The VT Boys enjoy being together

The VT Boys enjoy each others company and we always make the most out of it, The weather has not been good to us, so most of the time we are in the home doing all sorts of things. Last weekend we had some clearing up to do because we bought a new sofa in the living room.

We also have been playing with our new iTunes Server build from a old G4 Power Mac mirrored door, this is running really well, however it makes a lot of noise, so to have it on all time, is not a good idea.

For dinner we enjoyed a lovely roast, and of course we had ice cream for afters, hopefully the weather will be better so we can do something outside the house, because crab fishing time is coming up, so hopefully next month we are ready with our nets and buckets. 

The VT Boys like Babi Pangang

Mr.Garfiled and Mr.Biscuits watching Top Gear on Netflix

This weekend the VT Boys had a sleep over which was great, as we be all together for two whole days and we don't have to rush and do all things in one day. The day started be doing some shopping for supplies and the get our meat loaf for lunch.

Mr.Garfield

After lunch we had some time to get some new games installed on the iMac and to try them out, we also watched a film in the afternoon and for dinner we had Babi Pangang and Indonesian Green Beans which Mr.Garfield really liked. In the evening Mr.Garfield and Mr.Mac watched Knight and Day on Blu-Ray which was not a bad film.

In the morning we had all breakfast and watch Top Gear on Netflix and afters we all had a shower so that we be clean before the big lunch (Roast Dinner with all the trimmings) thanks to VT Girl No.1. after lunch Mr.Biscuits made a new song on Garage Band and we tested out Microsoft Windows 8 on the Laptop.

For dinner we all had bagels and cake and we played some more games, one thing was really good, Mr.Biscuits completed the Nurnberg Ring on Need for Speed Shift in a record time. One our way back home we played the latest Album of Approaching Nirvana (Blocking the Sky).

Mr.Mac & Mr.Mac Junior

Last week Mr.Mac and Mr.Mac Junior spend some time together and had a lovely take away from the Indian in Norwich and we talked a lot and had some time to watch Tron Legacy in the Home Cinema with fantastic sound and picture.

The VT Boys had Oliebollen

Zack mixing the batter

Zack making the Batter

This weekend was great as all the VT Boys have been together, including the newest member VT Girl in Law, she is coming rapidity a member of the family. After a nice drive back to Norfolk we had lunch (Toasties) and we installed a new game on the iMac called Ridge Racer Unbounded which is very good.

While Mr.Garfield was playing the game, Mr.Biscuits and Mr.Mac have started clearing up under the bed all the old computer stuff, lots of spare parts we don't need any more and needed to be put in the bin. We also cleared up all the old cables, and some bits Mr.Mac Junior took home.

This is how it looks after leaving it for 45 minutes

After all this hard work we had to make a old dutch traditional batter doughnut with dried raisins, making it was easy, use one pack of oliebollen mix, 500ml hand warm water, and 250gr raisins, mix it all together and leave it for 45 minutes to rest. Warm up the oil and drop little batter balls in it and fry for 3-4 minutes each - ready.

Frying in the hot oil

We had mixed reactions on the taste  - Mr Mac Junior, Mr. Biscuits liked it but Mr.Garfield was not to keen only because of the raisins in it, never mind next time we can make them without as well. After all this eating we had a little time to play the latest Minicraft games and it was time to go back to Cambridgeshire. Next week the VT Boys have a sleep over so we will have lots of fun.   

Ready

The VT Boys have not been complete

Made by Mr.Biscuits himself

A few weeks ago one of the VT Boys have been missing, as he was asked out by one of his friends to celebrate his birthday going paint balling, of course he did not wanted to miss this opportunity and looking at the photos he had a great time.

So it was just Mr.Biscuits and me, but that was no problem as we always have something to do and this weekend was no different, however driving back to our home he was allowed to sit in the front seat of the car and he was controlling all the music as well.

Lunch was served at home and after lunch we played with some computers of course and Mr.Biscuits installed a fresh copy of OSX Leopard on the new Apple G4 1.25Ghz Power Mac. We played some games with the little angel. Next time Mr.Garfield we be present which will be great.

