I'm currently battling my way through building a Home Media/Automation Center PC. As usual I don't take the easy route and buy something off the shelf. There seems to be a switch within me that flicks on when approaching situations, rather than trying to solve the immediate issue, I step back and look at what I can encompass beyond the initial opportunity, and then resolutely pursue a course of action that I know in my deepest innards will cause me blood, sweat and tears, and leave me feeling that I should have just done what millions of people do and buy a product that works out of the box. Perhaps there is a masochistic streak in me, or perhaps tinkering with technology is my yin and yang, but here I am again, and my feet keep plodding forward :-)
Moaning old man fiddling with IT stuff!