Other side, Silly and heavy

Last night I got a couple things done. When I was doing the work connecting to the new fiber internet last week I made a revelation that for unknown reasons did not strike me before. When I set up my PC at the new house I set it up in a way that hid the glass side which allowed visibility to the plethora of RGB elements inside the PC. All the fans, the water cooling and even the DIMM memory has RGB lights on it which look cool. I have no idea why I did not account for that when I set up the PC two years ago. I corrected it last night.

Doing this required me to unhook everything connected to the PC and reroute it to the other side of the desk. A simple task for “normal” computer users but I have a lot of shit as you can imagine. The work was tedious and slow but eventually I got everything moved and working once again. Having visibility into the RGB wonderland inside my PC after two years was appreciated.

I also got to do the finishing touches on my 3D printed pickleball paddle, adding a skin to the face, an edge guard and an overgrip for the handle. It looks somewhat odd but when you pick it up it becomes apparent this is not a normal paddle because of it’s weight. Tipping the scales at 12.5 ounces, this paddle is roughly 50% heavier than normal paddles. I plan to mess around with it a little bit during play today but just the weight alone would make the paddle not viable long term, not to mention the odds of breakage being high. Still, it’s one of the more interesting 3D projects I have undertaken.

Hey, the federal government is shutdown, awesome. I found out that government shutdowns were never a thing until Reagan’s terms. What a great idea, it ranks right up there with allowing corporations to create Super PACS. I SMH so much nowadays that I have a permanent neck deformity.