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Phew, what a busy 4-day weekend it has been...
Well, rather busy anyway...
Most of Saturday was spent shopping :
The earlier mentioned Home Cinema system and TV naturally required some furniture to be placed on/in, and finding that was, well, somewhat more difficult than I had anticipated. After strolling around in about 4 furniture stores and several hours later, slightly annoyed by the lack of enthusiasm by the salesman in the last store, we finally did get home with something we have now agreed upon fits perfectly with the color and style of the devices. Yippie !
Getting the TV inside was somewhat exciting though. The door of the flat isn't too wide, and we had to conclude that the TV, in its box, did not fit through... Luckily, without the box, I had about half an inch to spare to get the TV in ... Phew, a little too close a call for me, but all OK in the end, I suppose that's what counts.
the_cin was apparently pleasantly surprised that I had little trouble in putting together the piece of furniture :) And of course, being the geek that I am, setting up the TV (with the wireless tuner I had bought earlier) and the Home Cinema didn't pose me much of problems...
With the cats loving anything wire-like (You wouldn't believe what they put their teeth into!) it's been a bit of a struggle keeping the cats away from it all. And, though I'm sure that behind our backs they do exactly what they want, for now nothing seems to be destroyed just yet ... But we decided not to place the rear speakers until all the furniture has arrived and we have set things to order.
We did test the system though. My X-men DVD's arrived on Monday, and I temporarily brought out the rear speakers for that. After a bit of confusion (apparently, the rear speakers aren't always in use, just to enhance certain effects...) I can now safely say : it sounds smashing!!! There's this one scene in the first X-men movie where Wolverine hears Xavier's voice (thoughts) coming from all around, and that is just amazing. I played the scene twice, just to make sure I didn't imagine it sounding like that!
I was going to watch The Matrix Reloaded yesterday, but time caught up with me a little too fast...
A great deal of the remaining time this weekend I spent in the bathroom.
No, I wasn't sick!
I was testing my handyman skilz ...
The walls looked awful. Not only the paper had to go, but a part of the wall had to be fixed... How some people can do that without ending up with bumps and dents in the wall, I'll never understand, but it will have to do ...
On a geek note :
I started having issues with my 802.11b device in the laptop yesterday. Connection would just drop at times, and XP failed to start the device upon startup ... I have installed a different driver for it, and am crossing my fingers the problem will stay away the following days. I'm not too fond of having to turn the laptop in for service, warranty or not. Especially not on a problem that is not consistent, but only intermittent. I just know they'll blame it on the Access Point!
Other than that, the_cin and I are impatiently awaiting a call to hear when our furniture will be delivered. It's taking too long, and that is taking its toll. We want to be able to tidy the place up and just live together, with a little comfort.
What's up with these stores anyway; I don't consider 4 months an acceptable term for delivering furniture!
Well, rather busy anyway...
Most of Saturday was spent shopping :
The earlier mentioned Home Cinema system and TV naturally required some furniture to be placed on/in, and finding that was, well, somewhat more difficult than I had anticipated. After strolling around in about 4 furniture stores and several hours later, slightly annoyed by the lack of enthusiasm by the salesman in the last store, we finally did get home with something we have now agreed upon fits perfectly with the color and style of the devices. Yippie !
Getting the TV inside was somewhat exciting though. The door of the flat isn't too wide, and we had to conclude that the TV, in its box, did not fit through... Luckily, without the box, I had about half an inch to spare to get the TV in ... Phew, a little too close a call for me, but all OK in the end, I suppose that's what counts.
the_cin was apparently pleasantly surprised that I had little trouble in putting together the piece of furniture :) And of course, being the geek that I am, setting up the TV (with the wireless tuner I had bought earlier) and the Home Cinema didn't pose me much of problems...
With the cats loving anything wire-like (You wouldn't believe what they put their teeth into!) it's been a bit of a struggle keeping the cats away from it all. And, though I'm sure that behind our backs they do exactly what they want, for now nothing seems to be destroyed just yet ... But we decided not to place the rear speakers until all the furniture has arrived and we have set things to order.
We did test the system though. My X-men DVD's arrived on Monday, and I temporarily brought out the rear speakers for that. After a bit of confusion (apparently, the rear speakers aren't always in use, just to enhance certain effects...) I can now safely say : it sounds smashing!!! There's this one scene in the first X-men movie where Wolverine hears Xavier's voice (thoughts) coming from all around, and that is just amazing. I played the scene twice, just to make sure I didn't imagine it sounding like that!
I was going to watch The Matrix Reloaded yesterday, but time caught up with me a little too fast...
A great deal of the remaining time this weekend I spent in the bathroom.
No, I wasn't sick!
I was testing my handyman skilz ...
The walls looked awful. Not only the paper had to go, but a part of the wall had to be fixed... How some people can do that without ending up with bumps and dents in the wall, I'll never understand, but it will have to do ...
On a geek note :
I started having issues with my 802.11b device in the laptop yesterday. Connection would just drop at times, and XP failed to start the device upon startup ... I have installed a different driver for it, and am crossing my fingers the problem will stay away the following days. I'm not too fond of having to turn the laptop in for service, warranty or not. Especially not on a problem that is not consistent, but only intermittent. I just know they'll blame it on the Access Point!
Other than that, the_cin and I are impatiently awaiting a call to hear when our furniture will be delivered. It's taking too long, and that is taking its toll. We want to be able to tidy the place up and just live together, with a little comfort.
What's up with these stores anyway; I don't consider 4 months an acceptable term for delivering furniture!