Death Valley Photo Workshop12:28:16 AM

If you are at all interested in photography, you might want to try out a workshop.  I went on one to Death Valley last year with Steve Kossack.  He knows the area like the back of his hand and runs a great workshop.  You get up before dawn to shoot the sunrise, take it easy during the afternoon and then stay up past sunset.

Here is a page describing the upcoming workshop March 4-8.  I'm actually in the first picture on that page (second from the left).  If you end up doing it, let Steve know I sent you!

Home Theater12:04:57 AM

If you haven't noticed, I've haven't been posting in a while!  I don't know about you, but I've been in a little bit of a funk after the PDC.  It was really exciting but now it is back to life as usual.

In any case, as a Christmas present for me and Rachel, I'm turning our basement room (23'x13'x9') in to a home theater.  We aren't doing anything super elaborate, but I figured I'd put out what I'm doing to see if anyone has comments:

Projector: Infocus X1
Screen: Home Depot Special DIY
Reciever: Yamaha RXV1400
Speakers: Axiom M22ti, QS4 and VP150.  SS16 stands.
Subwoofer: SVS 20-39PCi (thinking about the PC+)
Interconnects (Audio and Video): DIY ala this link
Speaker cable: DIY 4x14 guage wire from Parts Express (100-770) with screw on banana clips

We are planning on getting some new furniture down there along with painting the walls and such. 

Anyone have any suggestions?