Blog from the Loft

on or about 12:05 EST Sat. Actually it was a voice mail from the broker because I was attending my niece’s first piano recital/graduation. We still have to get the signatures on the offer letter with the adjusted price, but I think this is it !
Now blog from the loft may actually have a loft [...]

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Wiki is open source information. That is my definition. When applied to the business world, I say wiki is open source documentation. Wiki is invented at the Portland Pattern Repository, a website and database for software design patterns. You can read its full history there. In general wiki is a web site for simple, [...]

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First, it is official. I won’t get DSL service here. Remember that I ordered the service, only to have a non working line from the start. Today they told me that “there is problem at the pole, and they would have to rewired the neigbourhood”, so I will not be getting DSL. Read the entire [...]

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Guessed what? I am seeing Safari browsers hitting my site on my server logs. Cool ! Makes me want to run out and buy the new Powerbooks. I actually like the 12 inch model. The 17 inch is too heavy. Only wished they put in the cool keyboard backlight on the 12 inch model as [...]

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Today I met with the Loft’s developer. Nice guy. Found out that right now he is going through the process of buying (financing) the building himself. And the seller has some other issues, so there is a chain of events going to happen. The bad news is then he probably prefer to close the deal [...]

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Something interesting happened today. From one website’s newsletter, I surfed to a site, followed a link, followed another link, read throught some materials on this site, and run across a casual reference to a person that I “know” from another website. Maybe the internet is not so big anymore… or I have reached the ends

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The developer said “we are really closed on the pricing”…. I think my offer is it ! He wants to setup a in person meeting (instead of going through the seller and the buyer brokers) to discuss it. Part of the question is what exactly do I don’t want him to do if I just [...]

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The seller agent, who is a nice guy, is in class (??) this morning. So not until afternoon I got an answer — a counter offer. The selling took 50K off the asking price, saying basically that is what he was going to put into finish the unit. I am off from that for several [...]

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I put in a bid for a different loft today. This is a loft in a small downtown financial district building. Very different from the original loft that I was (and is?) working on. It has its own character. But let’s not get too excited until the offer is accepted first! The offer is a [...]

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I caught the DV editing bug end of last year when I decided to create a short film as a fairwell video for some co-workers. having watched all those movies the chance to actually create one is rewarding and fun. It was a fun but painful project largely because of equipment limitation. I had a [...]

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