Some observations I have about the CD: He's got several Spanish and mix tracks on there (I have the iTunes version). I skip those and I kind of wish they weren't on the CD . Although I do have to say I actually like the Spanish versions better. His voice suits it well but you know, the whole I don't know Spanish thing kind of gets in the way.

Most of the songs are ballads, classic Enrique material. However, there's so many in the middle of the CD they sort of just become forgettable and I usually skip songs like Sweet Isabel and Little Girl.
He's got some heavy pop and hip hop influences on the CD which I think is great. In the past, I think he's had a hard time coming into mainstream American radio. His sound is really unique and it never has seemed to fit anywhere.

The lyrics of a couple of the songs are VERY suggestive, even downright explicit in some cases. I kind of cringe at those. On the flip side, a lot of the songs are very sweet and romantic.
Fans of Enrique will enjoy songs like Miss You and Don't Forget About Me. The latin genre influence is clear and old fans will liken it to his older music.

Several of the songs have potential to be BIG radio hits despite or in some cases because of the lyrics. I imagine Do You Know, Push, On Top of You, Tired of Being Sorry and Somebody's Me will all do well.
I'm guessing unless you are an established fan of Enrique, there's no need to buy the whole CD. However, songs like Somebody's Me is worth checking out by just about anyone.

I am a huge fan of Polk Audio when it comes to speakers. Why? Well I know there are better sounding speakers out there but when I listen to them and realize for the type of quality I'm hearing and the price they're selling its a no-brainer! The last time I bought speakers was back in 2000, so when I went back out on the market looking for a subwoofer, I decided I was going to be non-biased and give other brands a shot at entering my home.

After a ton of research, it pretty much came down to Klipsch and *surprise suprise* Polk Audio. What were my requirements? My tv-room is pretty large so I needed something that could deliver big life-size bass. Since I dont have neighbors and tend to prefer movies where rockets are blasting off and guns are being fired.. I wanted something that could deliver the audio punch I was severly lacking. All signs pointed me towards the Polk Audio PSW-505 or the Klipsch RW-10D. I was really impressed with how the PSW505 was consistently receiving extremely high marks through out all the different home theatre websites, as did the RW-10D but when it came to price the PSW-505 beat out the RW-10D.. decision made.

Now I can feel the floor rumble when I turn up the volume when any action is going on and I'm that much closer to a true home theatre experience. I already dis-like going to the cinema so this has definitely given me more cost-savings by not needing to spend $50 (tickets+grub) at a dirty movieplex with a ton of annoying distractions.

The receiver is 500W 6.1 capable, and with my newest purchase of a Polk Subwoofer and utilizing the Rocketfish Wireless Speaker Kit I could see myself being setup in no time to have a true HD home theatre experience with this extremely cost-effective receiver. The BestBuy salesperson came along and even mentioned how this puppy has the 'Digital Cinema Auto Calibration' feature... naturally I bit and asked 'What exactly does that mean?'.. to which he responded that it has an outboard microphone to optimize the receiver output based on checking and adjusting for the speakers, distances from where you're sitting and sound pressure levels. Sold! Apparently there's a microphone which they include which you simply hook up and place right about where you intend to do your watching / listening from and the receiver auto detects and calibrates the experience to be at an optimal quality based from where you're going to be doing all the popcorn eating.

Now the reason I'm wanting a consumer home monitoring solution is not to replace my HSSP but to compliment it with some video surveillance monitoring of what goes on around the outside of my house. I am extremely interested in knowing that there might have been a stranger(s) who walked by my house at any time during the day/night. The ability of having a pro-active security system to monitor the outside and receive immediate alerts if anything gets triggered is a very comforting experience to have. I set out to look for a consumer product that can do just that and the first one I installed was the Motorola Homesight Wireless kit HMEZ2000.

