I struggled with the title for this post for a bit. I was having trouble trying to explain what it is I’ve been attempting to do here at home. And the reason for that trouble is…um…because I really don’t know what I WANT to do at home.

Obviously I want to sleep, eat, shower, fornicate, poop without anyone knocking…

I digress.

What I meant is what do I want to do with all this computer/music/TV/crap? I want to have a decent (better than average) audio setup at home. This should include quality speakers, access to a large music library and the ability to control it all with relative ease.

So I’ve been toying around with different ideas, different methods, different hardware and software solutions to how to accomplish…uh…whatever the hell it is I’m trying to accomplish.

And amazingly enough I’ve got a pretty good handle on this. That is not normal mind you…usually complicated stuff like this is a pain in the ass, frustrating, and doesn’t quite work out how I want it to.

I plan on writing up a full on page (with pictures, woo hoo!) on what I’ve created but I’m rather proud of what I’ve accomplished today.

Without getting into huge detail (’cause I don’t want to write this whole thing twice) I’ve successfully connected all the computers (2 PC’s and 1 laptop), a printer and a wireless music bridge together. I can access any file from any of the computers (as long as they are on of course!), have any of the computers access the printer, and play any of my music files through the home audio system…using any machine. Right now I’m sitting on the couch in the living room using my laptop to access my PC’s music files and play them through the stereo.

The part that absolutely blows me away was the extreme ease of doing this. I had sorta half assed the whole setup for a while now…but with the installition of one simple bit of software it all came together at once.

Technology is AWESOME.