SOS, Your Place (or mine) and a wireless keyboard....

So the computer Bug strikes again! I already have repertoire of 4 machines... one is an 8 year old assembled box and the others are all Dell. Most people dont like dell - but I buy them for their service and response - hassle free. With due respect to George Orwell, all machines are born equal but some are more equal than the others. So here is how it went down - a friend had a requirement for a PC. The last one had died after one attempted to resuscitate a 5 year old Viao with minor improvements such as Skype and complex activities such as "Defrag". Hence one was duty bound to assist the said de-pc'd individual get their virtual life in order. Personal interest was hopefully their 'communication" would improve. This one has a basic issue with eye contact you see ;-)
So the first step was to talk to Dell or rather their website java which has an Orwellian personality. The "Machine" insists on a few things - such as getting one of their blokes to unpack the box and connect the wires ..for the princely sum of $20. As far as hourly rates (=$80/hr) go - this one is the best ROI!! So anyway, after much research on mundane things like Second life (did I mention "virtual" earlier?) the configuration was decided i.e.

1. Small hard Drive - another one to be added later or keep an external one
2. 19"Flat Panel - must do for graphics / Gaming / TV!
3. Wireless key board and mouse (but of course if one wants to surf from the Bed ;-))
4. The innards were a bit more interesting - a C2D Proc. running at 2.6 Ghz. Should do the trick
5. A 256MB ATI radeon 2400 something - this is good. In addition to the TV tuner card (TV input into the comp), there is a TV out card as well! So now the Second Life / Torrent / DVD / Digital Media can all be streamed to the TV!!
6. Sound is not an issue either - A525 Speakers with the sub woofer are cool! and if you need more juice - just drag a cable to your existing sound machine!!
7. With other assorted features (8 USB ports etc etc), the thing has a rather sleek design - the size of a vertical coffee table book.

So what else is needed (other than the usual stablised power supply, wifi etc).. hmm lets see.. a Game Controller? Halo// and yes Lots of Music! Several Movies! Remote IP Web cam! Music/Media Bridge!

And yes ..a bed. for one it is pointless having a wireless key board unless one has a bed. A large room would do as well but then one would also need a 30 inch monitor which kind of turns the whole thing into a tech monster.

Now with the bed what could one do? Ha ha.. really... what does one do in a bed - Sleep, and shag!! One could also read but then that wouldn't require a wireless key board. During the said nocturnal activit(ies), you could play instructional videos and get the moves just right, cut to appropriate music in the interludes... starting with Mozart .. capping off with Beethoven for afters ;-). and if you are slightly deficient in the imagination department, SOS a friend for help.. Over Google Talk!

Conversation:
[background Music Mozart]
Clueless: Help! Help! Help!!!!!!
Good Friend (not getting any action): WTF! Weren't you busy tonight???
clueless: Yes exactly! W.T.F. do I do next!??@?#?$?$
Good Friend: Grab!
Clueless:what? GRAB WHAT?!?
Good friend: everything ;-)
[Crash bang (pun) other assorted sounds as the grabbing results in limbs mixing with power cords]

Cut to after
[Background Beethoven - power restored]
Said Date: Baby, that was positively electric!
not-so-clueless: [thinking with a satisfied grin] That wireless keyboard was a good investment :-)

Happy Weekend!
Enjoy!