Joseph R.

The AV stack is now complete again. I got my video recorder back and hooked it up.

Surgically removing the plumbing for the air conditioner on this car is going swimmingly.

Toni is officially becoming a cuddler. He is hopping into bed with me and getting under the blanket.

Fully liberated the air conditioning from this 1956 DeSoto. Next stage is recover the plumbing for it and then disposal.

Just found out my Thunderbolt controller doesn't like being driven by a v4 PCIe slot. It prefers a v3 slot.

Didn't think it would work, but I converted the DVD player's display cabling to a properly terminated cable on both ends.

Good thing I got a 64GB SSD for the thin client. I'm installing 225 WinXP updates.

Because of an unacceptable amount of bus noise, I am now using onboard audio for analog audio. The 8+8 audio interface buzzes and clicks when doing any kind of data transaction.

I have developed an odd form of tinnitus. It is this low pitched thrum resembling industrial equipment. It only presents in my left ear.

Just realized the Thunderbolt port on my laptop has been nerfed. Nothing gets recognized/authorized when I connect stuff to it.

If the report is true that GTA VI will come out on PC Q1-2027, that game will be Agnus' trial by fire. My gaming PC is an AM4-based machine with a Ryzen 9 5950X and a Radeon RX 7800XT GPU.

The 1956 DeSoto my dad and I are taking apart is an utter basketcase. The wiring in it has been butchered and a bunch of the body panels have crude cuts made in them. The only thing that is being savaged from it is power steering and air conditioning.

Last night's Boston Blue was interesting. You had two Millennial officers working a case the old-school way and a Boomer detective working a case using modern methods.

Toni might be cuddling with me in bed at night this winter. Last night he was testing the waters seeing if I was hostile to the idea of cuddling.

Had another dream last night where I was hanging out with April in a generic neighborhood.

Right now the dog is doing some serious snoring. That play session went hard as fuck.

When you have a dog that refuses to eat sometimes, wind it the fuck up. It will devour food.

Just freed a whopping 2.3TB up ion my gaming PC's SSD. Those files are now on a separate hard drive.

Power supply project underway. My SC-1080H, AVerMedia TVBox11, and HDMI switchers are now on one power supply. The TV tuner, SB-3879, and monitors are going to be on another power supply later today.

This is hilarious. I'm selling models on eBay of two ships that encountered each other in combat. The ships are the Soviet-era S-13 and the Nazi-era Wilhelm Gustloff. The S-13 sunk the Wilhelm Gustloff which was illegal as the Gustloff was a hospital ship.

Going to miss the release of GTA VI as I don't have, or plan on getting, a modern console. Will have to wait a bit more when it comes to PC.

Thunderbolt dock is officially dead. I checked for functionality with the laptop and gaming PC, no response. Will acquire another one some other time.

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At some point last night we lost power. My ADC/scaler and DVD player were on and my gaming PC was off.

Color me impressed. For lolfactor, I hooked up the AVerMedia TV Box to an antenna, and was picking up channels from two counties over and southern New Jersey.

In other news, my Blu-ray player can read CD-Text. On a lark, I played a disc with text encoding with and without a network connection thinking it has access to a database of disc ID.

Last night, I had the most fucked up dream in personal history. It involved war and severe human rights violations. Frankly, I have no idea what my subconscious was creating and I don't ever want to have a dream like that again.

Toni damn near gave me a heart attack. He usually chills with me when I sit on the sofa. When he didn't, I got extremely concerned. He showed up from his hiding spot in the apartment and I was relieved.

My receiver has redeemed itself, albeit barely. It turns out that the USB audio interface outputs a signal, just not one that gets loud enough when cranked to max volume to make my ears ring.

Throwing in the towel. The control board for one of the monitors got damaged by me and repairs are proving futile.

I didn't think I would read about a cat species smaller than my cat April. The Tilcayo said "hold my catnip".

I was getting ready to put Switchzilla into service and the switch I attempted to repair gave out. I just can't win with this thing.

The only evidence that I used to pull my hair out is a slightly thin spot on my head. When I first started, I had no idea when I was going to stop. In late 2024, I stopped.

I'm more than convinced that these anti-Autistic assholes are nothing but Neocolonialists with hyperactive savior complexes. Prove me wrong.

I have a major lump on my chest. I thought it was a tumor. Just a very large zit.

New keyboard for my laptop arrived. Installed and fully functional.

I have 15 pounds of cat sleeping in my lap.

Seriously thinking of putting the 5308 receiver back into service. The headphone amplifier in the SR5010 is absolutely gutless. When I listen to music, I want my ears to ring like fucking bell after a listening session. I like listening to stuff loud as fuck.

I saw a 1990s Cadillac on a walk today. It was rocking an Antique Historic license plate. When I think of antique vehicle, it is from the 1950s.

Question: Were cassette decks annoying in the 1980s? Mine makes a faint chattering sound just sitting idle.

Both of my parents are a mess right now. My mother's shoulder has an epically sized knot in it and my dad has Achilles tendonitis.

Toni is starting to cuddle with me in bed. I am okay with that.