Friday, August 19, 2011

IKEA MALM 6-Drawer Chest

Thumbs down on the assembly for this furniture.  The shell of this furniture is very sturdy, but the braces that hold it together are made of very cheap pressboard.  You have to put one side together and then try and match up about 30 screws. The sides are extremely heavy and the pressboard is extremely week. The slightest movement causes the pressboard braces to split at the ends............this is 100% worthless. I would not recommend this product at all.  Dear IKEA, spend the extra 3 dollars and wood and charge me $6 for, it would have been worth the extra money for me.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40053930#/10103347/

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Houston Lofts At The Ballpark - Life so far

Day three, locked bicycle stolen from the bicycle rack inside the gate controlled parking garage
Internet Access:  This location is only serviced by Direct TV and AT&T.  So your options are limited to DSL/UVERSE and all of the limitations associated with DSL.  Also office staff said if I signed up for Uverse I could be assured that I could get it done in three days because we had a rep with AT&T that could push the move date up.  Ordered Uverse on 8/3/11 install date set for 8/24.  Called the rep like the office instructed...........rep could not do anything to move the date up.
On the positive side so far it has been pretty quite here, not too much in the way of disturbances.

Update 8/17/11
Upstairs neighbor must be doing front flips because it sounds like he / she is walking with horseshoes on.  (Can't really blame this on the apartment complex, just someone being raised poorly
Update 9/5/11
Got another locked bicycle stolen from the parking garage.  This one didn't matter too much.  I must give the Lofts at the Ballpark credit, because I highly doubt the thieves would have carried off the cut lock.