Week recap and upcoming Startup Weekend
Life July 11th, 2008I finally got my car back yesterday morning and it’s running very well. Thanks much to Wasp Automotive for the good work, even if it did take a bit longer than expected. Unfortunately, because I had to return the rental car Wednesday morning, I was left Wednesday night with no car and no cable or Internet. The cable technicians finally came out on Wednesday. They were supposed to be there between 3 and 5pm. They arrived at 6:15pm and promptly found that the line had problems and that I needed line maintenance to come out. They said they’d try to be out that evening, but of course that didn’t happen. Then, to top things off, just after the cable techs left, a storm blew through and my power went out. So, there I was with no car, no cable, no internet, and no power. I’m very thankful that we have a gas stove so I could cook my supper.
Anyway, I got the car back the next morning and then when I came home Thursday evening the cable and Internet were working. My DVR box, though, seems to still have a few problems. There are several channels that won’t tune at all, or tune but with a messed up picture. I need to get through all the stuff saved on the box, though, before taking it in to get a new one.
This weekend, I’m going to be at the RTP Startup Weekend. The goal there is to basically get a bunch of people together for one weekend and start a company together. I went to the previous one about 8 months ago and had a good time, even though our company didn’t get past the weekend. This weekend, I think, that we’ll actually be starting multiple companies, so we’ll see how that goes. If you’re at all morbidly curious, they will apparently be streaming live video all weekend and you can see it here:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rtp-startup-weekend
July 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Unfortunately Die Domain “rtp.startupweekend.org” ist nicht verfügbar.
Do you recommend Wasp Automotive? I have been thinking of switching from Durham Tire, simply b/c it’s closer (plus I heard they like Hondas).
July 14th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Doh! Sorry, it’s http://rtp.startupweekend.com I’ll change it in the post. As for Wasp…
Yes! I *HIGHLY* recommend Wasp Automotive. I think they are probably the best mechanic shop in the triangle area. They won’t be as cheap as some places on some things, but then again every time my check engine light
comes on (and it does about every few months for one reason or another) they read and clear the code for me for free. They’re unfailingly honest about everything, they won’t try to make more work than you need, and they won’t talk down to you.
And, they’ve got free wifi and lots of Apple Macs around the place.
And yeah, from what I understand they’re really good with Hondas. They specialize in imports, so Hondas, Subarus, Toyotas, etc…. They’ve got different mechanics that specialize on each type of car so you know they familiar with things.
July 14th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Awesome, thanks! You had me at “unfailingly honest”!