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So I’m down to a just a few options for my new stage name. Tell me what you think.

The acoustic open mic at the Java Hole is this Tuesday. My one-man version of “Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You” is ready for public consumption. But I can’t go up there as Mike Smith. It’s, like, the most common name in America. And I am a very uncommon singer-songwriter-juggler. Check it out, the first one – and I like this, this is good – is Blue Raspberry. It sounds cool and rock n roll and everything. And it’s also one of my four favorite flavors of Go-Gurt, so it’s got that going for it. “Ladies and gentlemen: Blue Raspberry.” Yeah, I could get used to that.

Then there’s this one. Ready? Here it comes…Fred Storch. I’ve often been told there’s a pronounced F-Troop influence in all of my songs and my juggling act. What better stage name than a salute to my two favorite F-Troopers? Oooh, oooh, here’s another one I like: John Cougar. Sounds cool, right? I’d have instant name recognition. This Maxim article I read said cougars are really “in” right now. And they’re not even a wildlife magazine, so it must be a big deal. And it’s not like anybody else is using it right now. Gotta say, John Cougar’s a strong contender.

You can see why this is so hard when the names are all so great. And I haven’t even told you the best one yet. You ready for this one? Monsoon Titanium.

Isn’t it great? Like an irresistible monsoon colliding with a wall of immovable titanium, while juggling acoustic guitars. Hells yeah.

And the cool part is, it’s a salute to my favorite HDTV streaming gizmo. I just connect my Monsoon HAVA Titanium TV Streamer to my cable box or TV antenna or whatever and I can watch HDTV content from any Windows XP or Vista computer connected to the Internet, anywhere in the world. I can change the channel, timeshift, whatever. And like my music, it opens up a world of infinite possibility. Recording Xbox games in HD. Capturing TV shows and saving them to my hard drive. Fast-forwarding and rewinding live TV. If I have one-tenth the command over my sensitive poetic lyrics and banjo-inspired Appalachian fingerpicking that the “other” Monsoon Titanium has over HDTV streams, I’ll set that Java Hole crowd on fire.

Speaking of fire, that reminds me of another potential nom de me: Cinder Scorchburn. Talk about cool! Tell me you wouldn’t go see Cinder Scorchburn play.

OK, OK, fine. Stop telling me. I get the idea. You made your point.

Warranty: 1 Year Monsoon

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Features:

• Watch HDTV content from your home or nearly anywhere you can access the internet
• Connect any HD video source and watch TV on a Microsoft Media Center, XP or Vista PC without having a TV Tuner installed
• Stream live TV to multiple PC’s simultaneously and to another internet connected PC or cell phone somewhere else in the world
• Use HAVA to stream TV or video content from a Media Center PC wirelessly to an XBox 360 connected TV
• Watch high quality video, up to 20Mbps full D1 MPEG-2
• Turn your PC into a PVR and record favorite TV shows directly to an internal PC hard disk or an externally attached USB hard disk
• Save video to your computer and burn them to a DVD too free up hard drive space
• Timeshift feature pauses, fast forwards & rewinds live TV on any PC so you will never miss that pivotal sports moment again
• Full control from the PC for virtually any type of A/V device, including PVRs, digital cable boxes, and satellite TV receivers
• Eliminates the installation of TV connections and the expense of set-top boxes in every room
• Quality of Service algorithm ensures smooth delivery of video and audio to all clients, or any priority client the user may select
• Pass-through Outputs for every A/V input for connection to TV set or other A/V equipment
• Dynamic bit rate and frame rate adjustment. This ensures best quality video and audio without hiccup
• Networking: Wired Ethernet (802.3) 10/100 Interface
• Built-in hardware MPEG encoder (ViXS Xcode 2105)
• Two USB 2.0 ports for use of peripherals such as hybrid TV tuner, 802.11g wireless adapter or external storage
• Play Xbox games in HD while recording the game on your MCE PC simultaneously

Audio/Video Inputs:

• Composite Video
• Left and Right Audio
• S-Video
• Component Y-Pb-Pr
• Auxiliary Audio

Additional Photos:

• HAVA Titanium HDTVStreamer
• Rear Ports

Requirements:

• DHCP-enabled router recommended
• TV source: any analog video source, including but not limited to digital cable box receiver, satellite receiver, IPTV set top box, or PVR such as Tivo, ReplayTV, etc.
• Broadband internet connectivity for remote viewing (recommended 300Kbps upstream)
• Intel Pentium 1.2 GHz or equivalent (1.5 GHz or higher recommended)
• Operating System: Windows XP SP2 (Home, Pro or MCE) 32 bit, or Windows Vista (32/64 bit) (all versions)
• System RAM: 512MB for WinXP, 1GB for Vista
• Disk space: 75 MB to install the HAVA software; at least 500 MB for time-shifting; 10 GB recommended for recording
• 10/100 Ethernet equipped PC (for wired mode)
• Wireless 802.11g LAN-equipped PC (for wireless connection to HAVA or wireless cleints)

In the box:

• Hava Titanium HD
• 2 Component Cables
• IR Blaster Cable
• Have Software CD
• Power Supply
• Cat-5 Network Cable
• 2 Composite A/V Cables