Re: To complete the Kitchen PC....

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No answers, but more questions, sorry!

Do you have some kind of recipe database/intranet, or is it just that
you can surf the web for recipes from the kitchen?  Is it a touchscreen,
or do you have a keyboard?  Aand if so, (how) is it kitchen-proofed?

I've considered creating a shopping list feature - i.e. intranet pages
styled like supermarket online shopping, but with generic items (eggs,
bleach, cereal etc) instead of a range of all available items.  The idea
is that items can be added so they don't get forgotten in the next shop
(but with no attempt to automate the list by what has been used).
Without the kitchen PC this idea has been on hold.

Mal



Ian Lowe wrote:

> I installed a Kitchen PC a few months back, initially just a wee
MIniITX
> C800, and it has proven to be brilliant!
>
> it saves us putting the main PCs on so much, and is quick and easy for
> just
> about everything, including recipes in the kitchen etc.
>
> So, we upgraded the main PCs to some kick ass new Core 2 Duos ;) and
> recycled the spare parts - kitchen PC now has a great GFX card, with
> TV, so
> it can be used as an LCD TV as well as the PC.
>
> what would make it absolutley perfect is a couple of cool apps - I
> know ATI
> used to do a video desktop, that made your background wallpaper a
video
> image, but can't find anything like it now.
>
> the other thing, which I would have thought was really common is a
video
> screensaver.
>
> The video capture is a nvidia one, but it has both WDM and VFW
drivers, so
> should be pretty generic.
>
> any ideas?
>
> OS is Windows XP btw
>
> Ian.
>
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