I've completely neglected this part of the blog during the summer and now that the weather has turned, it like most of the projects I was hoping to get done, remains unfinished.
Height Stick - In all honesty this is pretty much done. I need to simply finish putting it together. Alas the final assembly has been what I've been putting off for absolutely no good reason. But there it is. On the work bench, ready to go and simply sitting. Hopefully I won't forget about it until I desperately need it.
Bed Frame - This is the real guilty party here. This should have been done but I've been extra lazy this summer. And of course, it's the one project that I've had on my list that absolutely needed to get finished. What I'll probably do for now is assemble it, add the frame and leave it as it, 1/2 finished so I have a place to put the mattress and then next summer, try again. It looks good, just completely unfinished.
New Computer - This I'm proud to say is almost done. And with pictures. I have two laptops - one personal and one for mobile coaching though it needs an upgrade - but my desktop has been languishing on the side line. No more. The last two weeks I've been buying new components - last updated during the summer of 2004 - and with a lot of help, putting it together. We hit a few rough patches, mostly buying the wrong motherboard to go with the chip that I'd bought but last night it came together and started right up. I'm really pleased with it thus far and will be putting the finishing touches on it shortly; a secondary monitor, external backup hard drive, etc.
Why the second computer when I have two laptops? I wanted to do something with the desktop and decided that the reason I wasn't using it as much as I could have been and had done in the past was because of it's age and the fact that it wasn't what I needed. I thought about simply using the two laptops but I really did want one for complete personal usage and the other for coaching only. I have this paranoid thought that every time I fire off an e-mail with an attachment that I'll attach the wrong file and send some personal thought or a page from my novice novel writing years instead of a split time spread sheet.
When I decided to upgrade the desktop I realized that I had somehow managed to acquire two excellent - albeit not similar - monitors and having watched several of my friends who game use their set up, I wanted one of my own. However, despite loading the tower with components that would make any one of my gamer friends drool with envy, my computer is not going to game. With the two monitors I've come up with a set up that will allow me to run video on one FULL screen while taking notes on another rather than trying to make them fit into one smaller screen, or trying to run it off of two laptops - sounds easy, it's not. This will also allow me to have multiple full page documents open at the same time. I'm a pretty OCD person when it comes to documents and such and I have a hard time adjusting to a split view on a single screen so this will also help me deal with my own personal OCD issues. What can I say?
Sadly while getting the computer up and running was the easiest of the projects it was definitely low on the totem pole. Isn't that how it always is? That being said, I should knock out the new height stick in a couple of days and then hopefully get the bed done either next summer when the weather is more consistent or when I move to a place that has an attached garage.
