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judohippo  ·  3426 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 8, 2015

Finally got my beer started and into my primary. Going to be expanding my home entertainment system with a new (to me) TV and a chromecast.

Been listening to Sunset In The 12th House's new album Mozaic pretty much on loop. It's pretty amazing.

On the work front trying to add deeplinking to our app but having some issues with our startup flow.





fnord42  ·  3425 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    a chromecast

I've had one for a while now, and it's great ... when it works. For some reason I have more problems with the wifi where I work now, so the connection to my Plex media server isn't stable enough. I've moved my Intel NUC into my living room instead, and while it is a more complicated user experience (keyboards and mouses and stuff!), it is more stable. Plus it gives me more options.

The ease of just using my phone to play anything on my Chromecast was awesome, though.

OftenBen  ·  3425 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ok, I'm in the process of setting up my media center. I am building a PC, I have a big flatscreen TV, and I plan on watching exactly 0 cable television. How should I configure all of this for maximum media experience? I've been thinking about using my existing (though old and battered) laptop as my primary media console, but I can't see an advantage to having two computers doing what one could do.

judohippo  ·  3425 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sucks that you're having issues with it. I did as well until I realized that the hdmi 'extender' thing that came with it was actually a wifi booster. Now the only time I have streaming issues is when there's a few torrents downloading at the same time while I'm streaming. I think it's more though that my torrents and plex are on the same box.

OftenBen  ·  3426 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man, I don't know what the legality of such a thing would be, but I would totally buy a bottle from you once it's done, just to say that I did.

judohippo  ·  3426 days ago  ·  link  ·  

lol. It's just a kit. They typically turn out pretty good. With a new born making my own wort is a bit too much effort atm. Hoping this fall going to try making my own recipe