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Another One Bites the Dust
Dec. 12th, 2018 10:32 pmThe ISFiC Press books are now in Boston with NESFA.
On to the next thing that needs to be dealt with...
On to the next thing that needs to be dealt with...
Moving Out
Dec. 9th, 2018 10:42 pmThe ISFiC Press books in the storage locker have been emptied out into the truck, with many thanks to Daniel, Ray, Evan, and Pen. We managed this in less than two hours, which I find very impressive.
Now, It's Done
Aug. 9th, 2017 01:31 amAnd now I think it's done. I guess staying up late was worth it. :)
I am going to mail this off now and call it quits.
I am going to mail this off now and call it quits.
I have taken today as a vacation day and am making progress on moving the financial paperwork for ISFiC Press. Unfortunately, one of the websites I need to get into isn't letting me, so I have sent off an appropriate e-mail and am now pretty much ready to abandon ship here and go over to Musecon.
See some of you there!
See some of you there!
Chaos? Yeah, We've Got Some...
Feb. 11th, 2017 06:18 pmSee, they sold my bank.
This happens to us periodically. This is the bank where Gretchen used to work. The original parent bank sold off the suburban branches to a bank from downstate after a management shakeup. Then they got into trouble and sold themselves to a bank from California and Missouri who figured that penetrating the Chicago market would be a piece of cake. When that didn't work out for them, they sold the Chicago area branches to a bank from Ohio who figured that penetrating the Chicago market would be a piece of cake. (Still wasn't, but at least they tried advertising.) So now, that bank has sold all of itself to a different Ohio bank.
The changeover to the new online banking system will be next weekend while we're at Capricon. It is also just about the time of year when I make sure that I've downloaded all of the banking info for Dodeka and ISFiC Press so that I can work through the taxes.
So I downloaded all of that today and printed out all of the check images so that I have them safely on my computer.
I also went to StubHub and put together a big spreadsheet so I could figure out what I made from selling Cubs tickets last season. This has never been a problem before, because the only question would be how much money I had lost on my Cubs tickets, with the losses being (sadly) not deductible. Gains, on the other hand...
Having done all that, I thought about the issue of having all of this data "safely" on my computer. And I looked at the NAS sitting on my desk that should hold my backup.
Why is that not powered on?
So I powered it on.
And apparently, the backup that I started when I got the NAS had never finished.
It is running now. When that is done, I will back up all of the music on the Dodeka side of the machine.
This will take a while... :)
This happens to us periodically. This is the bank where Gretchen used to work. The original parent bank sold off the suburban branches to a bank from downstate after a management shakeup. Then they got into trouble and sold themselves to a bank from California and Missouri who figured that penetrating the Chicago market would be a piece of cake. When that didn't work out for them, they sold the Chicago area branches to a bank from Ohio who figured that penetrating the Chicago market would be a piece of cake. (Still wasn't, but at least they tried advertising.) So now, that bank has sold all of itself to a different Ohio bank.
The changeover to the new online banking system will be next weekend while we're at Capricon. It is also just about the time of year when I make sure that I've downloaded all of the banking info for Dodeka and ISFiC Press so that I can work through the taxes.
So I downloaded all of that today and printed out all of the check images so that I have them safely on my computer.
I also went to StubHub and put together a big spreadsheet so I could figure out what I made from selling Cubs tickets last season. This has never been a problem before, because the only question would be how much money I had lost on my Cubs tickets, with the losses being (sadly) not deductible. Gains, on the other hand...
Having done all that, I thought about the issue of having all of this data "safely" on my computer. And I looked at the NAS sitting on my desk that should hold my backup.
Why is that not powered on?
So I powered it on.
And apparently, the backup that I started when I got the NAS had never finished.
It is running now. When that is done, I will back up all of the music on the Dodeka side of the machine.
This will take a while... :)
Numeric Spelunking
Aug. 8th, 2016 10:20 pmIt is bad when you are checking your work e-mail to get a break from working on the ISFiC Press financials.
My Miserable Filing System
Aug. 7th, 2016 09:18 pmI am trying valiantly to finish the ISFiC Press financials. I am now scanning through e-mail, looking for messages about various shipments of books.
If I had categorized this mess as it came in, I would have been far better off. Deleting a bunch of them way back when would have been good too...
*sigh*
If I had categorized this mess as it came in, I would have been far better off. Deleting a bunch of them way back when would have been good too...
*sigh*
Books, Mr. Rico!
Apr. 26th, 2016 10:43 pmThere are now something over a thousand copies of Velveteen vs. The Seasons in my garage. :)
Shuffling the Papers
Feb. 26th, 2016 11:48 pmI have dug through the credit card statements and found everything that I need to be reimbursed for by Dodeka so that we can write me a check so that I can pay the property taxes on March 1st. I've also dug up various bits of money from other reimbursements and such to help pay for the Cubs season tickets that are on the credit card.
Whee!
And getting all of the receipts in order is an important part of getting ready to file our tax return, which should generate a refund, which should help get the finances back onto an even keel.
Which I'll do just as soon as I get done laying out the jacket for the third Velveteen volume. It must be time to write the blurb for the front flap... :)
Whee!
And getting all of the receipts in order is an important part of getting ready to file our tax return, which should generate a refund, which should help get the finances back onto an even keel.
Which I'll do just as soon as I get done laying out the jacket for the third Velveteen volume. It must be time to write the blurb for the front flap... :)
Making Progress
Feb. 20th, 2016 11:56 pmLaid out the new book today and learned a couple of new things about InDesign in the process. I still need to do the jacket, but...
