am feeling much better and I go downstairs to check email. I sit down and thinking “wow, my chair is cold. So cold Read More …

Update on the home theater pictures. The subs are in and….wow…are they big. I can’t wait to fire these things up and hear what they can do.

It’s a good thing I decided against going with a Mircoperforated Firehawk screen. Finally some hard and fast tests that show the problem. Great article here at AVSForum.

Only a few hours last night spent on construction, but we got all but one wall sconce wired up. We now have a new switch and current is hot to one whole wall. I ordered my subwoofers yesterday and the people at the company were amazingly helpful in several emails answering all my questions and Read More …

After some more changes and discussions, the SVS subs are backand the elctronic matting is out, it doubles the price of the screen! Check here for a full listing of equipment.

Home theater construction began on Sunday. The construction is being driven by a friend, John, who is a building machine. We started yesterday at 2pm at Lowe’s. An hour and half to get wood and other materials including some nice new tools, a DeWalt Sliding Compound Miter Saw and a kit with 18v DeWalt Circular Read More …

Well, I know have a better idea why so many people get in wrecks during the winter in SUV’s. You tend to feel rather invincible. This even made worse by the cool new “safety” technology. I went to Kroger last night in the middle of the snow coming down; the roads were still virgin, no Read More …

My post Christmas Think Geek Order came in yesterday. I just had to get some of the things that I didn’t get from my wishlist. Inova X5 LED Flashlight This is a rugged little beastie that is heavier than I expected. While not as bright as a MAGLITE, it’s quite bright in a narrower cone Read More …

Amazon knows me well. They sent me an email this morning with this on it: SkyBox by Maytag Personal Beverage Vendor. I simply must have that.