Saturday 11-9-24 Home Projects, Computer Build, Diamond Painting & Games

 

Smile and be happy

We had a gorgeous day with sunshine and a lite breeze. The high was in the 70s.

Yesterday, I saw a few ants in the kitchen so Larry decided to treat for bugs, he used a pump sprayer and went around the exterior of the house. He found an ant hill where he thinks the ants came from. He said that it looked like fire ants but the ants in the kitchen didn't seem aggressive like fire ants. 

Next up was to spray the weeds in the gravel that goes around the house. After that he winterized the irrigation system. The last outdoor task was to cover the hose bibs to help prevent them from freezing. Last year the house next door was being built and they were using our water. We discovered that even though we had them covered a couple of our hose bibs froze. Larry decided to try some new freeze preventative connectors, you screw them on the hose bib and turn on the water, when the temperature drops to near freezing they start letting a small amount of water flow. Might work, might not, he bought two different brands and we will see how they work. He still put covers over them but he had to cut holes in the covers to let the water escape. 

Before going to bed last night I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. While Larry did his projects I played the Event, which was Event: Pyramid Mini of 10 games. It took me 36 minutes and 22 seconds, which put me in 28th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

After lunch I worked out with the Synth Riders for 45 minutes.

 

Working Out

 

I continued working on the Sea Turtle diamond painting.

I played seven pinball. The games I played were The Walking Dead, Deadpool, NASCAR, White Water, Godzilla, Star Trek and Terminator 3. While playing Deadpool I was high score #2, NASCAR I was Grand Champion, Godzilla I was high score #6 and Star Trek I was high score #3. I had a super afternoon of playing pinball.

Deadpool

Godzilla

NASCAR

Star Trek

Terminator 3

White Water

While I played games Larry started the next step of his computer build. He started putting the components on a plastic sheet. He had to build brackets to hold the components. Larry loves using his tools such as his sanders, mill, drills and lots of other tools. He could have bought a computer case and assembled all the parts inside of it but since he plans to have the computer inside a cabinet he is concerned it will get too hot. By leaving it open and having a couple of small fans blowing it should stay cool. That is what he did in the pinball cabinet and it has worked well. When we play in VR the computer and graphics card generate a lot of heat and you hear the fans turn on, a few minutes after you are done playing it cools off and the fans slow down. The fans are controlled by the computer.

Computer build

In the evening we watched a YouTube videos on the SEMA car show in Las Vegas and other YouTube videos. When Larry went to bed I watched Thor: Ragnarok and continued watching the first season of Almost Paradise. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.