UPGRADE!
I broke down my overpowered and ignored PC in favor of a Mac Mini, upgraded to a larger desk with more storage, purchased 2 new 23” LED monitors and a VESA mount for my desk, and got a more comfortable chair. Something tells me that I won’t be ignoring my desktop computer anymore.
Time to be productive!
Oh, I’ll be selling a lot of computer parts in the next few days too, if anyone’s interested. Mint.com is yelling at me already.
My inner peace comes from a clean living room. I will be sad when I finally have to move from this place.
My bluray collection is started to get pretty large! (Taken with Instagram at Higgihole)
So, I gave myself an early birthday present of a Tobo TV stand from Ikea to further update my living room. In the last few months I’ve upgraded my TV to a 46” Samsung LCD HDTV, added a Sony receiver and Polk Audio surround speakers. What I wasn’t prepared for was the massive amount of new wires I was taking on.
I decided to hack the furniture in order to control the mess of wires, so I went with this peg board setup. I mounted it with hinges to allow for easier access to the back of the peg board in the event that I need to move electronics around. I also hacked the Sanus speaker mounts for wire-through mounting and mounted them to the TV wall on the stand.
Next step for my living room… Building a Micro ATX HTPC so that I can move my current tower / server / seedbox / HTPC / whatever else it could be called into another room.
Happy early birthday to me!
I’ve had this link saved in my “cool ideas” bookmark folder since Apartment Therapy first posted it in January. I’ve been watching Craigslist for a used Expedit bookshelf ever since then with no luck. I will make this, some day. I do miss the dwarf hampsters my ex and I had at our apartment.
