w00t I finally convinced my parents to buy a Media Center PC. For those that are unsure of what a Media Center is – it is a modded version of XP (still by Microsoft) that runs your TV. It supports many things (radio, pictures, movies, DVD, TV (recording and viewing)) in an easy to use interface.

More @ MS

Shintaro 12-in-1 Card Reader (Internal, Black)
Antec Overture Desktop Case (Silver/Black)
Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz (LGA775, 1MB L2-Cache, 800FSB)
Pioneer DVR-109 16x DVD Burner (Black, OEM)
Western Digital 250GB (7200RPM, SATA, 8MB Cache)
ZALMAN CNPS7000B-AlCu + CS1 Combo (Mounts to LGA775 Boards)
Logitech MX Duo Cordless Keyboard & Optical Mouse
Netcomm Mega-i 56k External Modem
ASUS P5GDC Deluxe (Intel 915P)
Antec TruPower 380S (included with Overture)
Corsair TwinX 1GB (512×2) XMS3200XL 400MHz Matched Pair
Microsoft Windows MCE OEM Remote Control
Hauppage Win-TV PVR-250-MCE
Albatron PC6600 128MB DDR3 (PCI-x16, DVI, VGA, VIDEO IN/OUT (S-Video, Composite, Component), SLI)
NetGear WG311T Wireless PCI Card 802.11g (WPA)

^^ The specs so far…Seems pretty powerful but I hope for it not to lag one bit ;)

As for tech news – nothing absolutely nothing interesting but I suppose these sort of are:

-First Look at PS3 Chip
-MS doesn’t deny a Halo movie
-Windows Server SP1 FINAL, Windows XP x64 RC2, Windows Update 6

As for School news…I’ve made many a friend (believe it or not %D). Thanks to Andrew in my school group who has been a great friend and welcoming me into the school :) Not much homework as of yet but I’m expecting it eventually.