XBMC doesn't do the recording itself, it acts as a frontend to whatever supported server program you want to use as a backend. That server also takes care of waking the system. So, if you wanted, you could have a box in the basement entirely dedicated to recording and storage (A NAS+ if you will). Then your HTPC can…

The way the PVR support in XBMC works is that it acts as a client to a PVR server system, like MythTV, TVHeadEnd or VDR (To name a few). So the server system (not necessarily hosted on the same box) does the recording, and XBMC does the management. If you want to know more, the XBMC wiki has much more:…

Personally, I believe that geeks are much more free than others. They enjoy escaping into realms of intellectual fantasy, be it Sci-Fi or Fantasy. And when (generally at a very young age) "Society" tells them that imagination and fantasy is bad, they (in return) ignore what "Society" says is right and proper for them…

The way I have them set up:

Any time you burn a fossil fuel (or anything else, for that matter) with insufficient oxygen, carbon monoxide (CO1) is produced rather than carbon dioxide (CO2). So if your natural gas fired forced air furnace (typical heating setup in North America) or your natural gas fired water heater has a blocked air intake (or…

Wow. That's some epic trolling you're attempting there. Sorry and all that, but I, for one, am not falling for it. Sorry.

It's a real shame the Amiga died. Here's an (Emulated) A500 singing "Daisy Bell" too, all from a simple text file (Which is also shown)

I'm thinking you're going to have a major problem with brightness, or lack thereof. It's going to be nearly impossible to see these screens in the daytime, which would make this problematic, if not totally illegal, unfortunately.

And still, nobody has mentioned Win+X. Guess it really is (Well, was) a hidden gem.

Or you can open it in VLC on any system you like. Just paste this in Open Network menu: http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1210pibasdfvoihbadsv/atv_direct_mvp.m3u8 (Thanks OSXDaily)

Like fluorescent, CFL's flicker at the same frequency as the power grid (60Hz in US/Canada, 50Hz in the UK). They have a little phosphorescence, but not enough to eliminate the flicker entirely. In workshops and the like, where spinning drills and moving sanding drums/belts/saws are a safety issue, fluorescent lights…

Talk about a unitasker. Alton Brown would be very disappointed.

You got his name wrong, I'm afraid. He is "Sir The Reverend Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A.", after Common (formerly Mos Def) transferred to him the rights and privileges of the "Mos Def" name. Wikipedia also says he claims the subtitle of "Heavyweight champion of the world", but I don't recall when he earned…

And even though the headline has been subsequently corrected, the error lives on forever in the URL...

Congratulations! You are one of the 2% of people for whom an electric vehicle is not an appropriate commuting method.

You mean like Tesla does with the Model S? Or Ford's electric Focus? Or Nissan's Leaf? Or Mitsubishi's iMiEV? They all have network connectivity through cellular systems, so you don't have to rely on internet access provided by anyone else every time you plug in.

The more current you want to transfer, the larger the cables (and connectors) have to be. If you try to put too much current through a too-thin wire, it becomes something like lightbulb filament, heating up and creating more resistance. As with all these things, increasing power demands leads to a balancing act…

At the moment, around 100 miles. With the Model S coming out soon, that can go up to a theoretical 300-odd miles.

Given just how heavily corn is subsidized in the US, it's not that much of a problem. Also look at the virtual "Lake" of sunflower/olive oil in Europe thanks to subsidies.

Ain't that the truth.