MP3 Player With Mp3 player with Network Interface by Michael Somersmith Interesting thesis on this guy trying to make a nas type mp3 player cheaply. Seems to have worked. Except it still requires server side software. Basically wants an Audiotron/Motorola SimpleFi but cheap. in Audiowith cheapcheaperinterfacemichaelmp3networknetworkednetworkingplayersomersmith Note: http://innovexpo.itee.uq.edu.au/2002/projects/s337476/
Compressing raw audio with the MP3 standard can reduce the storage space required by approximately one tenth. This has made it possible to play audio from devices with limited storage space, for example mobile phones, PDA’s and flash based MP3 ...moreplayers.
Foxconn 760GXK8MC-RS Possible hardware choice for htpc, $49! at MSY. in Computing > HTPCwith cheapfoxconnhardwarehtpcmotherboard Note: This guy:
http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Basic_HTPC_Part_List
recommends:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/motherboard_detail.aspx?ID=en-us0000174
Very similar, seems to take a wider variety of chips.
Laksa King, Flemington, review & details - Miettas Australian Restaurants The Age Cheap Eats 2006: Chinese and Malaysian restaurants are opening on Racecourse Road faster than you can say 'fried rice', but Laksa King sets the pace and still finishes first. The Age Cheap Eats 2005: "THERE'S nothing regal about a grubby little arcade in Flemington, but it's here that the monarch resides. Pay heed not to the fluoro-flooded decor and faux wood tables because the crown jewel is the laksa" The Age Cheap Eats 2004: "ONE of Melbourne's busiest Malaysian restaurants continues to impress with its flare for hawker food and puny prices." Laksa King Flemington -The cheap to mid market Laksa King is in a decidely grungy Flemington mall. Great wonton filled laksa and other Malaysian dishes. barcafeflemingtoninformationkinglaksarestaurantrestaurantsreviews in Lifestyle > Food and Beverage > Food > Restaurant Reviews/Food Articleswith alifcheapfoodlaksalifestylemalaysiamalaysianmelbournerestaurants Note: Laksa King is hidden inside the Asian mini-mall at 320 Racecourse Road. Eactly like being back in Bangkok or Hong Kong, the cement and fluorescent mall was once home to an excellent Asian grocery and now has a hole-in-the-wall bread shop, probably the cheapest Vietnamese-Chinese takeaway in the west ...more, and, the cheap to mid market Laksa King. Great won ton filled laksa and a few other Malaysian dishes.
overclockers guide to building a cheap htpc For ~$800, it is quite possible to build your own HTPC running a free Operating System software called Knoppmyth. Which means that you get to spend your entire budget on hardware, giving you more grunt for your dollar. The machine described below is more than able to drive MythTV (http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/MythTV) and will also be able to record multiple shows simultanuously when later upgraded with extra tuner cards. The prices between brackets below are averages of the prices found on StaticIce (http://www.staticice.com.au/) for the different parts. basichtpclistpart in Computing > HTPC > Howtowith affordableaustraliancheapguidehowhowtohtpcoverclockersto