Archive for the ‘Quickie’ Category

Dec
23
Filed Under (Quickie) by MInTheGap on 23-12-2007

"Man, I can’t believe it!" exclaimed the voice on the phone.

"What’s the problem this time," Noah asked.  He brother called up from New York city with a problem.

"It’s mold– it’s all over my basement after that big storm came in the other day and I don’t know how I’m going to get rid of it.  I tried using bleach and that special paint, but nothing seems to work.  The stuff is all over!"

"Calm down.  Let me see if I can find anything online that can help."

"I already tried that."

"Oh yeah?  Well, did you try American Waterproofing?"

"American Waterproofing?  Never heard of them."

"Well, I just keyed in Brooklyn New York basement waterproofing and American Waterproofing was one of the results– perhaps you should give them a try."

"Thanks, maybe I will.  But will they also come out to Queens, because I know–"

"Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx– they cover them all."

"Thanks brother, you’re the best."



Dec
21
Filed Under (Quickie) by MInTheGap on 21-12-2007

"Adam, where should I go on my honeymoon?"  Noah asked as Adam read the paper.

Peering over the top Adam responded, "How should I know where you want to go?  It’s not like I’m going along with you!"

"Still, you have to help me choose, there are just so many choices…  For example:  I could go to Courchevel, France or Meribel, France or even St Anton, Austria."

"I’ve never even heard of those places, what’s there?"

"Well, Supertravel– a UK based travel company– says that these are great places because they have Luxury ski chalets.  And they especially recommend the chalets in Meribel."

"Why would you want to go somewhere that cold for your honeymoon?"

"Well, besides the fact that I’ll be spending most of the time indoors anways," he said, as he winked at Adam (who rolled his eyes), "Supertravel highly recommends Luxury Skiing holidays as a way to relax.  It even says that we may never want to come home."

"Now there’s the first thing you’ve said that’s made any sense.  Where do I sign you up?"

"Now, I just have to talk Laura into it– I think she has her heart set on Hawaii."

"Talk about opposites!  Well, whichever keeps you away longer, take that one!"

"Thanks Adam, you’re always a big help," responded Noah, sarcastically.



Dec
18
Filed Under (Quickie) by MInTheGap on 18-12-2007

"Hey Tricia, do you think that a website would get us more business?"  That’s all he said to me that fateful morning.  I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I agreed.

You see, I don’t have a problem with computers, most of the time.  I turn mine on, it runs, I do what I have to do and I get on with my life.  Sure, I’ve dabbled here in there making different graphics, and I even built a web page right from scratch using HTML when I was in college.  That doesn’t mean I’m an expert!

But I can’t let Adam know that, can I?

So, I guess I should start off by looking for some place that I can host this site.  Here’s a place that claims they can help me do some comparison shopping:  http://www.webhostingchoice.com

Let’s see.  I wonder how much diskspace and bandwidth he’ll need.  My guess is not much because he doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing.  Fortunately, at this site I can select a monthly cost, a setup fee, diskspace and bandwidth.

Maybe this won’t be as hard as I thought!