[SGVLUG] A couple of links from an unlikely source...

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

[might be worth putting into tonight's news-of-the-net or whatever you want to call it...]

Building a blazingly fast reliable drive system
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technology/newgear/11063.html

(essentially SAS for home machines...)  [and probably windows mostly/only so far as the hardware is concerned :( ]

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An £8,000 projector ushers in future for independent cinema
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/08/digital-cinema

(note in particular the discussion towards the end where instead of traditional distribution channels, they released their work under a "creative commons" license and let people self-distribute)

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And for something completely different:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjFlbNIo4QU

(I know, "what will they think of next to connect to USB?"  After all, they've already made the "beanz-a-wave" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5FtZucb5s)