My journey to find the ideal Media Centre has brought me via Plex and Boxee. Both are media center applications based on the popular open source XBox Media Center (XBMC), with Boxee focussing on the social network slant, and Plex solely on OS X integration.

Ever feel that the web design market is over-saturated by books, both coffee-table and technical? There's too much choice, and "What books would you recommend?" is the top (non cheese related) question I get asked. Depending on the topic required, there are various …