Mr Garfiled on his fun day out

The VT Boys like pizza

This weekend has been very good, and we made the most of it, the weather was not great but we don't mind as we have always lots to do in the house anyway. In the morning we loaded a new program on the Mac with you can make your own music with, it is very good and the possibilities are endless, one of our friends made a brilliant piece of music, it took him 6 weeks to complete, but it is absolutely perfect.

For lunch we had pizza, and after this Mr Garfield had some time to play some games on the big iMac and Mr.Biscuits was busy making a birthday card for Mr.Mac as it will be his birthday next week. After this we played some board games with our favourite on Master Mind. We all had a go and Mr.Biscuits is very good at this game.

For dinner Mr.Garfield had is favourite Lasagna and Mr.Biscuits had a bagel, crisps oh and some biscuits -surprise surprise. Our drive home was good and we played some good music in the car, hopefully next time Mr.Garfield will have made his own.

The VT Boys computer build is finished

This weekend the VT Boys had a project to complete, with now having the last two components for the computer build we are able to finished it. First we inserted the new Intel i5 2500K 3.3Ghz processor and fitted the heat sink and fan, we than inserted the new ATI 6670 2Gb PCI-e graphics card, connected all the cables and test fire the computer, to all our relieve we had a BIOS screen coming up and the computer looked to be stable. For lunch we had toasties and a drink.

Intel i5 Sandybridge 2500K 3.3Ghz 4Mb Cache and Intel 3000 HD Graphics

ATI Redeon 6670 2Gb Graphics Card

We now had to install the operating system which is Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit as the computer has 8Gb DDR3 RAM it should not be any problem to run this. Windows installed within 15 minutes and 15 minutes later all the drivers where in place. It was no problem to attach it to the internet and 30 seconds later we had the www.Google.co.uk screen up.

Ready to be finished

After a few tests by pushing up the Graphics card frame rate, we are ready to install a few games, Skyrim was the first game and the install was done in no time, much faster than the new iMac i7. The game looks really good and was very fast on all the highest settings. The next game was Need for Speed Hot Pursuit which looks absolutely wonderful and again with all the highest settings.

Look inside with new processor but without the ATI graphics card

The computer has been on for more than 6 hours and the fans on the back are still cold and no noise came out of the computer. We packed the computer in the box and we had shake and bake chicken with American fries. We made our way to Wisbech so that Mr.Garfield could connect it at home in his 23" Samsung LCD screen, another successful computer build done by The VT Boys. See in this blog some of the pictures we made of the computer.

Lots of connectivity on the back (USB 3.0, Firewire, Bluetooth, HDMI, DVI, eSATA) 

The VT Boys are clearing up

Last week the VT Boys have been very busy spring cleaning the house, well call it Winter cleaning instead, the first thing we did was clearing all the Apple Macs we have in the house, as they had been taking over the house, we had them everywhere, in the hallway, bedrooms etc. Have have wrapped them carefully up in bubble wrap made a few last pictures of them and put them under the stairs cupboard.

Three generations of iMac from Apple (all G3 from 233Mhz up to 400Mhz)

The Power Mac G4 450Mhz

After this we drove to the dump and dumped lots of old stuff again, after all this had work we had some lunch, as we have been shopping before we drove back to Norfolk. Mr.Garfield and Mr.Mac had to complete a few levels on Crash Bandicote for VT Girl number.

The three amigos

Mr.Biscuits again made some lovely music on Garage Band on the iMac, so we all had a good listen to that, as the boys had a sleep over this weekend we watched some TV, and Mr.Biscuits had his usual Biscuits and milk before going to bed.

Mr Biscuits is a great actor

The film for the evening was The Book of Eli (on Blu Ray) which in all our eyes is one of Densel Washington's finest films he ever made.

In the morning we all had a early start thanks to VT Girl number 3 - but we don't mind as we have more time to play, after breakfast we had some stuff to do in the house but soon after that we installed a new game called Skyrim, this game is so good it is almost like watching a film when you play the game. After all this gaming it was time to have some dinner, Pasta and Garlic bread and for afters we had Angel Delight.

Next week we are going to be very busy as the time has come to finish of the super duper computer from Mr.Garfield. The Graphics Card and processor have been delivered and they are the last two things to go in the Gaming PC, after connecting all the cables and drives we can start installing Windows 7 64-bit and test the PC out - we can't wait.