Gadgets & Technology

• Garmin Edge 705 Cycle Computer with Heart Rate Monitor, Cadence Sensor and Full Mapping Capabilities 
• Garmin ForeRunner 405 with Heart Rate Monitor
• Microsoft ZuneHD along with the fantastic Zune Pass to keep it completely full of new music
• Netflix Subscription for DVD entertainment
• Pandora radio playing on the entertainment center.
• Canon 40D with various "tools" for the more serious photography.
• Amazon Kindle (6") 2 for reading.  I LOVE this little device!
• Sony DSC-T20 for point and shoot photo ops...

Home

I love my current home! It's wired exactly as I would like it.  Of course you can always be better, always do more but I feel that I have all the essentials of a good connected home.  Here are a few details.

Infrastructure

• Gigabit Ethernet wired in every room with at least two ports per outlet that are live.
• Linksys WRT350N- Provides Gigabit connectivity throughout the house as well as Wireless "N" for any other non-hardwired device

Hardware

• Dell XPS420 - Fully Loaded running Windows 7 Media Center and acting as my home media sever and that's all.
• Dell XPS13 - 13" Laptop fully loaded with Windows 7, 6GB RAM and everything you would really need for a primary laptop.  This thing is smokin' fast!
• Dell Inspiron Mini 10 - Fully loaded running Windows XP SP3.  It's tiny size The perfect travel companion or coffee shop surfing machine.
• HDHomeRun - To get unencrypted QAM HD signals to my Media Center.  Working perfectly.  Centralized recording of network HD shows.
• Samsung HT-BD3252 - Home Theater in a Box (HTIB).  This is a fantastic unit!  Has Netflix, Pandora, YouTube and more built in plus it's a Blu-Ray player.  Another key feature is that it has Bluetooth wireless rear speakers.  A must for a small condo where you can't wire things full.
• XBOX 360 - Gaming, movies and connected to the PC as a Windows Media Center Extender.
• Linksys DMA2100 - Media Center Extender to stream to the bedroom
• Roku Nexflix Player - Streaming Movies from Netflix.  Awesome On-Demand.