XBox 360 Amps and Babies
Oh no my XBOX 360 is dead. Got the Ring of Red lights death. Luckily they extended the warranty from 90 days to 1 year, or I'd be paying for the repairs. We'll see how the return process goes...
So far the process has included
1. Really annoying automatic voice prompted phone system walking me throught troubleshooting. This guy sounded like he was trying to lure small children from the park by being their friend.
2. Really annoying tecno type music for the on hold music, i guess the 13 year olds who call in like this stuff.
3. Equally annoying live CSR asking me all the same troubleshooting questions.
4. They said they are sending me a box.
From what i've read, this process can take 1 -2 monts, and not 2 weeks like they promise. I dont' miss the gaming as much as the ability to watch videos from tvtorrents.org on my tv by streaming them off my PC. We dowload shows when we miss them. Now have to watch them on the little laptop.
Sharon bought me these wicked noise cancelling headphones for XMas. I love them, but my iPod just was not powerfull enough to do them justice, so I went in search of a small amp, only to find they are 100-500 dollors (and up). Then I stumbled on the CMoy . It seemed easy enough, just by the parts and build. And really it was, after 3 soldering irons (1 borrowed that died, 1 bought that died, 1 exchanged for the 2nd one that still seems ok), two Altoids tins (got the wholes all wrong on the first one), a few minor burns, a messy office and about 25 hours, I have an amp. Listening to it right now, it sounds great. Now, you can buy one of these off ebay that are arguably nicer and better than the one I built, and cost about 50 bucks US, but I wanted to do it! In the end i probably spent about 90 bucks, but have tons of extra parts that can be used on other projects. I think next I'll build this.
I also had the bright idea that I would build a baby monitor since sharon wanted one. So I orderd a kit voice actived (VOX) FM Transmitter for about 10 bucks plus shipping. I bought a case for it also. But I killed a transistor when I was trying to bypass the VOX portion of the circuit so that we did not get static on the radio when the monitor was not transmitting. Have to get a replacement transistor (about a buck) and then I'll be all set to go.
And the baby, he keeps us busy and on our toes, but we are having a blast. Sharon is doing Mummy and me Yoga and music class. He stands up if we keep him balance, but he does all the standing himself, and he sings along with sharon (if you can call it singing ;0) ). And he smiles a lot as you can see in the photos from the links on the side.
One last thing, if you have not got a customized google home page yet with RSS feeds of your favorite sites, do it. Really streamlines your daily web reading.
So far the process has included
1. Really annoying automatic voice prompted phone system walking me throught troubleshooting. This guy sounded like he was trying to lure small children from the park by being their friend.
2. Really annoying tecno type music for the on hold music, i guess the 13 year olds who call in like this stuff.
3. Equally annoying live CSR asking me all the same troubleshooting questions.
4. They said they are sending me a box.
From what i've read, this process can take 1 -2 monts, and not 2 weeks like they promise. I dont' miss the gaming as much as the ability to watch videos from tvtorrents.org on my tv by streaming them off my PC. We dowload shows when we miss them. Now have to watch them on the little laptop.
Sharon bought me these wicked noise cancelling headphones for XMas. I love them, but my iPod just was not powerfull enough to do them justice, so I went in search of a small amp, only to find they are 100-500 dollors (and up). Then I stumbled on the CMoy . It seemed easy enough, just by the parts and build. And really it was, after 3 soldering irons (1 borrowed that died, 1 bought that died, 1 exchanged for the 2nd one that still seems ok), two Altoids tins (got the wholes all wrong on the first one), a few minor burns, a messy office and about 25 hours, I have an amp. Listening to it right now, it sounds great. Now, you can buy one of these off ebay that are arguably nicer and better than the one I built, and cost about 50 bucks US, but I wanted to do it! In the end i probably spent about 90 bucks, but have tons of extra parts that can be used on other projects. I think next I'll build this.
I also had the bright idea that I would build a baby monitor since sharon wanted one. So I orderd a kit voice actived (VOX) FM Transmitter for about 10 bucks plus shipping. I bought a case for it also. But I killed a transistor when I was trying to bypass the VOX portion of the circuit so that we did not get static on the radio when the monitor was not transmitting. Have to get a replacement transistor (about a buck) and then I'll be all set to go.
And the baby, he keeps us busy and on our toes, but we are having a blast. Sharon is doing Mummy and me Yoga and music class. He stands up if we keep him balance, but he does all the standing himself, and he sings along with sharon (if you can call it singing ;0) ). And he smiles a lot as you can see in the photos from the links on the side.
One last thing, if you have not got a customized google home page yet with RSS feeds of your favorite sites, do it. Really streamlines your daily web reading.
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