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Aug. 24th, 2023 06:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenMy Steam Deck finally arrived. HUZZAH
The "out for delivery" and "no attempt made" back-and-forth was probably not actually my package going to a truck ride every day before returning to Ocala, but more likely someone scanning the bin and then not touching any of the packages inside. Anyway, Fox managed to talk to a real person at FedEx about it, and the next day it showed up. FedEx Ground, so I've heard, is usually third part contractors, so the service can be inconsistent. That's why I had this problem this time, but when I order Feisal's insulin and it comes "regular" FedEx, it's here within 48 hours.
Anyway, Deck is awesome. I started off with Aperture Desk Job, which was basically designed to give new Deck users a tour of their equipment while fending off attacks by sentient, armed washing machines. I also have Dead Cells and 20XX running on it, and really am enjoying the experience of playing on it, much more that Crowley enjoys the experience of being a Steam Deck stand. He'll like it better this winter when it's blowing all that warm air on him. Blasphemous 2 is out today and I'm not sure if I want to install it on the Deck as well, or play on my desktop and enjoy the gorgeous backgrounds on a massive widescreen monitor. Decisions, decisions. *le sigh*
But I have more catching up to do today, so I'm waiting until the last task is marked off my list. I still don't feel entirely recovered from whatever I've had, but I'm done with taking it easy. I had an hour run yesterday that went well, and I felt good. Next week I'll start weight lifting again. My body still feels stiff and heavy, and just awkward. My jaw hurts where I've apparently been clenching it in my sleep.
We passed the one year mark of net metering on our solar array, and were positive something like 600 kw. So the guy who designed our system did a great job. Eventually we'll start setting up batteries for power storage for when the grid's down, but as of right now we don't intend to go completely off-grid. And the power co-op did a good job of upgrading the lines a few years back. We still have random outages, but not as many and they don't last as long. And I think a lot of that is unavoidable when so much of your lines and things run through such heavily forested areas - you're going to take damage.
The "out for delivery" and "no attempt made" back-and-forth was probably not actually my package going to a truck ride every day before returning to Ocala, but more likely someone scanning the bin and then not touching any of the packages inside. Anyway, Fox managed to talk to a real person at FedEx about it, and the next day it showed up. FedEx Ground, so I've heard, is usually third part contractors, so the service can be inconsistent. That's why I had this problem this time, but when I order Feisal's insulin and it comes "regular" FedEx, it's here within 48 hours.
Anyway, Deck is awesome. I started off with Aperture Desk Job, which was basically designed to give new Deck users a tour of their equipment while fending off attacks by sentient, armed washing machines. I also have Dead Cells and 20XX running on it, and really am enjoying the experience of playing on it, much more that Crowley enjoys the experience of being a Steam Deck stand. He'll like it better this winter when it's blowing all that warm air on him. Blasphemous 2 is out today and I'm not sure if I want to install it on the Deck as well, or play on my desktop and enjoy the gorgeous backgrounds on a massive widescreen monitor. Decisions, decisions. *le sigh*
But I have more catching up to do today, so I'm waiting until the last task is marked off my list. I still don't feel entirely recovered from whatever I've had, but I'm done with taking it easy. I had an hour run yesterday that went well, and I felt good. Next week I'll start weight lifting again. My body still feels stiff and heavy, and just awkward. My jaw hurts where I've apparently been clenching it in my sleep.
We passed the one year mark of net metering on our solar array, and were positive something like 600 kw. So the guy who designed our system did a great job. Eventually we'll start setting up batteries for power storage for when the grid's down, but as of right now we don't intend to go completely off-grid. And the power co-op did a good job of upgrading the lines a few years back. We still have random outages, but not as many and they don't last as long. And I think a lot of that is unavoidable when so much of your lines and things run through such heavily forested areas - you're going to take damage.
