So, um yeah…

Still working on the front fence. It’s been a couple of weeks now. I am really not getting much done on it very fast. Other things keep getting in the way.

The nice thing is we are now a one less computer family. The server kept getting used for more and more daily tasks, so I decided that since I don’t really play games all that much any more, so I rarely get into Windows. When I do play games, it’s networked with Melissa and she is playing too so the server is not needed at that time, so we made my computer the server. I just happened to coincide with the acquisition of a free processor that can go into a power saving mode and an extra Gig of memory. So all I had to do was find a slightly out of date motherboard that had most of the options I wanted. Oddly I found one that had them and then some. The actual electricity consumed is only an additional 20 watts on average over the old server, but the difference in the performance is incredible. For that 20W we went from a Celeron 1.2Ghz, 512M ram, 350Gig two drive system to an AMD dual 2.0 Ghz core 64 bit proc, 3 gig of ram, and about 1.3 Terabyes of storage across 3 drives. (Oddly they are filling up quickly.) Plus there are 2 Gigbit network cards attached and it’s still nearly silent. Typing is louder than the computer. As you can probably tell, I’m really happy about it. Mostly because I also have Dual monitors back. (see below)

I’ve also fixed the nephews laptop and Melissa has a clean install of XP and a new board and processor. She also has a WAY sexy 24 inch Samsung 245BW monitor. I can read over her shoulder clearly from here. (about 8 feet away to her direct left)

We Got rid of another boatload of stuff to Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
I already wore through the new pants ($$$ pants from Nordstroms) that I bought in January for work.
I’ve managed to get my waist size down a bit, my weight hasn’t changed too much since I got down to the 240. Though some of my shirts I am finding to not be as comfortable as they were. They are getting smaller.

So, getting a lot done, just not the fence. Though we did get another panel on today. and a planter box.