Housing Complex
Posted at October 10, 2006 09:53 PM - Category: Atlanta
So, it's been like a billion years since my last post. The house in the picture above is the reason why. I'm attempting to buy it.
There are a few reasons why it's odd. First, I'm 24 years old. 24 year olds don't buy houses in the middle of Atlanta that are over $350K. Secondly, I'm a sole proprietor with ASO, so that makes it look like I make a ton of money each year. Lastly, I only started the business in 2003 with it picking up in 2004, so my tax returns for 2004 make me look poor, by comparison to 2005. So, it's been a challenge just to get a mortgage.
In other news, I'm still waiting on Comcast to understand that installing two CableCards isn't rocket science and they just need to send a dude out to pop two in. I'm on appointment #3 tomorrow. The first appointment last Monday was a joke. A contractor came out with only one CableCard, whereas the order indicated two. He said he had a CableCard 1.0 and was absolutely convinced that a 2.0 card was required. He somehow thought the 1.0 form factor was different from the 2.0. It's not; they're both just standard PC Card size and there is plenty of documentation on the Tivo site about it. The best part was when I finally convinced him to at least try, he left and never came back. He had also said he would come back the next day, but I never saw or heard from him. So, Monday was supposed to be the next appointment attempt. I had requested a Comcast tech, not a contractor. The same fucking moron tech called me up. And, on top of that, his phone cut out and he didn't even bother to call back. Wonderful. Tomorrow is appointment attempt #3 and I hope they'll get this right this time. I'm already pretty determined to see this contractor fired. You slide the CableCard in the slot, call Comcast, and tell them some numbers on the screen. That's it. Apparently they have self-install kits in Washington, but we're not so lucky down here. It's easy enough for a mere mortal to do, so why waste a tech/contractor's time? I knew more about the thing than the contractor did! grumble....
Smelly Lamp
Posted at September 13, 2006 04:57 PM - Category: Atlanta
Saw this in the Atlanta IKEA.
Lighten up your home with a set of IKEA Fartyg's. (I assume there's no relation to Ali G)
This Sucks
Posted at May 24, 2006 02:10 PM - Category: Atlanta
I got to my car this morning to find the front passenger window was now in many tiny pieces on the ground. Someone had decided they wanted my iPod and figured asking politely wasn't going to work. However, my iPod is hooked up directly to my car stereo through a Dension IceLink, so it wasn't exactly free from cabling. The theif decided that they needed the whole center console, so they took that with them and ripped out the IceLink. So, I'm sans car window, center console, and iPod. The upside is that now I have a legitmate excuse to upgrade to an iPod Video and I can get a new IceLink that takes advantage of all the new bells and whistles they've worked out. Insurance is covering everything. I just selected an auto body place, brought it over, and they drove me over to Enterprise to get a rental car. Oddly enough, Enterprise gave me a rental Mazda 3 to replace my Mazda 3. Weird. The whole process (not counting the police and cleanup) took about an hour of time total, so quite the painless experience (relatively speaking). I'm also going to get the dent in my door repaired that I've been procrastinating about for almost a year now. Should be back on the road by Friday.
I'll put up some pictures I took soon. They're on the digicam at home and I'm already at work.
Fire Across The Street
Posted at July 25, 2005 10:02 PM - Category: Atlanta
Since I'm sure most people reading this don't know, there was a large fire across the street yesterday. While it occurred at 5am, I didn't find out until I went out shopping that afternoon. While it was a large blaze, it only partially destroyed the complex across from us and did not come anywhere near my apartment. For those that care, I am entirely OK.
The cause of the fire is not known at this time. It started from the construction site of the "Element" apartment complex adjacent to "Art Foundry", which was already built. About 20 cars parked along the street between the two were destroyed. The count of damaged homes is now 27 (not including the in progress apartments at Element), but that number includes homes that are going to be salvageable. While the news is reporting that most had homeowners insurance, the word I get from our front office people (who hosted victims of the incident while it was happening) tell us that less than half had coverage. Regardless of having insurance, it's still an incredible loss for those people to have to endure.
While the complex was up to proper fire code and included barriers between units to prevent the spread of fire, the blaze was able to reach the roof. Unfortunately, that's the one place in our buildings that is more susceptible to fire. It also points out the eerie predicition in the title of my previous blog post.
If you're interested, there are a number of videos on the news at channel 11's video site. I suggest checking it out to get a better feel of what's happened.
Hockey Is Not Always Bright
Posted at July 8, 2005 11:31 AM - Category: Atlanta
Hockey likes to chew on cardboard boxes from stuff we buy (mainly from Ikea). This is from a lamp box. He somehow found his way inside this piece of cardboard...
