Archive for August, 2007
Background Checks on Prospective Tenants
A friend of mine emailed me last night asking about the things to look for when evaluating a housemate. I have done this a couple of hundred times, of course, both for housemates, where you share a kitchen, dishes, mailbox, but are not in a romantic relationship, and for the typical landlord-tenant arrangement, where the [...]
The Art of the Schmooze Part 5: The All Important Smile
This is part 5 of an ongoing series of articles entitled “The Art of the Schmoozeâ€. Here’s a list of the other posts in this series (some are yet-to-be-written; will be updated after completion). Please note that these articles, although certainly useful in all social interactions, are written mostly with salesmanship in mind. Since I’m [...]
Learning MySQL: Designing Databases
A friend of mine is learning PHP and MySQL development the same way I did: by noting a needed application and setting out to write it. I suppose I had a slight advantage, since I have a programming background (PHP is a lot easier to learn if you already know, say, Perl, and understand the [...]
