Finally got Internet working in my new home office. Between BPL
(broadband over powerline) adapters, a network switch, a patch panel,
and more wall jacks than I will ever use, I'm finally up and running.
Been working on my new office for about a month, and it's coming along nicely! (This shot is from a few days ago.)
See also: exterior | plans | connectivity
Never wanting to be ill-prepared when it comes to having the right ports and jacks, I went all out for my new office. Including:
- HDMI (for projector)
- Coax
- Cat5e (11)
- Speaker wire for 5 speakers
- USB wall outlets
And for my mini recording studio:
- DVI (for in-room monitor)
- USB jacks (run over Cat6 for remote controlling a computer)
- XLR inputs (4)
- Aux returns (4)
Aside from housing my normal computer setup and quite possibly a lounge with a projector for movies, our barn - currently used for storage - will be my new home office, and will feature a green screen wall for shooting video (along with necessary lighting), a separate sound proof booth for audio recording, and room for a keyboard/synth. Oh, and of course a Keurig coffee machine. Stay tuned!
Balboa Island in January and a perfect 75 degrees
Among the notable things we witnessed tonight:
- A calf broke a leg (on-site police officer said he had only witnessed that 3 times in the 5 years he's been there.)
- Another calf flew through the air and was knocked unconscious
- They had never seen so many bulls go after the scarecrow, as witnessed in the video above
Unfortunately, our Yukon was no match for the steel barricade between us and 1,500 acre Bush's ranch. Plus the Secret Service agent who greeted us didn't seem too keen on us being there.
