This week has certainly turned into a clusterfuck of epic proportions.. NYC was a waste of time, mostly because nothing really got done.. I am now absolutely certain that I will no longer be doing custom home theater!
I tried using the RF widgets for the pronto remote, no luck! Tried using IR repeaters and CFL friendly IR receivers, still no luck! So at this point I have invested 22 hours in this pronto system, most of which I can't even bill for!! AAARRRGGGGHHH!!!!!
I left Manhattan at about 12:30AM tired, pissed off and ready to just go home and pass out. So much for going right home and passing out though... I got stuck downtown till 5:30AM!
So I finaly get home to find the only good news I've had in a while, which was the assholes at AQUA PA were coming over to turn my damn water back on.
At about 3PM I go to check the mail, hoping that the $6,000.00 the clients owe me will be there... WRONG! I'm SO FUCKED! So that's it.. I'm not doing custom home theater EVER again! No more web design for anyone other than myself and friends, no more bullshit! I'm going to stick with computers and networking, run it like a dull, boring business, and get paid on time every time!
I'm gonna start being a dick about everything too! Client decides to call 3 hours before an appointment and cancel, he pays $100! Client is late on a payment, he pays $100! All larger jobs will require a credit card number up front, so when a payment is due, I just ping the credit card. I'm done being nice, as it has gotten me absolutely nowhere!
Oh yea... so about 20 minutes ago, I ran over to the coffee shop and guess who's working the counter? Yup.. my ex gf! Just when I think it can't get much worse... Nothing like a reminder of how you fucked up that one good thing you had going..
Anyway.. I think I'm gonna go make loud noise on the guitar, eat dinner and try to pretend my life doesn't closely resemble hell!
I tried using the RF widgets for the pronto remote, no luck! Tried using IR repeaters and CFL friendly IR receivers, still no luck! So at this point I have invested 22 hours in this pronto system, most of which I can't even bill for!! AAARRRGGGGHHH!!!!!
I left Manhattan at about 12:30AM tired, pissed off and ready to just go home and pass out. So much for going right home and passing out though... I got stuck downtown till 5:30AM!
So I finaly get home to find the only good news I've had in a while, which was the assholes at AQUA PA were coming over to turn my damn water back on.
At about 3PM I go to check the mail, hoping that the $6,000.00 the clients owe me will be there... WRONG! I'm SO FUCKED! So that's it.. I'm not doing custom home theater EVER again! No more web design for anyone other than myself and friends, no more bullshit! I'm going to stick with computers and networking, run it like a dull, boring business, and get paid on time every time!
I'm gonna start being a dick about everything too! Client decides to call 3 hours before an appointment and cancel, he pays $100! Client is late on a payment, he pays $100! All larger jobs will require a credit card number up front, so when a payment is due, I just ping the credit card. I'm done being nice, as it has gotten me absolutely nowhere!
Oh yea... so about 20 minutes ago, I ran over to the coffee shop and guess who's working the counter? Yup.. my ex gf! Just when I think it can't get much worse... Nothing like a reminder of how you fucked up that one good thing you had going..
Anyway.. I think I'm gonna go make loud noise on the guitar, eat dinner and try to pretend my life doesn't closely resemble hell!
/thus endeth the lesson