Adam & Corinne's Place

Weekend Work

Adam — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:49:30 +0000

So here is what was accomplished this weekend.

100″ Theater screen installed.
32″ TV mounted in the corner of the game room.
We relocated the furniture in the gameroom
I started transferring equipment to the new 4 post rack – pictures for this when I am done.

Good news and bad news

Adam — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:54:04 +0000

I got a bunch of packages today including my 1000watt ups power supply. Bad news is my laptop LCD screen died

Current Project List

Adam — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:40:12 +0000

So here is a glimpse into the current projects around the house:

Paint the Dining Room, 3 Bathrooms, laundry room, hall, and at least one bedroom
Install new 100″ theater screen
Move Home Theater and Computer Equipment onto the new rack
Mount 32″ LCD in the corner of the wall in the game room
Relocate 2 Xbox 360 Media Extenders to the Rack, transfer HDMI video and IR over Cat6
Relocate Comcast HD Box from the Game Room to the Rack, transfer HDMI video and IR over Cat6
Relocate Comcast DTA Box from the gym to the Rack, transfer HDMI video and IR over Cat6
Install APC 1000 Watt rack mount UPS
Add 2 speakers to the theater for 7.1 sound compliance
Add additional theater seating
Complete some home automation tasks
Wire cleanup

Sold the vette

Adam — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:42:12 +0000

No shocker to most of the people that know me…I am happy with the Range Rover for now. I may look for something else in the future.

4 post rack

Adam — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:27:45 +0000

I picked up a 4 post server rack today that will replace my 2 post telco rack I have now. I have 3-4 servers and the weight is to much for the telco rack. Here is a pic of it. I will post more when everything is installed.

These flew over our house

Adam — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:37:38 +0000

Apparently we have a flightpath over our neighborhood when the weather is nice. Yesterday we saw 7 hot air balloons and this 4 aircraft formation.

My Subwoofer died :(

Adam — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:08:02 +0000

My Klipsch 10″ Theater Subwoofer died the other day. Every time i put a fuse in and turn it on, it blows the fuse. I called and have to send the amp to be repaired. Once I took it apart, I found at least one, if not two, resistors blew up. There was black singe marks around it and it looked melted. Its gonna cost me what I paid for the sub to fix it

Theater room painted, looks awesome!

Adam — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:05:35 +0000

The pictures you are about to see do not do the room justice. It is great looking! Cant wait to get the 100″ fixed screen in so I can start using it. I did however blow a fuse in my sub speaker today…I hope its just a blown fuse and not an indication of a problem.

Improving our theater!

Adam — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:01:30 +0000

Well, say goodbye to the electric drop 84″ screen and say hello to the 100″ fixed screen and a completely flat black viewing area. The build starts this weekend!

Last day of vacation. Few more things done

Adam — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:39:53 +0000

We painted our study today. It’s a light brown-beige color. Photos don’t show it very well. The room looks great.

I bought the flat black paint to paint the walls and ceiling in the theater. I will also be replacing the 84″ electric screen with a 100″ fixed screen. I have removed the 52″ tv from the theater in hopes it will look well above the fireplace. Corinne thinks it will be too large.

The black walls will remove all light reflection on the wall and make a more theater experience. Looks like I will be painting next weekend.