I Hate Cars
Mine specifically. They're a pain in the ass. I have a truck with an exhaust leak (chance of asphyxiation), a Mazda with a broken side mirror and coolant leak (chance of being stranded), and a Subaru with some steering/suspension issue in the front (chance of crashing). Some of them I can fix. Actually all I could fix, but it takes way too much time. Sure bikes need repair too, but it doesn't take nearly as much time or hassle. My mechanic (the one I trust) is four towns away. Coordinating dropping a car off, getting rides home, then picking it up is difficult.
On top of the cars, my house seems to be leaking water. Not much and only intermittently, but I haven't figured out why or where exactly. All I know is there's a little puddle that randomly appears on the floor in the basement.
While I'm at it. Work has been kicking my ass this week. Our software went into "Accessibility" testing this week. Accessibility is the software's usability for handicapped people - mostly blind it seems. I've never developed software for blind people, so it's all new to me and failing horribly. The part that really kicks my ass is I was given a loosely defined guideline back in the summer to make the software accessible, but the testing appears to be more strict. Way more strict. The people doing the testing are in India, so every morning I come in to a bunch of emails that say my stuff doesn't meet the standard, but still don't clearly state what the standard is. I spend all day trying to fix what I think is wrong, send a bunch of emails and hope for the best tomorrow. After a few days of this, I've decided to stay up and get online tonight around midnight to catch and chat with our Indian counterparts in person. We'll see how it goes.
Haven't ridden much this week. Too many errands and reasons to get to and from work quickly have kept me off the bike. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get back to riding. I miss the fixie.
Still plugging away at trim. Got things setup for primer on the office trim. Hoping to at least get into that this weekend and finish up most of the kitchen cabinet trim. I also have two bags of attic insulation nagging me in my basement as well as two boxes of insulated duct work that hasn't been ducted.
Needless to say. I won't be going to Killington this weekend.
-b
On top of the cars, my house seems to be leaking water. Not much and only intermittently, but I haven't figured out why or where exactly. All I know is there's a little puddle that randomly appears on the floor in the basement.
While I'm at it. Work has been kicking my ass this week. Our software went into "Accessibility" testing this week. Accessibility is the software's usability for handicapped people - mostly blind it seems. I've never developed software for blind people, so it's all new to me and failing horribly. The part that really kicks my ass is I was given a loosely defined guideline back in the summer to make the software accessible, but the testing appears to be more strict. Way more strict. The people doing the testing are in India, so every morning I come in to a bunch of emails that say my stuff doesn't meet the standard, but still don't clearly state what the standard is. I spend all day trying to fix what I think is wrong, send a bunch of emails and hope for the best tomorrow. After a few days of this, I've decided to stay up and get online tonight around midnight to catch and chat with our Indian counterparts in person. We'll see how it goes.
Haven't ridden much this week. Too many errands and reasons to get to and from work quickly have kept me off the bike. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get back to riding. I miss the fixie.
Still plugging away at trim. Got things setup for primer on the office trim. Hoping to at least get into that this weekend and finish up most of the kitchen cabinet trim. I also have two bags of attic insulation nagging me in my basement as well as two boxes of insulated duct work that hasn't been ducted.
Needless to say. I won't be going to Killington this weekend.
-b
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