Thomas Korte

Construction: Final Releases and Waiver of Lien (free forms)

Thomas Korte — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:18:13 +0000

If you ever do any construction in California, you are likely to get some “Preliminary 20-Day Notice“. Basically a way for contractors and their sub contractors to get money from you by pulling a lien on your property.

It can be especially surprising if you get the notice from a supplier or subcontractor that you are not even aware off. Anyway, when you get one and you have paid the contractor, make sure you have them sign a “Waiver of Lien”. I am using this form “FULL UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER“.

Once you have completed the project, I have also started to have contractors sign a “FINAL RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIEN” form. Please use these forms at your own risk - you may want to have a layer review the forms; but a bad form is still better than none at all.

Good luck, and I hope you never have to use these forms ….

Banks go back to 1999: no more e-copy, back to paper statement - WTF?

Thomas Korte — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:43:32 +0000

I just got this: No more electronic copies of my statement: back to paper copies? Are they kidding?

Dear XXXX,

Important information regarding your The Home Depot credit card account ending in XXXX

You are a valued customer, so we want to make sure you have received the following important information. As a reminder, effective with your July statement, we will no longer provide an electronic copy of The Home Depot credit card account statement to your online payment service or bank website. You will, however, continue to receive paper statements.

You can make credit card account payments at any The Home Depot store or continue to make payments through your bank’s online service. Please note that recurring payment settings may need to be re-established.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Sincerely,
The Home Depot Credit Services Customer Service
1-866-875-5488

“Post to Twitter” from every page of your blog

Thomas Korte — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:46:19 +0000

I just saw a link on a site that asked me to spread the word via twitter about a signup I just completed and I immediately thought that this would be a nice addition to any blog.

Here is the WP code I added to the bottom of the post template. Replace the thomask with your twitter alias and feel free to use it.

%20%3E%20”>Post to Twitter

To try it out click on the link below “Post to Twitter”.

Angels will listen to any idea …

Thomas Korte — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:37:59 +0000

12 cool espresso machines

Thomas Korte — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:11:56 +0000

Customizable wordpress theme for Adsense

Thomas Korte — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:11:38 +0000

Alright, I am not a wordpress themes guru, but I tried my luck in creating a completely flexible wordpress theme for AdSense. Take a look

9 Trucks every boy wants

Thomas Korte — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:05:41 +0000

15 Cool Kids Chairs from$15 to $400

Thomas Korte — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:53:43 +0000

Top high-tech angel investor panel discussion

Thomas Korte — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:58:27 +0000

This is a panel discussion from The Global Technology Symposium at Stanford January 30 - February 1, 2008 February 1,

2008 Silicon Valley Angel Investors

Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Panelists: Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder and Chief Architect and Sr. VP, Network Systems, Sun Microsystems; Google’s first investor Ron Conway, Independent Angel Investor, former Founder & Managing Partner of Angel Investors LP Dr. Ian Sobieski, Managing Director, Band of Angels Fund

Link

2007 in Review

Thomas Korte — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:08:29 +0000

took sabbatical
~~quit job~~: decided to change job and work part time
spent a lot of time with Carine and Victor
got married
got a weekend place
became US citizen