And I started giving the new APBA cards a serious once over. Pitchers and catchers have reported, so it's almost time for the annual draft. :)
And I started giving the new APBA cards a serious once over. Pitchers and catchers have reported, so it's almost time for the annual draft. :)
Small Victories
Jan. 20th, 2016 10:33 pmI have filed the Illinois State Sales Tax return for ISFiC. Hallelujah.
Counting Down to Zero
Sep. 30th, 2015 10:37 pmThe ISFiC Press book for this year's Windycon is at the printer. And there was much rejoicing!
Although they dropped the first game of today's double-header against the Pirates, the Cardinals won the second game and have dropped their magic number to zero, clinching both the NL Central division and the best record in the majors.
There was also much rejoicing about this. :)
Although they dropped the first game of today's double-header against the Pirates, the Cardinals won the second game and have dropped their magic number to zero, clinching both the NL Central division and the best record in the majors.
There was also much rejoicing about this. :)
Almost Home
Sep. 19th, 2015 11:24 pmBarring someone finding something that I missed -- always a possibility! -- the interior layout for Maya's book is now done.
That just leaves the dust jacket and the text for the cloth cover.
Whee!
That just leaves the dust jacket and the text for the cloth cover.
Whee!
Step by Step, The Longest March (Redux)
Sep. 13th, 2015 07:56 pmI have spent all day going over it, but I have essentially finished laying out the text for Maya's upcoming ISFiC Press book.
Jacket and spine are next...
Jacket and spine are next...
Seeing the Light
Jun. 25th, 2015 10:02 pmI finally finished the ISFiC Press financials some time after 2 AM last night and forwarded them on to Tom so that he can file our taxes. And there was much rejoicing.
Earlier in the day, I engaged in some general frustration relief before dinner and went over to the nearby park and started beating up enemy portals in Ingress. I walked about four kilometers and did a good bit of damage. And I made it up to level 5. :)
Meanwhile, back on the home renovation front, we had the lighting in the kitchen redone, removing the fluorescent ceiling fixture that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daisy_knotwise had long referred to as a display case for dead bugs and replacing it with an island light with four pendants and four LED cans on the side of the kitchen nearest the stove. I put four 60W equivalent Cree soft white bulbs into the island light and declared victory.
Except that the LED cans also had Cree bulbs in them, but they were very nice LED inserts from their TW series, which have a CRI of 93 instead of 80. 100 is sunlight equivalent for color reproduction. 80 is decent, but pretty yellow.
I went poking around on the Home Depot website and discovered that they were clearing out six-packs of the 60W TW series bulbs for $42.22, which is more expensive than your standard LED bulb, but a darned good price for the TW series. So I ordered a six-pack.
The next day, I found a message in my spam bucket that Home Depot had canceled the order with no explanation. So I called them up and got someone who had no idea what was going on. He said that the bulbs were no longer in stock, they couldn't deliver them, and that he was really sorry and couldn't explain why my order had been canceled with no explanation. In fact, you couldn't even get to the canceled order from the website -- the link would fail.
While I was on the phone with him, I pulled out my cellphone and ordered another six-pack of bulbs from the website, this time asking for the bulbs to be shipped to store instead of shipped to home.
And I got a shipping notice earlier this week. So I ordered two more six-packs of TW bulbs.
I picked up the first of the orders today at the local service desk. (Which was being slow beyond all belief.) Yes, that's six Cree TW bulbs, curiously enough in individual packaging in a tray that would normally have held many more bulbs. Ok. They were still the right bulbs.
So I took them home and installed them in the island light.
The light in the kitchen is very good now.
I think I'll put some of the next set of bulbs in the studio...
Earlier in the day, I engaged in some general frustration relief before dinner and went over to the nearby park and started beating up enemy portals in Ingress. I walked about four kilometers and did a good bit of damage. And I made it up to level 5. :)
Meanwhile, back on the home renovation front, we had the lighting in the kitchen redone, removing the fluorescent ceiling fixture that
daisy_knotwise had long referred to as a display case for dead bugs and replacing it with an island light with four pendants and four LED cans on the side of the kitchen nearest the stove. I put four 60W equivalent Cree soft white bulbs into the island light and declared victory.Except that the LED cans also had Cree bulbs in them, but they were very nice LED inserts from their TW series, which have a CRI of 93 instead of 80. 100 is sunlight equivalent for color reproduction. 80 is decent, but pretty yellow.
I went poking around on the Home Depot website and discovered that they were clearing out six-packs of the 60W TW series bulbs for $42.22, which is more expensive than your standard LED bulb, but a darned good price for the TW series. So I ordered a six-pack.
The next day, I found a message in my spam bucket that Home Depot had canceled the order with no explanation. So I called them up and got someone who had no idea what was going on. He said that the bulbs were no longer in stock, they couldn't deliver them, and that he was really sorry and couldn't explain why my order had been canceled with no explanation. In fact, you couldn't even get to the canceled order from the website -- the link would fail.
While I was on the phone with him, I pulled out my cellphone and ordered another six-pack of bulbs from the website, this time asking for the bulbs to be shipped to store instead of shipped to home.
And I got a shipping notice earlier this week. So I ordered two more six-packs of TW bulbs.
I picked up the first of the orders today at the local service desk. (Which was being slow beyond all belief.) Yes, that's six Cree TW bulbs, curiously enough in individual packaging in a tray that would normally have held many more bulbs. Ok. They were still the right bulbs.
So I took them home and installed them in the island light.
The light in the kitchen is very good now.
I think I'll put some of the next set of bulbs in the studio...
