OK I finally had time to complete my frame, I had the framing made up as I didn't really have time to do it myself. Im using anti-reflective glass. Total cost is NZ$100 (mainly for the frame) I got the notebook for free. So once I had the frame made up, I pieced it all together, I also rerouted the wiring for the power switch.
It's running windows xp media centre ed, and is 802.11b wireless enabled. I can control it via ultra VNC, also has web and ftp server running so I can upload photos. I have digital slideshow pro loaded on it, I like the album management of Picasa but it lacks some slideshow controls and I canno't autostart a slide show.

Here are some pic's lower res ones, I will soon upload to riocar.org more pictures..