My current home is in a rural area south of Albuquerque, NM. Century Link (formerly Qwest) is the only land-based Internet service provider. They charge $76.80 per month for a “High Speed Internet” DSL line. All of my neighbors complain of terrible performance and we all suffer from terrible performance after any good rain. The… [Read More]
Downer Day
Not surprising I guess, the contract on my home has fallen apart. I feel very cheated. My realtor was also the buyers realtor (sign #1). After waiting for two months, the buyers lender (underwriter) wanted a second appraisal but the buyer did not want to pay for it. Instead, the buyer wanted to amend the… [Read More]
Secure Information
I ran into a great one today that I just had to share. I write software (as you probably know) and have to deal with the security ramifications of collecting and storing Personally Identifiable Information (PII). In general terms, this is any piece of information that can be used in combination with other bits of… [Read More]
More Home Sale
Amazing! Remember I told you here that I expected that “they” would require MORE days for the sale of my home? Well, they do. A second underwriter has agreed to accept the first appraisal. YEAH!! BUT they want a second appraisal done to validate the first… WHAT!! Then you are NOT accepting the first one. … [Read More]
Food Flight
Yesterday morning I was invited to tag along with a friend on a breakfast flight to Sante Fe. The Sante Fe pilots group was having a little get together at the restaurant there. At the current time, I am nothing more than a pathetic pilot without an airplane so, of course, I leapt at the… [Read More]
CPAP Trouble
I spent the weekend packing and preparing to move onto the boat. I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine and nose mask while sleeping. This is a “Constant Positive Airway Pressure” machine that helps to prevent snoring which prevents the constant interruption of sleep. The device that I have (ResMed Escape S8) has both… [Read More]
Velocity Cruz Tablet Update
I tried. A lockup/restart problem finally took it’s toll on me so I have returned the tablet computer that I described here (kind of a review). The Velocity Cruz T310 Google Android 2.2 7″ tablet pc (pictured here) was a pretty good deal considering the price. I knew it was not the best nor highest performing unit. If it… [Read More]
Home Sale
The sale of my home continues to be a very frustrating experience. This is my third home sale and this one is far and away the most complicated, frustrating, and time consuming. The bank or underwriter (or someone) hired an appraiser to appraise the value. He did so and now they (the underwriter) is rejecting… [Read More]
Predictions…not
Apparently I am not a fortune teller – certainly not a sports forecaster. My NFL and college football predictions did not turn out. To make it even worse, my teams barely even made a showing… 🙁 Maybe next year I’ll go with the Indianapolis Colts and the Iowa Hawkeyes. 🙂 Thankfully, I could still make… [Read More]
The Plan
Planning is one of those things that my personality type enjoys, even demands. I love a plan. That said; I’ve intentionally avoided stating my plan here. The last couple of years have been hard. One of the problems has been that every time I attempt to develop a plan, something is thrown in the way… [Read More]
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