Archive for September, 2004

bike lock alert

Monday, September 13th, 2004

so, i just stumbled upon this page here, where they claim that several types of kryptonite U-locks can be picked in under 30 seconds using just the outer tube from a Bic pen.
go check your locks folks. i don’t have a kryptonite, but mine’s a circular sort of key like that, so i’m gonna [...]

good news about the house (for once)

Monday, September 13th, 2004

well, it seems that on this dreary, rainy monday, a spot of sunlight is starting to shine my roommates and I. Despite having a sorta so-so result in last thursday’s housing tribunal, we’ve just received an offer from the landlord.
a quick update on the situation: at the housing tribunal they ruled that [...]

vancouver companies profiting from third world dictators

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

I heard an interesting story this morning from one of the coworkers i was carpooling with. He was telling us about a company where he used to work, and how they made most of their money. You see, they were a communications technology company, but they weren’t really big enough to compete head-to-head [...]

quick humourous landlord update

Wednesday, September 8th, 2004

This is too funny to pass up. Our house just got a visit from Stefano, the fine italian gentleman from Vancouver Eviction Services who’s been hired by our landlord. He dutifully informed us that our landlord is going to claim that the leaseholder’s signature is forged on our documents. Haha, the poor [...]

quick update on stuff

Tuesday, September 7th, 2004

hey all. i didn’t get much writing done on the weekend, but i did get a request for some updates on the housing stuff.
We have a tribunal thingy on thursday, over the phone. My roommate Joey is handling that. Basically, they’re gonna say “you claim that you never got proper notice and [...]

sexist bullshit at work

Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

I’m feeling kinda shitty today. Our office manager at work resigned last night. In some sense, it was a suprise that she resigned, but i should have seen it coming. I’ve noticed for a little while now that she quite often gets interupted and talked over. She’s the only woman in [...]