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Windows 7 Personality Quiz

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Microsoft’s advertising campaign has already raised a few eyebrows with its “odd” videos and launch parties. Now Microsoft’s Hong Kong Subsidiary has decided to take a new approach for its marketing campaign by launching a Windows 7 Personality Quiz.

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The quiz composes of 13 different questions which ask you things like ” Whats the most important thing to you when buying a computer” and “How many computer/laptops/netbooks do you own”. At the end of the quiz you will be told your personality, and of course Microsoft have found a way to link Windows 7 into it as well.

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Hide your noisy Xbox 360 in your basement, Watch it in your bedroom

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The Xbox 360 might be the worlds noisiest consumer electronics device, but don’t let it keep you up at night.

With some inexpensive parts and a little bit of elbow grease you can eliminate the noise factor by relocating the console to another area of your house.

In this basic guide I will show you how I put the noisy Xbox 360 that kept me up at night, in the basement on my equipment rack.

Parts List:

  1. Xbox 360 with HDMI Output ( You can do this with component or composite cabling as well but you will need to source different wall plates.)
  2. Monoprice HDMI over CAT5E/CAT6 wall plates
  3. Cat5E or Cat6 Cable, I also suggest Monoprice.com for this as well.
  4. IR Extender.  For this the choice is your but I happen to source a few from eBay, they arrived in about 7 business days from Hong Kong and work great.
  5. Some time to pull cable through your walls.

Basically the install went as follows.

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