Anyone esle have a computer in garage?

[azasadny]

Does anyone else have a PC in their garage? Mine is connected to my home LAN and Internet via Ethernet cable in underground conduit. I use the PC to research stuff on Pelican Parts as well as other sites and play music (MP3's) while I work. I left it in the garage over the cold Michigan winter and no problems at all! It may seem excessive, but it's very convenient.

Note: PC is next to the "beer fridge"!

[rcecale]

I've set up a wireless network in my house so I just carry a laptop out to the garage to use whenever I need it. Works like a champ!

Randy

p.s. I'm jealous of your convenient beer fridge....I have to go into the house for that!

[SpeedracerIndy]

Funny! I don't have one in the garage, but do have a wireless laptop that occasionally makes its way into the garage when I'm having trouble.

[rcecale]

Awesome, CD!

Us "Geeks" have an image to maintain!

Randy

[azasadny]

I tried the wireless LAN approach, but my house is a little too far from the garage and there is a 16x24ft swimming pool between the garage and house, so the Ethernet cable in the conduit works great. When the pool was being installed last June, I dug the trench, placed the conduit and ran the Ethernet cable as well as a gas line for the pool heater and heater for the garage and brewing rig so I can brew my own beer in the garage/backyard!

[Trust Me]

Sitting in the garage as I type. Got a full fridge of beer and a Porsche three feet behind me. Life is great.

[rcecale]

Well, the wired network is probably more reliable, since you're working in another building. If you didn't have it wired already, I suggest something like this.

Randy

[Wayne 962]

I've got one - it's a requirement!

-Wayne

[azasadny]

Troy,

I usually sit in the garage while the kids are swimming in the pool so I can watch them and read the BBS at the same time. The weather hasn't been too pleasant (warm, but alot of thunderstorms, etc...), so I haven't gotten alot of driving in. Yep, having the PC and beer fridge in the garage helps!

[cowtown]

Top left:

[azasadny]

Colin,
I loved your red targa, I wish I could have bought it!

[Trust Me]

Art,

I got it bad. Have the tv with it's own sat. hook-up in here too. Love the Monster Garage. Wife say's I have a car disease. LOL. I'll agree with her if she let's me buy another.

[A Quiet Boom]

I'm a total computer geek, I have a comp in virtually every room of my house including a server with SCSI RAID in the basement. I also have an entertainment server in my entertainment center. I do not however have a garage. No worries though since at work I have plenty of room to work on my cars and in addition to a comp for mp3's and searches in the workshop I also have a Bridgeport, lathe, TIG, MIG, small MIG, stick and gas welders plus a bandsaw and a Plasma cutter, I also have a sheetmetal brake and a 15HP rotary screw air compressor with a dryer which runs the shop and allows us to paint and sandblast without worrying about running out of air or water contamination. My brother in law, the company president, and I are huge car fans. He's got a daily driver TVR 2500M and another 2500M we are converting to Ford 2.3 turbo power with an Ford Mustang SVT 8.8 independent rearend with a Torsen diff. Our plant manager has an '83 944 and it get really crazy some weekends arguing over whose music we will listen to on the computer.

[targa80]

In this day and age everyone should have a computer and a garage cam.

[jim72911t]

Interesting timing on this thread..................

I just went and bought an extra monitor today so I could put my "old" computer in the garage. Not sure if I'll do the DSL connection from the house, but I'll at least have dial up for when I absolutely have to get to this board.

Actually, the main motivation for me is so I can have my CAD software available for designing new product. With a detatched garage, it's such a pain having to make sketches and then go into the house to put them in digital format.

Next year, the garage gets an addition that will house a better workshop (machine tools!) and a bathroom. Not sure if I'll even need the house after that!

And yeah, the fridge in the garage gets almost as much use as the rollaway!

Jim

[notmytarga]

Pat - your page has a 4/25 picture. Fenders in primer, doors hanging. If you aren't making progress, I passed you up . My engine is back in! I know, you didn't take ANY shortcuts.

Jim - I have two 17 inch monitors in my garage - doing nothing, I suppose you wanted something flatter and bigger for the CAD stuff - but I am only 70 miles away and need to bring the Passat for some servicing at the 'closest' dealer. Not to mention Sierra Nevada.

P.S. The laptop reaches with wireless, but 7 beer taps (1 reserved for rootbeer) are always in the garage! Unfortunately only one has my GasBrew flowing - Pavulon Porter. I need to brew this week. The beer fridges and my neon sign are in the back of this shot. Pre-paint. Maybe I should turn the sign on for the picture next time.

[keagy]

You can also use the powerlines with one of the "homeplug" devices to connect your garage to your network/router. A lot easier than running ethernet cables and no reception problems. The neverwire14 works well for me.

[MarkY]

I not only have a computer, I have a refrigerator, a TV, a stereo, and a phone. I thought these were neccessities.

[ZAMIRZ]

Well, no, unfortunately not an actual desktop in the garage. The house is setup for wireless internet and I often take the laptop out there when attempting a DIY or making small changes suggested by people on the board.

[Zeke]

I have an office/fun room attached to the garage. I work on cars under a cover along side which is open to the yard. The garage opens to an alley. I don't like to be in there with the door open. People can drive by and see my *****. A computer is in the office, natch, and this one is in the house. Wifey has her lap roaming around on the wireless. Theres a spare PII/128 in a box. We're hooked up for old folks.

However, I'm light on the entertainment side. Only have little CS speakers on one computer (this one).