With the upcoming event a week or so away there was alot of testing to be done. I joined in on AltspaceVR for one of the pre-events, also known as prepump III as this was third pre-event to make sure everything is working well. Being my first VR event I was quite curious about it all. I joined in a little too early and was greeted to an empty room. So keep that in mind when joining, do not join before the specified time or you may not be able to see anyone when it starts. I got on PAL and chatted with @crimsonclad and she said everyone was there so I rejoined and sure enough I could see many people in the event. There were people all around chatting with each other and a few people practicing gestures using their VR headsets. I only had a computer monitor to use so my experience was a little more limited but still alot of fun. There were some issues with "invisible guests" as I could not see @juliakponsford nor could I see @r0nd0n. Also had some troubles seeing @asgarth when I was chatting with @jarvie, but once I quit out and rejoined I was able to see him. So not sure what happened there, but hoping it will all be straightened out by the time of the event. I used my snowball microphone, headphones, mouse and keyboard to be a part of the event and was quite cool seeing so many people there I know. I did a little chatting with @definethedollar and @steevc. Also said hi to @themarkymark and @therealwolf that were there.. Loved your cowboy hat Marky. I thanked @roelandp for setting up the event and we chatted for a minute about where we live. The video is a little under an hour though the event was an hour and a half. Though I had troubles for the first half hour being in an empty room. It was so weird, I could see two people in the room talking to themselves it appeared. Though after reconnecting I could see many more people so I guess they were just talking to another guest I could not see at the time. There was some interesting floating guests as well, guessing they had VR and set their boundaries while sitting down and then when standing it would make them hover. Also saw a disembodied figure holding a laser pointer, so some funky things were going on my side for sure. I checked to make sure my video card was not maxing out which it was not so not sure why I was getting invisible guests and some weird missing body parts. But all and all I had alot of fun and looking forward to joining the main event coming up in a few weeks. You can register for the event at hivefe.st and you do not need a VR headset to join just as I did with just a computer monitor, mouse, keyboard, microphone and such.

I put together a short video of me installing a fifteen foot wide welded wire fence. Using eight foot stakes I pound them into the ground using a special tool. Its mostly a pipe with handles on them and welded closed on one side. Driving in these stakes with this tool was very easy, I have done this with a sledgehammer and its alot harder that way. Once the posts are driven into the ground I go about cutting the welded wire fence to the size I need to complete the covering of an edge of a wall. Theres a drop off below so its important to make sure no one can fall down in that area. Using these materials I can build a basic fence. Rolling out the wire and moving it around took a little work but I got it all done rather quickly. It took me awhile to figure out how to attach the hooks to the stakes that hold the fence in place. But all and all I got it done in a few hours. I started this in the morning and got it done before the sun started cooking me.. haha Good to know how to do this, now I can build a simple fence quite easily. This was the first time of me building such a structure. I think if I ever need a Deer proof garden building a double tall or triple tall version of this would be useful. The main this to worry about is what you are driving these stakes into underground. Got to make sure there are no underground wires or pipes as you are driving them a few feet down into the ground.