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I've finally hooked up my MII10000 Mini-ITX motherboard to the TV in my family room. Still haven't purchased a PVR card, but other than that, it's up and running. One dilemma I faced was if I wanted to leave a keyboard and mouse lying around my living room. I decided against them.

Lately I've been using the Mini-ITX box to play MP3's in that part of my apartment. To do this without a keyboard and mouse, I've been using RealVNC. It uses a client and server, and allows you to control the client through a window on your server. You gain full control of the client, including the keyboard and mouse.

Another potential tool I ran into was the Micro Browser Keyboard Eliminator by Gootar.com. This is a basic javascript form that provides most buttons that are on a keyboard. It has a few additional keys like "www" and "com" that are helpful for generating web URLs. If I decide to get a wireless trackball mouse for my PVR, the keyboard eliminator will be a nice keyboard replacement.

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