Today I returned the Cable box to Cox and upped my internet bandwith speed from 1.5 to 20 mbits. I figure it’s worth the extra monies since we’ll be relying on it for all of our vegetable-type entertainment. Streaming video is now in full effect from the post i made earlier and it seems to be working out pretty well! I don’t think I’ll be going back to cable. Maybe ever.

Being that we’ve discontinued the cable but continued the cable internet, I moved the cable modem to the living room so I could hard-wire the Xbox 360 and the Media Center computer (just a spare we had lying around, I bought nothing) to the router-to the cable modem. The less things wireless on my network I’ve got going the better, as it keeps the speed up. The added benefit is that I can now play DVD ISO rips from the computer in the bedroom (where my dvd collection is backed up) via the network! AWESOME. That right there is some High Quality Shit. I think my future may include some climbing around and wiring the house with Cat 5.

I know what I’m going to give my mom for Christmas that won’t cost anything. I’ll probably post about that at some point. Just not now.

This live cheaply thing. It’s working. I know I’m only into day 4 here, but I really think this might be the start of something.