I decided to call Aragon again on Thursday. They made sure to tell me that they still did not have a firm date for completion on our townhouse. However, they were planning for Feb 15th to either have or apply for the occupancy permit.
I'm not holding my breathe as we went down this road two months, and then they noticed that it wasn't my townhouse getting the permit. I'm hoping anyways that this will be the final push, and they will final do the job I paid them to do about 2 years ago.
Stay tuned... but for now, courage.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Open Source
There is alot of fear around open source. I personally don't see what the paranoia is caused from. I'm personally more fearful of programs where I can't see the source code. Open source programs you can see exactly what they are doing.
Are you really sure that $800 word processor you purchased at Futureshop isn't scanning your harddrive attempting to credit card numbers. Likely, its a long shot, but after being in the software business a couple of years one thing is for certain... weird stuff makes it into the final builds of products that alot of people 'thought was removed' or 'should have never been there in the first place.' Famous last words eh?
There is a small sense of satisfaction with open source that other people have gone over the code with a fine tooth comb even if you don't have the skill to do so yourself. Generally, the people who do spend there time 'auditing' free software will scream very loud if they see something 'fishy' in there.
That being said, give some open source software a chance. The following website lists alot of applications that I currently use or have used in the past. Give one a shot, and you will be surprised. You might even ask the question, "hey, why is this one free and the commerical one $500?"
http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
Are you really sure that $800 word processor you purchased at Futureshop isn't scanning your harddrive attempting to credit card numbers. Likely, its a long shot, but after being in the software business a couple of years one thing is for certain... weird stuff makes it into the final builds of products that alot of people 'thought was removed' or 'should have never been there in the first place.' Famous last words eh?
There is a small sense of satisfaction with open source that other people have gone over the code with a fine tooth comb even if you don't have the skill to do so yourself. Generally, the people who do spend there time 'auditing' free software will scream very loud if they see something 'fishy' in there.
That being said, give some open source software a chance. The following website lists alot of applications that I currently use or have used in the past. Give one a shot, and you will be surprised. You might even ask the question, "hey, why is this one free and the commerical one $500?"
http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Can you tell I'm bored...
I didn't check the posting logs... but I'm sure that I haven't posted this frequently in well... ever. Can you tell I'm bored out of my skull?
I just finished leveling my WoW character to level 11 Paladin. The game is excellent... the most striking aspect of the game so far is the graphics. Its an odd line that Blizzard walks with its games. You can see the game graphics engine is nothing to write home about... but yet its beautiful in its simplicity. The game is obviously NOT in the same arena as 'Gears of War' graphically, but the art is done in such a way that it works. You never question that this pile of pixels isn't a living, breathing world. Thats enough stroking of Blizzard Entertainment... the last thing they need is another fanboy.
10 second townhouse update...
Aragon sucks. Thats the last time I buy a home from a fiction character from the 'Lords of the Rings.' (I should have walked away when I saw the name... no good has come from the LoTr)
Thats my stamina for this post... check back next time for more ... what this was... is... meh.
L8r
I just finished leveling my WoW character to level 11 Paladin. The game is excellent... the most striking aspect of the game so far is the graphics. Its an odd line that Blizzard walks with its games. You can see the game graphics engine is nothing to write home about... but yet its beautiful in its simplicity. The game is obviously NOT in the same arena as 'Gears of War' graphically, but the art is done in such a way that it works. You never question that this pile of pixels isn't a living, breathing world. Thats enough stroking of Blizzard Entertainment... the last thing they need is another fanboy.
10 second townhouse update...
Aragon sucks. Thats the last time I buy a home from a fiction character from the 'Lords of the Rings.' (I should have walked away when I saw the name... no good has come from the LoTr)
Thats my stamina for this post... check back next time for more ... what this was... is... meh.
L8r
Monday, January 01, 2007
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