I added Marriage Story to the library today and fixed the cover art to Jojo Rabbit. We completed assembling and populating the new fish tank and I was able to put the surrogate 10 gallon tank and all the supporting tools back into the garage to dry out over the next few days until I can properly put them back on the shelves. I went through the hard drives of my old PC and cleared off all of the data I might need and put it on my new machine. I have a lot of projects I want to complete and have decided to start properly planning them out and putting them on a schedule. This basically means that I'm going to take all of my non-day-job time and divide it up and organize it so I can start to get things completed. Once I figure this out, I may...
Category: House
New PC
I've finally had time to build out my new PC, and I'm writing this from it. It's really nice to have such a fast machine. I think I'll end up being a lot more productive in the long run. Most of my day-to-day software has been installed. Dev tools, 3D printing software, and games are still pending (well, I did install Minecraft and tested it - wow!). A nice side-effect of building the new computer is that I've been able to clean up the office a lot. All of the boxes are now gone and my desk is no longer an assembly area anymore. We're on day 3 of the Monte Carlo seeds in the aquarium. Still no visible germination. I ordered some Dewalt folding workbenches to augment the workspace in the garage. I think these will help m a lot with some upcoming projects. Speaking of garage, I'm going...
A Near Miss
At this point, it's a certainty that Hurricane Dorian (now a Category 5 with a maximum of 180mph winds)will miss hitting us and we'll only feel some tropical storm level effects. Hurricane Dorian Update 32A, 2019.09.01 11:00am. Hurricane Dorian radar 2019.09.01 11:10am.
Hurricane Dorian
Since my last post, Dorian has intensified to a Category 1 hurricane. At this point in time, it's going to hit the east coast of Florida at a Category 3. I assume we'll experience low Category 1/Tropical Storm effects here. Wed Aug 28 2019 5:00 pm AST update (Advisory 18).
Office Remodel Day 137
It's been awhile since I posted an update on the office remodel, but the big stuff is complete. The countertops were installed several weeks ago, I've purchased and hung the cabinets and have also gotten the guitars and electronics parts bins on the wall. The only things left to do are: Buy a 70" (or less) sleeper sofa. Buy an area run. Get some art and/or shelving for the walls. Here are some photos: [caption id="attachment_668" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Cari's desk.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="640"] My desk.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_671" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The guitars' new home.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_672" align="aligncenter" width="640"] All of the storage.[/caption]
Office Remodel Day 68 – Part 2
I measured the room, cut the 2x4s and mounted them today to provide the extra support for the new countertop. Only took a couple of hours. Next up is to paint the wood to match the walls. [caption id="attachment_660" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The new 2x4 supports under Cari's side of the desk system.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_661" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The supports under Matt's side of the desk system.[/caption]
Office Remodel Day 68
It looks like we're near the end of the long road to a remodeled office. Typically, the fabricator comes out and measures everything, you pick the materials you want (we're doing quartz), you get an estimate, you sign off on it, you get an install date, and then they do the install. And that whole process usually takes three to four weeks. For us, they came out and measured... two-and-a-half months ago. That room has been cleaned, painted, a few things re-arranged and completely emptied out. The drawer pedestals have been installed and affixed to the walls. All of this was done the first two weeks after the initial order. Yesterday, we finally got the estimate and signed off. We're expecting the countertop to be delivered in 7 to 12 business days. Today I need to finish building out the supports for the counter to sit on and it's also...
Standard Saturday
Here's a boring, day-in-the-life-of post... Going to do a little yard work today - trim the palm tree, weed the plant beds. Then I need to look at the clothes dryer. The drum's not turning, so hopefully it's not a burned out motor (I think it is, tho). I also need to complete re-edging the den after painting a couple of weeks ago. That won't take too long. As part of that remodel, I need to talk to a cabinetry contractor about some supports for the new quartz worksurface that's being built, which should arrive in the next couple of weeks. I'll also need to decide on the wall cabinets and get an estimate from him on hanging them. Grilling is on the docket for today as well.
Lots of Digging
It's been quite a while since I've posted up here. I've created a reminder on my phone to post at least once per week, so we'll see if that helps me or not. Over the past two weeks, I've finally gotten on the Minecraft bandwagon. Yeah, I know it's late, but I tried playing the game about 10 years ago, and for some reason I wasn't interested. But, I revisited it and have to say that it's really been a great mental relaxation game. Nothing too heavy. Simple. It's been fun playing on a server with a couple of friends, which helps too. I'm still working on the lighting project for the kitchen cabinets. I'm really hoping to be done with the entire project by the end of September. Decided to use a Raspberry Pi and a microcontroller, which is new for me. It's taking more time than expected, but...
Site Tweak, Beginning the Weekend
Since the site's back up, I decided to head over to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to force a snapshot of this site. After doing so, I thought to myself "I wonder if there's an automated way to do this?". And, there is. I've installed a plugin that will submit a new snapshot each time the site is updated. Publishing this post will be the first test. There are several projects lined up this weekend: UPS Battery: I ordered a new replacement battery for the UPS on my workstation, since the battery in there is pretty much dead. Gotta go pick it up from the store tomorrow. Patio Set: Heading to the store to get a new patio set for the house. Ceiling fans: I ordered three ceiling fans; one for the office and one each for the upstairs bedrooms. Tomorrow they get installed. Loft Furniture: We got two couched for the...
