Today is Memorial Day, an touching holiday in the U.S. Here is a little did you know – the holiday was originally started in order to honor Union soldiers who died during the Civil War. I never knew! Nothing like having a friend who is a college professor who’s background includes U.S. History.
Since everyone had the day off, the folks in my condo building had a BBQ. Sure, it is raining and it is cold, but getting together was a good time. I wish that it didn’t feel like a damp fall day, but it did. The food was good (as usual) and the company was quite nice as well. It’s interesting how so many people, with such diverse backgrounds, manage to enjoy the time they spend together.
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the concept of a media center once again. I’m thinking that a Mac Mini running Plex may be in order.
Why Mac?
Well, Plex is a rather flexible option for individuals who wish to develop a media center because of the open source aspect. It is true that XP/Vista have open source options, but they are not as well developed for my taste. Plus, I don’t want to use the Microsoft created Media center simply due to the freakish desire for control issues Microsoft has.
There are also Linux open source options, but there is a wide range of issues I would need to overcome with Linux as well. Mind you, I’m not saying Linux is a bad option – I have one system running it now – but the Apple option seems to be the right fit.
I need to do a bit more investigation into the system before I make that jump.
Speaking of media…
I still cannot believe how slow The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is. Beautiful movie, absolute shit from an execution perspective. The performances are Oscar caliber, but the constant talking… slow as slow can be pace just kills the movie for me.
Oh.
So, I’m working on my final track of the “Enhanced” series and everything is coming together better than I had expected. Thus far the track is 2:30 in length and I haven’t even formed the core of the song yet.
This an “epic” type of track in the making. It just has the sound and feel of something that I can look back on and be very proud of.
Anyway, I’m off.