Archive for December, 2006

Our $16,000 bathroom remodel

Posted: December 30, 2006 in DIY

OK, only kidding but it got you attention right. Over the last few years I know several people that fully remodeled a bathroom. Are you sitting down before I tell you the cost? Well the cheapest was $14,000 and the highest is on-going at $19,000. That that is nineteen-thousand pictures of President Washington not Italian [...]

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me

Posted: December 30, 2006 in Other

Paul Wilson tagged me – thanks Paul! Thanks for all the traffic you send my way too. Hopefully this list is not too boring: How many spots can you spot? Fast automobiles are my only vice, I shun status symbols and live frugally in a small suburban ranch Before hitting 40 I will run a [...]

Ramesh Sringeri: A new .Net Blogger

Posted: December 28, 2006 in Other

Ramesh and I met at South Carolina’s first code camp, and it is great to his blog get off to a good start. English grammar would be my last choice of subjects on Jeopardy, but I particularly like his rant about the usage of Me and I. Remember English is his second language: http://braincells2pixels.net/subtext/

HDTV – What everyone needs to know

Posted: December 28, 2006 in HDTV, IPTV

Bright people surround my life, but I am often surprised when conversation steers to HDTV. Many of these otherwise intelligent and technical savvy people make basic mistakes. HDTV is not a ‘core-comptency’ of mine, but I am confident that this is a list of some basics many people get wrong all the time: Video Cables: [...]

Bribing Bloggers (link to Joel)

Posted: December 28, 2006 in Other

Apparently Microsoft tried to give Joel a free Vista laptop. He has written about why it would be wrong to accept. Technology journalists receive free products to review every day; as long as no implied stings are attached I believe Microsoft is in the clear. Of course should the blogger start snuggling up with anyone [...]

RSS Feed has moved

Posted: December 27, 2006 in Other

The new rss feed is: http://www.dotnetworkaholic.com/rss.xml I did my best to provide redirects for all the old feeds, but some aggregators do not recognize them.

42" Plasma TVs are <$800

Posted: December 13, 2006 in Atlanta, HDTV

This is a public service announcement Tonight I was supposed to see Watts Humphrey speak, but Atlanta traffic put a stop to that! While killing time for rush hour to die down I wandered around a Best Buy and was amazed to see these prices: 42″ ED Plasma $799 50″ 720p Plasma $1499 43″ 1080p [...]