Lan cables SUCK!

Well crimping them at least. :s

Warning: I am getting my Geek on!

Yesterday, we had people come in and install some in wall LAN cables. For this purpose, I supplied some Cat6 cables, the 8P8C connectors that are spec'd for Cat6 as well as Cat6 modular plugs.

For those who knows, all of this is for Gigabit Ethernet. Since we wanted to lay cables in the wall, I figured we might as well. Plus I have the Windows Home Server which really does benefit from Gigabit Ethernet especially with multiple computers accessing it at the same time!

But at any rate. We have some (actually a lot) of extra wire (kinda bought a 1000ft spool of Cat6) so I figured I would make patch cables using the (tons of) spare Cat6 cables.

In order to do this, you have to crimp the cable once you sort it out based on which arrangement you want to use. But the Pain In The Ass (PITA for short) part is inserting the arranged wire into the modular plug to be crimped.... Somehow, the wires tend to get everywhere and sometimes not even lining up correctly when in the connector. The Heartache!

Crimping sucks. I need better plugs.

Moving sucks but....

It is a cool kinda suckage (if there is such a thing).

Kinda lets me start fresh. No crap. When I left my apartment, I had like 2 mounds of crapola that was destined for the dumpster.

Yet it sucks coz of the down time (I was deprived of Internet for over a week!). No Air-Conditioning (YET!) so my PC had to stay off to prevent internal combustion of my room due to high heat (no I do not need 400+ watts of heat from my PC - yes it is a space heater). That and my idle temperatures were way too high.

My PS3 was my sole confidant throughout all of this (again with no internet connection).

We did some semi-massive renovations. My brothers repainted their rooms (though I did tell them that the purple pink combo and the all pink walls suited both of them), we have to replace/cover up drywalls, mounted my dad's 52' LCD HDTV, we still need some A/C (eventhough the temperatures have tapered off - I made a point that it's pointless to feel like shit in your own home - even if it is just for a few months of the year), we need some Cat6 LAN cables laid into the walls so that the PCs can enjoy gigabit ethernet (what can I say, there is a resident computer geek in the house - that and a Windows Home Server), and some random little things here and there.

Anyways, PICS!
Side view of the house. Note Apple Tree and view of my 'Man Cave'

Front shot of the house with all the cars in the drive way

One step closer to a new home!

We have just been pre-approved for a home loan!

Heck yeah!

Real lucky considering the loan market crunch.

Exciting times up ahead.

I can finally soon listen to music 'play' and not 'whisper'.

I can finally soon get a half stack.

I can finally soon hand wash my car (those who know me know my car care is legendary).

I can finally be my excessively noisy self again!