Im a big fan of wireless devices, so when I found out that the Motorola Homesight product had wireless cameras/devices that could be implemented I was excited. The installation of the Homesight application went without any issues and getting the cameras all discovered went pretty smoothly also. I thought this was too good to be true! The wireless kit actually comes with one day camera, and a door/window sensor which I wasnt interested in since my HSSP again completely covers all things related to break-ins. I was pleased to find out that the system can accomodate upto 12 wireless and 3 wired cameras. I went ahead and hooked up a couple of the day and day/night cameras, it was pretty simple to find nice vantage view points from the inside looking out (i.e. front/back doors, upstairs looking out over the yards and driveways, etc) and luckily all the cameras stayed within the range for I was able to monitor all of them in unison.

The Homesight application was a little bit lacking in terms of user-friendliness and ease of use for speed purposes.. setting up alerts on each monitor and having to key in notifications was pretty simple thanks to the tabbed sections (Condition, Action, Notification). Naturally I setup everything to email me and SMS me and on the prowl I went.

I've got to say that the day/night camera did a pretty decent job in capturing a sharp image. Thanks to the infra-red engineers at Motorola! The notifications with an image came through without a hitch, and I also had the videos saved onto the computer for record keeping purposes. The videos were saved in AVI format and the camera's even have a microphone built into them so if the 'perp' says anything you might have the luxury of capturing their voices too.

Since it is Motorola, they have a lot of accessories available that can tremendously increase the flexibility and scope of the system. They've got temperature sensors, power controllers, motion sensors, waters sensors, and a keypad kit to allow for immediate arm/disarm without touching your PC. I soon enough realized that Homesight could also be used for automation purposes. I could setup the system to have a motion sensor setup in a particular room and once it detects movement it could trigger a power controller to light that rooms respective lamp as you walked in.

It's nice to see a product that focuses on the monitoring aspect more than the technology configuration requirements and implementation. I was able to get this completely configured within 2 hours, without any interference from my existing wireless network. I definitely would recommend this product for the price and functionality it has to offer.

The PitCommand application is a java web-based applet which is pretty well designed and presented. I'm glad I thought it was decent because I just found out that it was an Emmy-award winning application, apparently the first time an award has been given to a sports-based website. You can easily tell that this application has taken advantage of Metcalfe's law by connecting the cars to provide real-time feedback and therefore supplying data that can now be aggregated to provide information in informative and compelling ways. What I meant to say in that prior sentence is that now instead of just seeing Jeff Gordon picking up speed at the end of a race to win it, you can actually track his performance and car's metrics in detail to get a better understanding of how he pulled that win off. You are probably thinking that sure it can now show how he's stomping on the accelerator / brake pedals and what his lap times have been, but nothing could provide you insight to the driver.. well you can also elect to listen to your favorite drivers team radio broadcast so you can hear the driver hoot n holler as he's going along.. and thats the best you can expect.

The PitCommand application is a great implementation of technology to suppliment the TV broadcast of a race. You get the visual experience from the regular TV but now with PitCommand you can track how a given car is doing, listen in on the radio chatter between the driver and his team and see a great deal of additional metrics which gives you a better understanding of what's going on.

I've really enjoyed this PitCommand service, this is definitely something I'm going to keep subscribed, its great to see a sport being taken to another level of depth by technology to keep its fans engaged and more in-tuned with their favorite driver(s).

I was very sceptical of what this laptop desk/stand could do since it's website seems to tout that it can do everything! It arrived very well wrapped and seemed to be simple.. maybe because I was looking to see the typical 20 page booklet on how to put it together which was completely not the case here. The configuration is extremely simple, a heavy disc based is provided to which you slide first down the main stand and then you simply start affixing the other accessories (i.e. laptop tray, mouse tray, drink tray, and even a custom flat panel monitor tray). I purchase pretty much all the accessories and even decided to upgrade to the 42" tall stand since I was planning on having so much to attach to it. I've gotta tell you, I've never been so comfortable while working with my computers then ever before. I can easily sink into my favorite chair, and I've got the Air Desk situated right next to it so I can simply slide the laptop tray right above my lap and I dont have to worry about heat issues or the plain weight that over time adds up and becomes irritating..

I really enjoy the Air Desk, I even appreciate the fact that they provided simple velcro wraps so that all the cables can be nicely tied to the stand and makes the setup look even more neater. It's a really great alternative to those who really arent into the whole standard desk configurations that are simply a pain to setup and come at a steep price.