blog.emerick.org

(Click for full size image)
This image pretty much describes how my home would look.

• External Hard Drives - great for backups as well as archiving. I would probably have a large network attached storage server somewhere which would hold terabytes of data that any of my computers could access.
• Digital Camera - already have a point and shoot camera. Eventually I would like to get a nice DSLR with assorted lenses for taking more professional pictures.
• Scanners - Don’t have one now, and I don’t really have much of a need for one as I don’t take in much paper. I try and do as much as possible online. But I guess may need one someday.
• Paper Shredder - Already have one and is used for lots of junk mail credit card offers…
• Under counter laptop - Definitely would have something like this. Maybe a touch screen system which could be used to look up recipes or other cooking related information. It could be used to manage the grocery list and other general web browsing. Maybe have some kind of portal which would display time, weather, traffic, etc so while getting ready for work I could easily view this information… Hmm, maybe another project?
• Smart Refrigerator - This would be cool, but not a priority as the under counter laptop would take care of most of its functionality. But this could be used to keep track of what is in the fridge, maybe via RFID tags or something similar… There are possibilities here…
• Home Theater System - Its a must. I will most likely have a home theater PC attached which will take care of recording TV and also storing movies and other digital media such as video podcasts, music, and pictures. In addition to the HTPC, there will most likely be some gaming systems as well as a DVD player of an HD variety.
• E-Book reader - Haven’t tried one of these yet, but it would be interesting to see how well it works considering I prefer to read stuff in the paper form. Amazon’s Kindle looks promising.
• LCD Digital Frame - Would like some of these. One that would have wireless networking capabilities that would allow for it to update itself from either an RSS feed or from the NAS or something…
• iPod stereo - I wouldn’t really need this since I don’t have an iPod and the HTPC would take care of this.