FRACKINGALACTICA.net dead? by Calhoun

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FRACKINGALACTICA.net dead?

POSTED BY: CALHOUN
UPDATED: Friday, April 7, 2006 15:19
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Thursday, April 6, 2006 12:15 AM

CALHOUN

I seem to be having problems accessing Hakens http://www.frakingalactica.net/main.aspx Is it still alive?

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 12:24 AM

N0SKILLZ

it seems so. i havn't been able to get to it for a couple of months now.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 12:24 AM

TAYEATRA

I noticed this a while ago!

It's not just you... I think it might be dead.

Can anyone confirm this?

Dark Angel, Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Enterprise, Farscape... anything else you'd like to cancel?

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 12:53 AM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Well, it's not exactly dead. It's not alive either. Just sort of in limbo until I can finish enough code to bring the site back online. But I've been very busy lately trying to get my house built. If you're a homeowner, you sort of know what I'm talking about in terms of the amount of time it takes up and the disruption it causes in one's life. BTW, if you're a homeowner, I would very much like to pick your brains about house related subjects.

That's pretty much the status. Galactica is a great series and I really would like to build a great fan community around it just like we did for Firefly. I just have to get some real life projects completed first.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 1:05 AM

CALHOUN

Quote:
Haken wrote:
Thursday, April 06, 2006 00:53

If you're a homeowner, you sort of know what I'm talking about in terms of the amount of time it takes up and the disruption it causes in one's life. BTW, if you're a homeowner, I would very much like to pick your brains about house related subjects.

heheh.. home renovations are my specialty! A while back I decided to retile our bathroom. On the first day I smashed the old tiles out of the shower and was replacing the floor material underneath so grabbed my circular power saw to make the first cut. The saw dug in and spun back straight over my foot. I cut through my new joggers(dont ask me why I was wearing joggers to renovate...)and straight down the centre of my big toe. Ever seen the blade on a power saw? big jagged teeth dont make a nice pretty cut. My big toe was like minced meat.. I spent the whole day in hospital and then had to come home and finish the job barely being able to walk.. we needed the shower back.. heh.

I know this aint relevant to anything here, it just came to mind and I can laugh about it now that im all healed and the house is finished :)

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 1:37 AM

GRIZWALD

Haken, our brains are pickable if we can help, though we are more old-house-restorers than new-house-builders. But oooooh yes, we can empathize with how it can take over your life.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 1:39 AM

MSCKAREN

Yep - sympathetic homeowner here a couple times over. Just went through a year of repairs down here in FL. Currently, battling squirrels in my attic and mole crickets in my lawn. Just a few of the "joys" of home ownership.

That said, I don't ever want to go back to renting and depending on the landlord to get things fixed! It's troublesome but worthwhile to manage it yourself.

From everyone I know who ever built their own home, you must visit the site frequently (daily, if possible) and ensure you're getting the quality you pay so much for.

Personally, I like to buy older (20+ year old homes). I figure if they're still standing in good shape (esp. here in FL), they probably have good infrastructure. I can take care of the cosmetic stuff.

Good luck! I'm looking forward to the Galactica site since I'm becoming a big fan of that show, too.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 6:34 AM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Quote:
Originally posted by msckaren:
Personally, I like to buy older (20+ year old homes). I figure if they're still standing in good shape (esp. here in FL), they probably have good infrastructure. I can take care of the cosmetic stuff.

Our old house was built in 1910 (about 96 years old) and we've maintained it pretty well, but over the years termites had gotten to some of the main beams and the house began to sink as a result of bad soil. From the inside you could tell the house was cracking in half.

We spoke to a few contractors about repairing the house and all told us that it was cheaper to build a new one than to restore because it was a very old house and replacements had to be custom built.

After crunching the numbers and taking into account that we had very young children (3 and 5), we decided to build a new one. Let me tell you, it's definately a new learning experience for us since there's a big difference between repairing a house and building new one.

If you're interested, I have some photos posted on flickr (until I can get a site of my own up). The URL is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/haken

Check it out. Questions and comments are welcome.

Haken

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Friday, April 7, 2006 3:19 PM

MSCKAREN

Wow! It must be rough to see your home get torn down like that.

Are the trenches specifically there to drain water away from the site or are you actually planning to have a moat?!

Could you please push some of that rain over to FL? I'd hate to think we have to wait for another hurricane to break our current 42 day dry spell...

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