Posts by greedo

Glad they're working out. I had a chance to grab an Xserve when my company was acquired, but for the rackspace, it wasn't really worth it. Plus it had just 500GB drives, and a split backplane that meant you were really stuck with two 6...

Quote:Originally Posted by Expat444 I've pretty much given up on my UNRAID box and I'm expanding my Xserve RAID instead as I see good deals come up on the 500GB IDE drives that it takes. Are you buying Apple refurb'd/eBay'd drives?...

Didn't have much time tonight, but I managed to knock out one of the bedroom walls that lines up with the back of the HT room. First I had to get the Tek screws in: Then it was framing time. My contractor is still dragging his...

I'm actually looking at using the GoldenEar Super Sats for my surrounds. They're on wall speakers, so no need to punch holes in my walls, and they are pretty low profile. I heard them a few months ago, and was amazed at their sound. I'm...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mr.Tim Sorry to hear you had trouble with the tek screws. I've used many of them in steel when I did commercial work. The only two pieces of advice i have are 1) use quality tek screws (in bulk I used...

One issue I'm curious about is how people are using an IR blaster. With my rack pointing into the hallway, should I mount the blaster opposite the rack?

This is another variant of pullout storage under the stairs that might be easier to pull off:

Next I need to demo part of my stairway to open it up, reframe the other side that I'm closing off, and frame the rack opening. I need to find a way to maximize the space in the stairwell, but the rack will block a lot of it. I was...

Finally stopped for a bit to take some pictures: The bathroom framed: Hallway and furnace room: Other view of hallway: Soffit for the hallway. I'll have my rack opening on the left of this picture, facing the furnace room. That...

What type of MA rack is that? I'm planning on doing the same thing.