I’ll be taking a break from the basement makeover project, at least for a while. I didn’t post about it, but last week I finished goal #3 (the speaker pedestals). These were not a design revolution, but just something that I decided I wanted, but wasn’t going to pay the prices I was seeing in stores. Two pieces of plywood, separated by a 4-foot post did the trick. I drilled holes in the plywood bases and platforms for speaker wires to snake through, and stapled the wires to the backs to help keep them hidden. At some point, I’ll paint them black to give them aesthetic boost. Let’s be honest; they could use all the help they can get.
(Check back later for pictures)
I had some friends over last night for a guys’ movie night. After enjoying a few Loony Tunes cartoons, we watched a number titled Outlander. For what it was, we were happy: a mindless action movie. How much complaining is justified about a movie that is essentially vikings vs. aliens?
I’ve decided to add one more phase to the project, for the time being. I would like to hook up our Wii to the projector, but I don’t want the sensor bar to be stuck in the middle of the room. Alternately, I didn’t want to pay $20 for a wireless one.
After doing a little bit of research, I figured out the Wii’s sensor bar is merely a couple of infra-red lamps that allow the Wii’s controllers to determine their position and direction. Some people have even been able to substitute candles for the sensor bar. With a quick search on instructables.com, I found the basic plans to make my own sensor bar. The whole thing consists of two IR lamps, an on/off switch, a AA battery pack, and an LED lamp to show whether it’s turned on or off. I’m going to do my best to incorporate this into the screen without ruining any of my existing work (I wish that I had thought of this when I built it.
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