The other part of this little effort involved running some network cabling to my Samsung HDTV.  My TV has an Ethernet port on the back of it, and it has the capability to run some widgets.  My nerd curiosity has gotten the best of me, as I really want to see this TV is capable of when connected to the Internet.  Personally, I am looking forward to using it to stream content.  Now, there is a wireless adapter for my TV, as it also has a USB port, but the network admin in me says the best way to get streaming content is to make sure the connection is stable. 

This project is going to take a bit more effort than I thought. 

• I need to find out where some of the wiring in my home goes, but I need to get a flashlight. 
• My house has structured wiring, as all the cable and phone wiring come to one central point in the basement.  The problem here is that makes it a bit more difficult to trace wires. 
• My wireless router is in my office, and my office is an addition to the original back of my house.  Consequently, I need to find out how the cable and phone wiring was run to my office in the back of the house from the central point where all of my structured wiring resides. 
• I need to figure out how I want to run the wire to the television from my basement.  I would like to run it using one of the two conduits I see, but I have a feeling that idea will require more work. 

The goal here is to run the cabling as neat as possible without damaging any walls.  It’s possible, but it is a project that is going to take me the better part of a weekend afternoon. 

• Friday night, I joined some coworkers (and friends) at Mick O’Shea’s for some Happy Hour Guinness (Guinni).  Friday turned out to be a bit more busier than normal, so it was a welcome respite.
• Yesterday, I puttered around the house, taking care of a couple of things in advance of going to last night’s Ravens preseason game.  The only thing on my agenda yesterday was to get a haircut in the afternoon, and that was an easy mission to accomplish.  Yesterday was, for the most part, a fairly lazy day for me.
• Speaking of the game last night, I am still amazed by how early folks start tailgating–even during preaseason.  My afternoon haircut yesterday was before 2:00 PM, and I was chuckling at some of the early tailgaters that had already set out their spreads.
• My lone comment from last night’s game (as I am keeping it to just one): How about passing the ball a bit more than the Ravens did in the 1st half?
• Today was spent finishing up my laundry, tidying around the inside of the house, and getting some small tasks done around the house.  I also spent part of the day making a random list of things to get–a sort of macro-personal to-do list.

Any other productivity today was blunted by the wonders of a MythBusters marathon on Discovery.  Thankfully, the DVR has helped with any hindrance today.

In the above photos, there are chairs indeed in my dining room!  They work quite nicely with my table, so I will be ordering another couple of chairs to complete the set.  So, my little Indonesian worker will soon be at work on another two chairs.

As I said when I bought my house, the growth in my furniture is a slow burn.  Once I get the other two chairs, the dining room will be complete.

He enjoyed the house, paying compliments that it nor the host did not deserve.  Nonetheless, I promised to make a visit to NYC to see his new place in Brooklyn–and to see if it lives up to the views I have seen in photographs. 

This summer, the onus is on my to pay a visit.  Just get some good plans lined up when I am in town, George.