....Just a Few Days Gone By

By few I should probably say about 5, so let's try and play a little bit of catch up. I should finally be closing on my house pretty soon, it has taken so long to try and get the house to this point that I'll be glad when its done. Not really looking forward to the mortgage but it's something I'll have to deal with. Then after everything settles I'll start thinking about house mods...the home automation type stuff. Something like MisterHouse will do, so I'll be able to control all different kinds of things in the house.

For those that would like to play their Divx/Xvid movies in a standalone player, I would highly recommend the Philips DVP642. I've been in a gadget buying mood lately (wasn't really trying to) and I picked this up because I really wanted a DVD player that played Divx. After I figured out how I should be burning my movies to cd I didn't have anymore problems with it. Check out this review. On the flip side to that coin be sure to avoid the JVC XV-NP10S.... Let me say that again Do Not Buy the JVC XV-NP10S. Its a nice slim dvd player with a pretty blue light in the tray, it also has plenty of card slots if you happen to use them for your digital camera/device/whatever. It just sucks at playing most Divx movies, which is not good for a certified Divx player. So the moral of this story...... buy the Philips DVP642 not because it plays Divx better, it's also $50 bucks cheaper.