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I use this platform to share things that are of interest to me or things I'll want to reference later. Occasionally other people like these posts, hence "Shared Interests".
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- Problems I've solved (mostly computer- or network related).
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- Our remodeling experience.
- Local (Sacramento) information.
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Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen
Wed. progress
Louie, who did our gutters, came by yesterday and installed the last of our downspouts. Rick was also out yesterday afternoon and got the kitchen tiled, including all the appliance bays. Lots of finicky corner- and edge cuts, plus he … Continue reading
Tile installation (cont.)
On Tuesday afternoon, Rick tackled some of the trickiest work on our floor tile–the area where the new floor meets the old, which are slightly out of level with one another. But Rick worked his usual magic and smoothed out … Continue reading
Tile installation (Monday afternoon)
Our tile setter came by this afternoon and finished installing the floor tile in the laundry room and the bathroom. The kitchen counter is done, too. He did some prep work on the floor between the front of the house … Continue reading
“Terms and Conditions” pages need web feeds
I was just looking over a pretty typical [Terms of Service page](http://www.meetupalliance.com/site/terms), when I came across this more-or-less standard clause: >13\. Modifications > >We reserve the right at any time or times to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, >all … Continue reading
Tile installation (day 2)
(Originally posted via Jott. Completely re-written, added pictures.) Rick and his crew showed up again this morning to continue tile installation. Meanwhile, I spent about five hours this morning re-installing the electrical boxes in the peninsula counter. This was made … Continue reading
Tile installation (day 1)
Rick, our tile setter, had his crew at our place bright and early on Saturday morning. There wasn’t much that we were able to help with, and those guys were moving so fast that there was no place we could … Continue reading
Kitchen faucet’s outta here!
We got our faucet out of the kitchen finally. The guys are plugging the hot- and cold water and sewer lines right now. We’ll cover it up and I’ll post some pictures when we’re all finished. Posted via Jott Pictures … Continue reading
Jott
I just found out about the service called Jott today. It’s very slick, one of the really cool things it has is a service to send a voice message from your phone straight to your Blog and in fact that’s … Continue reading
Tile prep (cont.)
We did more prep work for our tile setter last night, mostly on the kitchen counters and backsplash. We could have avoided most of this if we’d had the foresight to get our tile and cabinet people together *before* the … Continue reading
SQLserver date manipulation and formatting
MicroSoft SQLserver has some pretty slick features, but one area where they are definitely sucking is date manipulation and formatting. [Joseph complained about this](http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2006/06/22/sql-server-convert/) a while ago, but it’s time to me to chime in now. My biggest complaint is … Continue reading