Round One

After a week long absence from the internet while on vacation, the Apha Project received an unexpected jumpstart after getting Wi-Fi access at a Marriott in Palm Beach. I got an email from newegg that told me the case I had my eye on was on sale and shipping was free. The sale was ending the next day, so I bit the bullet and made the purchase, and the Alpha Project went from research and dreams, to a financially backed reality. See the following posts for the new components.