The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
All this talk about mortgages made me realize that I didn't have a good idea where the money goes on a monthly basis, so armed with the last transaction log, I fired up excel and figured out that we're in pretty decent shape. This makes me happy.
Well, yeah, there’s been a new addition to the family. One that seems to fascinate the cat.
The cat can’t stop looking at her and sniffing at and around the cage. As in, always for the last 2 days.
Why drug dealers have it better!
| Drug Dealers | Software Developers |
| Refer to their clients as “users” | Refer to their clients as “users” |
| “The first one's free!” | “Download a free trial version…” |
| Have important Asian connections. | Have important Asian connections. |
| Strange jargon: “Stick” “Rock” “Wrap” “E” “Stash” “Drive-by” “Hit (LSD)” “Source” |
Strange jargon: “SCSI” “RTFM” “Packet” “C” “Cache” “CTRL ALT DEL” “Hit (WWW)” “Source-code” “Microsoft” |
| Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market |
Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market |
| Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you. |
Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you. |
| Job is assisted by the industry – producing newer, more potent product. |
Job is assisted by the industry – producing newer, more potent products. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes. |
Often seen in the company of marketing people, venture capitalists and fund managers. |
| When things go wrong, a “fix” is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. |
When things go wrong, a “fix” is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. |
| A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. |
A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. |
| Product causes unhealthy addictions | DOOM, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem 3D… |
| Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. |
Damn! DAMN!!! |
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Been a slow weekend. Katy worked on both mornings. Saturday, she went gallivanting with Donna to parts unknown in search of an aquatic pet center and a tree frog (don't ask) while I spent the day cleaning and sorting out paperwork in the office. Sunday was spent lounging in while I cooked a roast chicken and Katy did an apple crumble.
Slept really badly last night. Really vivid and disturbing dreams. Guess I have lots of things on my mind at the moment.
We were approved for a 240K mortgage, but we decided that we didn't want to move just yet. Bidwells is renewing our contract for another year (well sorta – we have a yearly contract, but after 6 months, they can give us 2 months notice if conditions change – but they say that we're “preferred tenants!” and that they have no plans to give us the boot. whatever) and we're comfortable in that house. What we need is stability at the moment, and it seems that the universe is conspiring against that.
We went to see a house in Great Chesterford that would have been an interesting fixer-upper though, but I can't be bothered with DIY just now. This week should be fairly sedate (I hope) and we're going to Manchester to Anna and Rho's wedding this weekend.