Ok, so I’ve slacked off lately… big deal. I’ve gotten some new stuff, but not much else has changed. I’ve just been working a shitload as usual. I managed to do some minor upgrading on my computer and bought a home theater system for my bedroom. Joy joy!
For my computer, I got a new SCSI card (a Tekram) and hard drive (Seagate Cheetah X15-36LP 18gig), a Vantec aeroflow heatsink & fan, an ATI TV Wonder Pro Remote Control Edition and an Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard. I bought all of it used off the forums @ anandtech and hardocp. It worked out really well and now my computer’s faster. 
The SCSI hard drive has made a good bit of difference being that it’s 15,000 rpm. Boot time is faster and time to load larger applications is faster as well. It’s louder than your average 7200rpm IDE hard drive though. The TV card is installed but I don’t have a coax cable running to it as of yet. It’s going to require a little bit of work to get cable into my room as there’s a hole in the baseboard barely big enough for it to fit through. I don’t watch THAT much TV… I more or less just wanted it for the input & video capture and to record a couple of shows here and there that I miss while I’m at work.
The home theater had to be the best investment I’ve made so far. I got a great deal on a refurbished Onkyo HT-S700 for $250+shipping+tax. They’re back up to $269.99 now, but that’s still a great deal on a system that costs $500 from Circuit City. It’s a 6.1 system, which is really nice. The only problem is that most DVD’s are only encoded in 5.1. It does both Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES. I watched Gladiator the day after I got it all setup and was quite impressed. It comes with a 10″ 220watt subwoofer, so it definitely has some boom. Overall, I’m more than happy with my purchase.