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Mike Cohen The guys took out the old tile today, sprayed the ceiling, closed up the walls (except for places they still needed to access pipes), and prepared the supports for the cabinets. They’re taking tomorrow off and will finish the plumbing work Monday & get ready to put in the cabinets.
I hadn’t heard Arcade Fire until I saw this item at MetaFilter. I always like big eclectic bands featuring an accordion & violin, so of course I fell for them right away. I bought Funeral & Neon Bible from eMusic and I’ve been listening them for the last few days.
They had planned to replace the tile today, but the machine they needed to remove the old tile wasn’t available. They had reserved it yesterday, but it had been given to someone else. Instead, they moved the pipes behind the sink, did some electrical work, and put up supports for the cabinets.
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When I checked my email this morning, the first thing I read was the sad news that South African reggae singer Lucky Dube was murdered in an attempted carjacking.
The guys moved the pipes behind the washing machine & dryer and did a lot of the electrical work. They do very neat work. Before they leave every day they pick up all of their stuff and vacuum.
The cats are pretty upset about it. They don’t like the noise and having things moved around.
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The guys did more work on my kitchen today. The sink & remaining cabinets are gone, the washing machine & dryer have been removed and the wall opened so they can move the pipes. Tomorrow they’ll work on the pipes and hopefully get started on the re-wiring.
In a completely unrelated incident, a pipe outside my building broke today, so the water was shut off for my entire community for several hours. Another pipe in the same location broke a few years ago, flooding my patio.
Drupal 5.3 was released with several important security fixes. I upgraded both MacMegasite & WorldBeatPlanet. The upgrade took only a few minutes and was painless.
I’ve noticed that my new MacBook Pro often misses the first letter I type. Until now I thought it was just me since the keyboard does feel a bit stiff and I didn’t really think too much of it. Now I see it mentioned in MacFixit. It turns out to be a known issue that was acknowledged by Apple.