Those who know me know I have a severely high level of nerdiness that probably borders on some form of a disorder.  My two largest projects recently involved my Vehicle and my Media Center PC.  A very detailed write-up on each project will be posted in the future.

Each project involved a very large amount of time, but wasn't too horrible on the budget at the same time.  This was pretty important since I was in college for most of it!

1. My 1996 ford explorer: On-Board x86 Computer Windows XP SP3, runs StreetDeck mobile software, GPS, touchscreen embedded in dashboard with custom bezel, MTX sound system, plenty of emergency lighting (not gaudy), and a 2-way VHF radio for ham/government

2. Media Center: Hauppauge HVR-1800 Cable Tuner with Digital OTA, 2 GB RAM, HD-DVD drive, Blu-Ray drive, ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre, and VMC Netflix.

Most of us enjoy the facebook.  Mostly because it keeps our friends close, but we can easily push them away when they get annoying. But seriously, I wouldn't do that to you guys......

Anyway, one of the latest features allows you to comment on a friend's Mini-Feed.  I'm going to specifically point out that this does involve relationship 'changes'.  If you want to say something, say it on the wall, or in a private message, or better yet: just call your friend....  Chances are that if you don't have their number, you shouldn't comment anyway.  Most people don't mind these items popping up on their Mini-Feed. Nothing wrong with it being known, but people micro-commenting on your life is a bit creepy.

So Peter votes +1, lets just remove that feature.

This popped up on EngadgetHD and I'm very excited. Naturally, it's unofficial, but this would stop me from being very cranky. Native QAM support in Media Center would mean a much wider audience of Media Center. Mom and Pop could go to the store, pick up their Media Center, and get high def right off the bat.  Naturally, this means if this turns out to be false, I will slip into a deeper nerd depression

Update: Patch released to OEM

I'm not usually the type to copy and paste many IMs, but this was too good to fall into the oblivions of IM history

Bryan Jackson: For about 4 hours today I had people convinced that I "didn't support the 4th of July. I believe we should return to Mother England"
Bryan Jackson: and I told them about this whole "New Dependence Movement"
Bryan Jackson: I told them that on July 5th we were going to be holding a rally outside the British Embassy but that Britain didn't support it, so it made it harder.