April 23rd, 2018:

	Well, that weekend did not go to plan.  I didn't work on my Amiga 
4000, didn't work on my bikes, Hell, I didn't even go for a bike ride 
once...

I was a bit under the weather (again) this weekend with a sore throat and 
seasonal allergies.  Pretty much stuck around the house.  Saturday we took 
delivery of our Ikea furniture: a couch, loveseat, 
Hassock/ottoman/footstool, and a set of curtains.  The delivery took up 
more room than I'd expected, and I hadn't cleared sufficient space.  Thus, 
the boxes took up much of the living room.

So, we lived with the inconvenience for the balance of the day.  I didn't 
do anything more strenuous than play video games, finally beating Super 
Robot Wars 3 (known by it's Japanese name Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen) for 
the Super Famicom.  Despite being the first of three SRW games released on 
the Super Famicom (four if you include Masoukishin: Lord of Elemental), it 
was the last one I beat.

I'd finished Super Robot War EX a decade ago, and Dai-4-Ji Super Robot 
Taisen back in September 2017, so I figured I'd finally finish off the 
3rd one.

Out of the three, I think SRW4 was my favourite.  It was longer, had 
different paths, allowed the creation of your own main character, had a 
better power-up system, and was the first to include special items you 
could find and assign to different units.  Definitely the best of the 
three.  Also released on the Playstation, it was meant to be the end of 
the classic SRW series (the first one was on Gameboy, the second on 
Famicom then Gameboy), so they pulled out all of the stops.

Banpresto retooled and updated the game for the Sega Saturn in a two-part 
series: Super Robot Taisen F and Super Robot Taisen F Final.  The game was 
updated with new scenarios, new characters from more recent anime series 
(Evangelion, Gundam Wing, G Gundam, etc), and better visuals.  I've had 
these two games since they were released in the mid-late 90s, and have yet 
to finish 'em.  Now that I have the Super Famicom games out of the way, 
I'll try to finish F and F Final this year.

Both games were released on the Playstation as well.  Banpresto also 
released the Super Robot War Complete Box for the Playstation in Japan, 
which contained versions of the Famicom's Super Robot Wars 2, the Super 
Famicom's Super Robot War 3 and EX, all of which were redone using the 
engine from Super Robot War F.  I bought the set when it was released in 
Japan, and was rather excited at first.  However, after a while it was 
like I was playing the same game rather than three separate games.  
Lacking the charms and quirks of the original releases, it got old fast.

Still wish I hadn't sold my Playstation, though... I do miss SRW-CB from 
time to time.

Sunday, Mrs IPX took our daughter to the playground so I could work on the 
furniture.  My helpers phoned to cancel, so I was left to move the old 
couches outside myself, then build the new ones.

I worked smarter, not harder!  I paid attention when the movers delivered 
the original couches several years ago, in the event I'd ever have to move 
them out.  I pretty much did the same thing in reverse:  Took the legs and 
cushions off both couches, stood them on end, "walked" them upright like a 
Moai to the front door, tilted, turned, and pulled them out.  Didn't 
scratch the walls, didn't knock any pictures down, didn't mangle the door 
frame, and got the couches out intact.  Hard part done!

It took the better part of an hour to build the first couch.  It took all 
of ten minutes to build the frame, but over half an hour to put the fabric 
covers on the couch and all six cushions and adjust so the seams all lined 
up uniformly.

The second, smaller couch took longer.  My family had returned from the 
playground, and our daughter wanted to "help" build the couch, test it 
out, then to help hang the matching curtains we bought.

The hassock/ottoman/footstool took a few minutes to build, nothing 
major.

The one thing I like about typical "cardboard, foam, plastic" Ikea 
furniture is that it's easy to build and is somewhat fashionable.  It's 
not the most durable stuff, but we're not unnecessarily hard on it.