It's a wheelie heavy Fanatec CSL DD 8Nm. But it is also very sturdy. And you can change the wheel, add a shifter and/or handbrake, and more stuff. Of course it wasn't as cheap as a Logitech.
So I just got confirmation from the local authority that I can build a workshop in my garden exactly where I want it.
Normally I wouldn't need permission for this as it's below a minimum size that requires planning permission, but because of the strange fact that my house is effectively built back to front means I had to get permission. *The back door of my new house is actually the front door!?!? XD
In the UK you need planning permission to build a shed in front of a house but not behind it. It's all pretty confusing! XD
But the good news is I can go ahead with it whenever I want without needing any other checks or permission.
I won't be building it until I live there, whenever that is, but it's good to know it won't be a problem.
Last week I noticed some tiles were loose in the bathroom and behind the toilet. Since I rent, the housing association sent some third party people over.
The bathroom was fixed in a few hours and the toilet (separate of the bathroom) had to be disassembled, which took only a few minutes. However, when the tiler was done after an hour, the plumber took over 4 hours(!) to come back and then had took a personal phone-call for 10 minutes before I asked him to, you know, do the job.
He assembled the toilet and left but ..<drum-roll>.. I noticed it leaked at 2 places. So I called, he came back.."fixed" said leaks. Annnnnd..it still leaked.
I called third party company to complain and the next plumber did fix 1 of the leaks but he told me he couldn't fix the other cause of the part not readily available. This man was at least honest and clear.
So now I gotta wait for a part to arrive and then fixing my damn toilet. At least it doesn't smell shitty ;)
Well there was a little power cut last night and the server rebooted. That's ok, it can cope with that. However I had fucked up my openvpn configuration, from months ago, and accidentally left my client connection details in the wrong place. On rebooting those client connections kicked in and caused the server to be unreachable. I didn't know that was the problem and have spent hours trying to figure it out. Problem is now identified and fixed.
Just another 'Go Fuck Yourself' from the universe :/
Today I have undertaken surgery on my original MX Ergo to replace the switches which had become a little trigger happy.
I'm pleased to announce the surgery has been a complete success. The original Omron switches have been removed and replaced with higher quality Kalih GM 8.0 switches which are quieter and will last much longer.
The patient is now fully recovered and back to work.
