Wellllll I know what I'll be downloading this afternoon. Read more

@wickedcupofjoe: It probably wouldn't have to be as durable as grass to work... I mean you wouldn't be stomping your feet all day under your desk after all. ;-) Read more

@Caleb Zahnd: I suppose that just shows that he had the setup long enough for the style of the room to change over time. Read more

@ambrosen: That would be pretty cool. I'm trying to think of a super low maintenance grass you could plant indoors? Wheatgrass would look neat but wouldn't be very foot-traffic friendly. Other grasses are coarse enough that I'm not sure if I'd want them. Read more

@shkm: I was actually thinking about that earlier when I posted this workspace.... I think if I were going to do this project I would do two things differently than he did. Read more

@Scott Harris: Corrected. Read more

@Locke-PeterW: Kids definitely help (my daughter was a toddler when I was working the graveyard shift). She's the same way too... she'll tell me "OK, it's time for bed." One time when my wife was on a business trip we stayed up super late playing the Wii. Finally she was like "Why would you keep me up this late? This… Read more

@Platypus Man: The run-away-tag has been neutralized. =) Read more

@rma1979: Very useful information, thanks! Read more

I switched to full-time standing a few months back and now I'm getting ready to switch to a treadmill... standing is way better than sitting but I think walking would be even better. Read more

@Srakin: lol that's OK =) I've never given up on the idea, just shuffled it to the backburner. I'll file your suggestion in the project file. ;-) Read more

@gpzbc: I'm in enormous envy of the windows all over. I mean my office has a pretty decent amount of windows but none of this Welcome to Hobbitshire windows-everywhere business. Read more

@lewisboy: Rather that fall into the trap of "let me show you all the things this media center can do" I focused on the things she wanted to do: watch movies, watch tv shows, and browse the listings for both. Everything else came up so infrequently that she'd likely forget how to do it anyway and have to call me in so… Read more

@Famf: It's not cheap but the BodyMedia Fit is amazing. It's the kind of technology that makes me feel like I'm living in the future. You strap it on the back of your arm (it's really small, roughly the size of a watch face) and it records all your activity (including sleep patterns) and compares them against your… Read more

@Nitesh2: My 5 year old daughter wouldn't break something of mine to "get even with me" like your 22 year old sister did. Her actions are so immature I'm not even sure labeling them as childish is even really appropriate as all but the most poorly-raised children I know would never behave that way. Read more

@Enginerd: Why are you running it in windows, out of curiosity? I ran my living room install of XBMC off of Windows for about a year and what a massive pain. I was constantly mucking about with things like Event Ghost, tweaking video drivers to get more performance out of my system, and other hassles. Eventually I… Read more

@Enginerd: I haven't played with any simplified skins in a couple years now but I seem to recall there used to be (at least for the original Xbox-based built of the XBMC) some really simplified skins. I'll try and recall the name of them for you to see if there is a current version. Read more

@djscruffy: They've stopped development as the Pentium III in the original Xbox wasn't cutting it. Alas... I've got 3 Xboxes I've modded in various ways for the purpose but as I upgrade to all HDTVs they slowly go by the wayside. Read more

@Enginerd: Have you tried using a simplified skin and/or setting up a user account just for her with the stuff she doesn't need removed? Read more

@DirtyDogg: Check out the latter part of my response to The Fu =) I don't record over air for what it's worth. Read more