Meet Joe M part 2 (more saab brakes work)

More pictures from the Saab brake job.

Meet Joe M.

Joe is now the biggest car guy I know (sorry Gerry). Joe has a lift in one of his garage bays since he does so much work on his cars. In the first picture, Joe stands with the flat-6 engine (from his 911 turbo) that he is rebuilding.

My Saab 9-3 needed new rear pads so Joe said get the parts and bring it over. I ended up getting new pads and new rotors (Brembo rotors !) on his reco. We completed the work in about 2.5 hours and that included a run to the auto store for some high temp lubricant. "We" was generous since Joe spent a big chunk of time showing me how to do stuff. Oh, the brake fluid was flushed and replaced too.

Wednesday watch shot

Oris F1 chrono for wednesday

Wearing the Chronoris today.

Chronoris for Tuesday.

7,1 Surround Sound for the Home Theater

With free standing speakers, it was not possible to do 7.1 surround (due to the open back). I decided to do in-ceiling speakers for the entire rear array (4 total speakers) to get 7.1. I choose the Polk Audio LC-60i speakers because they use the same Vifa Ring Radiator tweeters as the Onix Reference 3's and Reference 100 speakers that are in the front array.

The in-ceiling set-up makes the space looks cleaner and more "finsihed".

Articulating Arm for the LCD TV

My office/lounge upgrade continues. Next up is hanging the LCD TV on the wall. Since we now have a DWR twilight sofa in the room, we wanted an articulating arm so the TV can move/swivel to accomodate various watching positions.

I got the peer arm from Costco.com for $112 shipped with tax. It is a nice and solid aluminum arm that can hold up to 80 pounds. Two big wood screws mounts it to a stud. It was kinda scary to think that only two screws can hold up the 50+ pound tv, but so far it is still on the wall :-)

I have to clean up the wiring to "neat it up" - just like those fancy Homerama homes.
enjoy the pictures...

New Grill

Linda treated me to a new grill to replace the old grill (that she got me 10 years ago). That old grill was getting old and busted. I had replaced the burners and the grates once and they were starting to rust through again.

For the new grill, I finally stepped up to a Weber. I feel like a grown up now! It feels like a very well made grill with a few neat features like the spring loaded propane gauge. The burners are stainless steel so they should last. The grates are porcelein cover steel. I immediately noticed that this grill gets a lot hotter (and gets hot faster) than the old one. The first meal on the Weber was grilled chicken (cajun and lemom garlic). Yum.

Goal Line Blitz

I am playing a bit of goal line blitz with some guys from college. It is a football online RPG where you roll up characters and get them to play on virtual football teams. Kinda neat game. My two characters are Big Mass Attack (a DE) and Roy "before he got fat and slow" williams.