The hardest part of snapping this pic was avoiding eye contact with Katie, who was on the couch laughing at me. Tradition is tradition.
As I was preparing the shot, I noticed that my phone was picking up the infrared LEDs from the Wii sensor bar… infrared-y
I had pegged the Wii bar as a passive unit…a la IR receivers only. I guess I was wrong, and now have an urge to rip one apart. But I digress.
This game took me ages to complete…feels good to be done with this one. Not quite as fun as Ocarina, but Twilight was a good time. Rumor has it that the new Zelda for Wii is borderline unreal…look for me to post a ‘conquered it’ picture on this site in 2016.
You may be wondering how I could one-up my work setup. Probably not, but play along.
We are too .NET-y for me to nuke Windows, but Oracle-y enough to get carte blanch on a whole bunch of new stuff.
Item one: VM Virtual Box Manager
virtually.
I have an Ubuntu box rolling on the far right and an Oracle Linux box dead center. DropBox setup on the base machine and virtuals, for quick file mashing…diffing…command line python…grepping, etc. Good stuff.
The only thing that could be more virtually awesome would be a fourth monitor running Arch Linux. Virtually unbeatable.
As I mentioned in the post that precedes this one, I have been assembling things on a larger scale lately. Well, larger scale for a smaller scale person…getting the nursery ready, namely. Both the crib and changing table came together nicely. Enjoy some pics and protips.
Protip: Although the product may merely require “a screwdriver” for assembly, this will take all day. You will want an electric drill.
here we go
Right after the unboxing phase of this project, I found myself en route to Lowe’s. Not going to happen manually.
Protip: Lithium Ion battery technology is vastly superior to other cordless drill battery types. Take my word on this.
With long spans, tight threads, and two hands, it may be tough to get joints lined up. No problem…
Protip: Shim during assembly to level stuff.
balancing act
There are all sorts of pieces in a kit of this size. Plenty of items with which to level other items. With curved edges on these pieces, I found myself using unused parts and towels to prop thing up, etc. Which leads me to…
Protip: Assemble loosely, level, tighten.
^____----- mom taking picture
That sucker is so level, we have simultaneous picture action. +1 photogenic.
On to the crib…assembly was similar, but quicker. Same protips, with the addition of
Protip: Prepare tools ahead of time.
(window)
You sure wouldn’t want to find yourself with warm OMLs, a dead battery, etc. Sort of along the same lines as ‘measure twice, cut once.’ Only, more important.
So, the paint on those walls is new as well. This room is getting close to done…with three months to spare. Hopefully it turns out well…especially as there is no chance that the crib will fit through the door in an assembled state. I have a feeling it will be just fine.
My new amigos at Ytai’s Google Groups IOIO page and I are still spit-balling my project details. I am providing a circuit diagram to help the discussion.
2011 Gallatin Valley Men’s Adult Baseball League champions. You can’t tell due to the backlighting, but there are four games worth or infield on that uni. Red Bull, ibuprofen, celebratory OMLs, Skoal, and infield. And grass from a couple of cans of corn put-outs.
