Part 3 – Pre- Secret Underground project Concept

Hey Everyone

How are you all -been a long while since I last blogged and no.. I haven’t been skiving or bunking off at all. So what exactly have I been doing for the past week – well first remember my post about getting my new pc?

Well guess, what I have one, in fact one that I have built and customised fully myself – it’s nothing special – it;s certainly not the whiz bang, ultimate supremacy in performance with fancy Intel Quad Cores, flashy ATI extreme graphics savages.

Instead I opted for a cheap upgrade at first – thinking of using some of my old PC components – eventually I end up building a new one for scratch i.e. new case, new processor, new memory, new hard drive etc…

For some, building a PC is like asking them to sort out a cable mess or to sweep the carpet with a toothbrush, for some it like eating breakfast each day.

I like to say I am in the latter half, although perfection got the better of me – why? I spent 3 hours waiting and queuing up to buy components, then travelled back home and built it that same evening. Only to find out later, I forgot something and that it was too noisy.

What did I do next? I went back next day and got myself a new processor fan, and went over crazy with sound deadening materials.

That’s right, sound proofing a pc – lol – I’ve used soundproofing material specifically made for PC and I’ve also gone and used sound proofing material for cars. It took me about an hour to sound proof as much as I could, applying the material to everywhere I could think of that would vibrate noise, cause rattle, horrible droning noise etc… and obbiously is safe to do so.

Basically, my pc is quiet, to some, some would say silent, but for me, it certainly was a lot better than when I first built it but it’s not super quiet or silent – that I guess would be something I hope to achieve one day.

So, why am I obsessive about quietness, silence and all this soundproofing malarky?

Well, it all started with my car but then hey what has the above got to do with the Secret Underground Project?

You see, it’s simple, I now have a machine which I like, I can work with and most importantly, it’s a machine built just for business and so it means I can now use it as the backbone for the Secret Underground project and oh yeah, the case is also black too so kinda fits the mysterious theme too lol.

Anyway what is the Secret Underground project Concept? It’s basically my secret plan for 2009 and how it will make me money whilst not having to be too publicly too. It’s all part of a strategy to become the…..

All the best
Nigel