Things that make me happy
To balance my last entry, here are some things that I'm really happy about. Things that I have noticed myself thinking were above and beyond expectations, but that I rarely take the time to share about with others.
- Eastlink Cable's high-speed internet service. They have always had good service with competative prices, and well-managed servers with good policies. Their mail server isn't an open relay, and they don't firewall customers too agressively. However, recently, they must have upgraded their bandwidth, because I have noticed my download speeds really increasing. It is no longer uncommon for me to be able to download 6 or 8 files simultaneously and sustain rates of 80 kB/s or more on each download. Yesterday I had a bittorrent download reach 400 kB/s - that's 350 MB in less than 30 minutes!
- Matt Cammeart and Sharpe Blackmore. I did three shows with them this week for Volvo Canada, and Matt was really easy to work with. He was clear in his expectations and he treated me very well. Thanks, Matt for making a long week an enjoyable one.
- The superintendents in my building, Vlad and his wife Natalia. If Templeton Place Ltd has any smarts they'll hold on to them. They are always very pleasant understanding and accommodating. They are on the ball with routine cleaning and maintenance, and they seem to know almost everybody's name.