Construction: Final Releases and Waiver of Lien (free forms)

If you ever do any construction in California, you are likely to get some “Preliminary 20-Day Notice“. Basically a way for contractors and their sub contractors to get money from you by pulling a lien on your property.

It can be especially surprising if you get the notice from a supplier or subcontractor that you are not even aware off. Anyway, when you get one and you have paid the contractor, make sure you have them sign a “Waiver of Lien”. I am using this form “FULL UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER“.

Once you have completed the project, I have also started to have contractors sign a “FINAL RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIEN” form.  Please use these forms at your own risk - you may want to have a layer review the forms; but a bad form is still better than none at all.

Good luck, and I hope you never have to use these forms ….

June 15, 2008 | Filed Under Thoughts | Post to Twitter |  

Banks go back to 1999: no more e-copy, back to paper statement - WTF?

I just got this: No more electronic copies of my statement: back to paper copies?  Are they kidding?

Dear XXXX,

Important information regarding your The Home Depot credit card account ending in XXXX

You are a valued customer, so we want to make sure you have received the following important information. As a reminder, effective with your July statement, we will no longer provide an electronic copy of The Home Depot credit card account statement to your online payment service or bank website. You will, however, continue to receive paper statements.

You can make credit card account payments at any The Home Depot store or continue to make payments through your bank’s online service. Please note that recurring payment settings may need to be re-established.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Sincerely,
The Home Depot Credit Services Customer Service
1-866-875-5488

June 12, 2008 | Filed Under Environment & Energy, Uncategorized | Post to Twitter |  

“Post to Twitter” from every page of your blog

I just saw a link on a site that asked me to spread the word via twitter about a signup I just completed and I immediately thought that this would be a nice addition to any blog.

Here is the WP code I added to the bottom of the post template.  Replace the thomask with your twitter alias and feel free to use it.

<a href=”http://twitter.com/home?status=Reading%20%40thomask: <?php the_title(); ?>%20%3E%20<?php the_permalink() ?>”>Post to Twitter</a>

To try it out click on the link below “Post to Twitter”.

May 31, 2008 | Filed Under Thoughts | Post to Twitter |  

Angels will listen to any idea …

<div><a href='http://www.omnisio.com'>Share and annotate your videos</a> with Omnisio!</div> <p>

May 31, 2008 | Filed Under Angel Investing | Post to Twitter |  

12 cool espresso machines


May 6, 2008 | Filed Under Lists | Post to Twitter |  

Customizable wordpress theme for Adsense

Alright, I am not a wordpress themes guru, but I tried my luck in creating a completely flexible wordpress theme for AdSense. Take a look


May 5, 2008 | Filed Under Google | Post to Twitter |  

9 Trucks every boy wants


April 6, 2008 | Filed Under Lists | Post to Twitter |  

15 Cool Kids Chairs from$15 to $400


February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Lists | Post to Twitter |  

Top high-tech angel investor panel discussion

This is a panel discussion from The Global Technology Symposium at Stanford January 30 - February 1, 2008 February 1,

2008 Silicon Valley Angel Investors

Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Panelists: Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder and Chief Architect and Sr. VP, Network Systems, Sun Microsystems; Google’s first investor Ron Conway, Independent Angel Investor, former Founder & Managing Partner of Angel Investors LP Dr. Ian Sobieski, Managing Director, Band of Angels Fund

Link

February 20, 2008 | Filed Under Angel Investing | Post to Twitter |  

2007 in Review

January 10, 2008 | Filed Under Thoughts | Post to Twitter |  

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