Show #011 - A Geek's Christmas List

strong>Sunday, December 4, 2005. Show #011 A Geek’s Christmas List! - An Open Letter to Santa Clause. Dear Santa, I have been a really good Geek this year; from doing my podcast and trying to give good advice and information to the listeners and let them know about really cool stuff, to fixing my friends computers for free, to helping our work’s IT guys out by trouble shooting thing at the jobsite for them. I would like any or all of the following things to be left under the tree on Christmas morning! Here’s my list… A Philips 42" Plasma HDTV Roku PhotoBridge HD Dell Axim X51v Bluetooth keyboard Rhino Hardcase Seagate 3.5" - 300GB USB / Firewire Hard Drive Shell HomeGenie™ Harmony 688 Remote Archos AV-700 Mobile DVR Video iPod Apple G-5 iMac Xbox 360 – Ultimate Bundle Spazzstick Caffeinated Lip Balm Sony HDR- HC1 Canon PowerShot S2 IS. Well, I think that ought to about do it. I don’t want to get to greedy. So, Santa, if you can, these are the things I would like to see come Christmas morning, however, you could surprise me with returning all our service men and women back home to their families, if not for good, at least for a day. They are the ones who make all the things I asked for possible. Bless all of our brave service men and women, bless their families, and bless America. Thanks Santa, Norbert We received a bit of mail this time. Listener Veronica wrote in and asked: What are some of the coolest things you can do with home automation in a small townhome? Things that are not overly expensive. Well I expect that by "Town home" that you own a "condo" style home that is in an apartment type complex and that you own, not lease. So with that presumption made, here is what I would suggest. The X-10 company has a great web site that has a really cool special on their Activehome Pro Starter System. This type of system is really great for not having to modify your home electrical system or change out switches and plugs more of a DIY type of system. Another site to go to that provides a higher end home automation setup is Smart Home. If you are really looking into doing some nifty setup in the future, your better off going with something offered here. You might have to get an electrician involved, but I know it will be worth it. Last podcast I told you about listener Art who heard my special segment about the ReplayTV on the Typical PC User Podcast and that he picked up a ReplayTV. Well, he did more that that, he picked up 3 ReplayTVs! Wow! That is cool. Hey Art, write me back and let me know how it is going with your new ReplayTV setup.

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