what did you do around the house today?

[speedog]

And amidst all of my plumbing tasks, I mixed in getting and installing a new wifi router because I finally got sick of the default TELUS wifi on their router. Of course this meant undoing and doing the mouse nest behind our living room TV because our new router would be living close to that and while doing that, I pulled several unused Ethernet and power cards out of the mess plus one extension cord. It's still a mess but less so now, 11 powered devices and all of the associated Ethernet, audio and video cabling in such a small space is almost a guarantee of chaos.

[MalibuStacy]

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Yeah, I know. I've experienced the unused dishwasher thing first hand through my current line of work- one couple hadn't even removed any of the internal shipping/packing materials and the dishwasher had already been there for 5 years.

My first house had a dishwasher that was never used, still had the original packaging and soap inside. That apartment was build in 2006. I don't get people sometimes...

[speedog]

Today's work, remounted a chain link gate so it swings into the yard - much easier to lock. More network stuff, had a dead remote TELUS box replaced and of course that now means I have to reprogram the channel listings on both the new box and the existing PVR box because they had to load new firmware on the existing PVR box - nothing is ever simple. Also have to work on conflicts between the TELUS Actiontec router and our new wifi router so the printer can be seen on the new wifi router - ugh, nothing is ever simple. Thank god I've got lots of hair, all it can do is get whiter. There will sure as hell be other crud that'll still pop up today and it has, renting a 26 footer box truck, looks like it will be a PITA..

[speedog]

Fixed a flat on my Suburban, can't complain about it considering the number of job sites I'm in and out of. Have gotten damn good at fixing them though.

[Ekliptix]

Made a little dam in my creek. I'll plug up the bottom today and let it fill up.

[JfuckinC]

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Made a little damn in my creek. I'll plug up the bottom today and let it fill up.

Why? Is that Legal?

I wish i had a property with a creek.... jealous man! from all your posts, your place looks pretty tight.

[Proyecto2000]

I got to clean up my yard after the weekends storm and now to start tallying up the damaged property. Already know that I am getting a new roof, siding and windows heh

[ExtraSlow]

Is that a god dam? No, seriously, your place is awesome, and I love it, and I'm excited to see pics every time you post.

[lasimmon]

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Why? Is that Legal?

I wish i had a property with a creek.... jealous man! from all your posts, your place looks pretty tight.

Not in Alberta it isn't.

[Ekliptix]

I get my highs from doing really illegal things, like this dam. Living on the edge.

[Tik-Tok]

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I get my highs from doing really illegal things, like this dam. Living on the edge.

Live your life a quart at a time. Nothing else ... For those ten seconds or less, you're free

[rage2]

More cleanup work on the weekend. Removed all my old DirecTV DVRs, going full streaming only at this point. Installed a new router to handle streaming VPN needs. AT&T TV Now is pretty awesome, basically full fledged cloud DVR (similar to Telus setup) all within an Apple TV app with all the US sports and premium channels. As such removed my HdBaseT HDMI distribution through the house.

If anyone needs HDMI over CAT5 HDBaseT, hit me up. 4x4 matrix w/4 receivers just sitting here haha.
@killramos you're gonna love Atmos. I thought it was a gimmick without even trying it, but I decided one night to reconfigure my 7.2 setup to a 5.2.1 Atmos setup because I upgraded to a new receiver to prep for 4K. Had Atmos support so why not? 3D audio is sweet, helicopters flying right over your head, bullets and shit flying left and right of you.

[killramos]

Atmos is a game changer for sure. It’s a huge improvement even without height channels (essentially just dts:X at that point) but the spatial processing really woke my system up with just an amp change last time. Just need to get this cast off and I will work on filling the HT out.

I think atmos was actually a bigger immersive step than 4K for me.

[rage2]

Yea 4K wasn't as big of a jump as SD -> HD. HDR/Dolby Vision is still a bigger step up than Atmos. I mean, if you have a TV that can output those highlights. HDR > Atmos > 4K for me.

[killramos]

Well working on both steps for this fall, so I should be practically comatose from immersion all winter.

[rage2]

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Well working on both steps for this fall, so I should be practically comatose from immersion all winter.

I'm just waiting on the damn TV right now. June 30th baby come on! Then wait till November for the sale.

[nismodrifter]

Learned how to use SADP and iVMS and subsequently fixed all of my home security camera + door station issues.

Good to know brain still works with tech shit.

[adam c]

mowed my backyard during my lunch break, nice to know I don't need to worry about it later

[Ekliptix]

Filled up.

[ExtraSlow]

Neat small project. Now that I look at it, I'd probably make the top juuust wide enough to act as a footbridge, and put stable stepping stones on each side of the bank. Looks pretty soft all around there.