Automation

When working in my office during the day, I enjoy having my windows open to get as much natural light in as possible. However, this sometimes comes at a cost: glare. During certain times of the day, if there is little cloud cover, I get too much glare on my computer screen and it creates eye-strain, or makes reading difficult or distracting. So I took it upon myself to automate this problem away! This post outlines the process I took and how it works. ...

The PC I wanted a HTPC that I could use to play anything, and that could do anything. And since it was going to be hooked up to a big TV, it might as well be powerful enough to play some modern games on the big screen. I chose to use a relatively new computer (Core 2 Duo 2Ghz, Nvidia GeForce GT 220) and run Windows 7. My previous HTPC ran Linux, but with a powerful enough computer, the ability to play games on the HTPC made me move to Windows. ...