My biggest challenge right now with our new house is making a house that is technically supperb but with a high SAF (Spousal Approval Factor). Our house will be insanely complex technically, with multiple macs and sound systems in different rooms.
My wife has a few critera for anything technical:
1) They have to be “pretty.” Macs fit this nicely.
2) No wires
Item number 2 is a challenge. Last night we hooked up our DSL setup which consists of the DSL modem, a router, an Airport and a 8 port gigabit switch. With the cables and wall-warts all on our floor right now, its quite ugly. So I cam up with a solution.
I am going to hack this storage drawer into a “communications closet.” Basically all the hard gear inside it (ventilated through the back), and on top, will be the Airport Base Station and a Mac Mini. Out the back will only be three cables: power, DSL and a network port to the 8 port switch which I’ll mount under the desk.
Oh, and I got a Core Solo Mac Mini for $299 today. It’ll make a perfect home-automation server. Does anyone know if TrixBox runs well on a Mac?
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If you have room (and haven’t thought of it already), put a small UPS in there too. Then plug all the power into it and it’s a non-issue to unplug from the wall, roll it to a different position, and plug it back in… Unless you forget to plug it back in of course.
Andrew.
Posted 04 Oct 2006 at 5:54 pm ¶If you’ve got any other ideas on #2… post’em … it’s a requirement with a pet (kitten specifically) that loves to chew on wires.
Posted 05 Oct 2006 at 8:49 am ¶Post a Comment