Building an HTPC. Part 3: The motherboard and processor.

After tearing my hair to figure out what components to buy in part 1, and getting a nice enclosure in part 2, we now come to part 3, the motherboard.
Dealing with riser cards
The enclosure I got has a low profile, which is solved on the ordinary way with riser cards, that is, a card [...]

Building an HTPC. Part 2: Enclosure and remote control.

Yes, yes, I promised blog posts about Python and Zope. That will come. But I also promised some friends to write about my HTPC experience, so I’ll do that first. In part 1 I complain a lot and tell you to buy something finished instead. I stand by that, but if you are a masochist [...]

Building an HTPC. Part 1: Why you shouldn’t build one at all.

I’m currently building a Home Theater PC, that is a PC to use as a multimedia system for watching TV, video and playing music. This has been quite some effort, and to be quite honest, my recommendation if you want to do this is to buy a finished one, unless you have unlimited amounts of [...]