Slingbox
I decided today that I read too much of the same information. My standard dosage of RSS feeds gets me Brad Feld, Southeast VC, Mark Pincus Blog, Seth's Blog, Fractals of Change, Slashdot, and TheServerSide (along with a half dozen other semi-read feeds). However, I thought I might need some new reading.For that, I headed over to Technorati, and opened up their "Top 100 Blogs", and started scrolling through some of them; at least, those that looked interesting. I think I'll stick with one-a-day for now, as it's amazing how much time can be spent just going through various Blogs.
I did manage to track down a few new ones today:
- Joel On Software - Joel has been someone I've read from time to time in the past; he has some great writing on how to treat programmers (including pay, housing, feeding, and visitation hours). I don't agree with all of it, but it's very interesting reading. He's even got a book or two.
- Gizmodo - This is some of the latest / greatest gadgetry. At least, me and a few other thousand (millions?) readers think so.
- Engadget - Similar to Gizmodo, but with what appears to be more "news" and fewer "reviews".
I'm impressed. Talk about the essence of simplistic media players / repeaters. I may just pick one up. I've been bouncing around the idea (and who hasn't?) for a long time of a home media center, and some way to manage all of my media -- ideally from anywhere in the house. I'd think a solution like MythTV or TiVo would be wonderful -- storing all of my data on one machine; fine, but now how to get it to everywhere in the house?
Then I looked at the cost of bringing in Cable / Satellite to the office, only a few miles from my home. Cox Communications wants $60 for the first TV, and $20 for each one after that. It very quickly makes the SlingBox a better alternative.
Does anyone know how much bandwidth the Slingbox takes up? I tried to find it on their website, but no luck.
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