August 31, 2004
OpenOffice.org Tools and Software Resources
It's really early in the morning: 4:54am. I've just finished writing up a cool little OpenOffice.org spreadsheet to help calculate ROI on rental properties. Basically it allows a whole bunch of parameters to be set relating to mortgage, expenses, income etc. I've created a new web page to highlight tools that I create in OpenOffice.org. You can download the spreadsheet from there if you're interested. The sample data shows what we did with our house in Elmvale (although not completely since it assumes we were renting it for the full 5 years). Let me know if you would like to see it changed in any way! Next step? Maybe a version for MIDP2.0 devices such as the Palm...
I've made some updates to my list of resources for software professionals.
Posted by mishkin at 04:54 AM
August 30, 2004
A Nice Dinner
Yesterday Melanie and I went out for dinner. Kristine and Celine watched Justice and Haifa for us, and we took Verity along. We went downtown to Kristine's apartment at 57 Charles Street (right beside our old apartment in 55). The kids watched some highlights from the Olympics including some gymnastics. Kristine helped Melanie and I to try to find a restaurant to go to. We were looking for something high-end to have a really nice experience. After looking through a restaurant guide for a while, we decided we would just walk over to Yorkville area and see what we could find. We walked with Verity in the stroller. It was drizzling a bit, but quite warm. Eventually we decided upon Sassafraz. Melanie got a lobster dish and I got a pheasant dish (I've never had pheasant before). We also ordered the soup (sweet potato) and a dessert each. I had a maple cheesecake with cherries. It was amazing: it had just a hint of mint to it which made it a really unique taste. Including tax and tip we spent $150.00 - probably the most I've spent per person on a meal ever. Given that we didn't have any alcohol, you get the idea of how pricy the restaurant is. But overall it was a great experience. Melanie suggested that we do something like that for our aniversary every year.Posted by mishkin at 11:59 PM