An engineer joins a project. They’re smart, credentialed, and prepared to hit the ground running. But then weeks get spent just understanding how the team works, what tools everyone is using, and why things are done a certain way. A few weeks later they start to become productive. A month after that, they’re truly integrated…
Full screen ads get a bad reputation. And rightly so in some instances. We’ve all been there, reading an article, playing a game, and boom, the entire screen gets hijacked by an ad and no matter how many times you slam your hand down on the “X” button, you’re stuck watching (at best) a ridiculous…
Most people never look at their home like a storm would. You see paint and siding. A storm sees vulnerable spots, tiny openings, and materials that breakdown more each season. The hard part is that significant damage doesn’t make itself known. When leaks grow big enough to worry about or structural concern starts forming, it…
Owning an older home is a bit of a blessing and a curse. You get all the charm, quality construction, and attention to detail that new construction lacks. However, you fall victim to maintenance of such aged details without realizing it. The systems supporting a home were not necessarily designed for today’s capabilities. While the…
Yards tend to fall in one of two camps: they’re too well landscaped with a variety of expensive additions that all looked great in the planning stage but go unused, or they’re empty because no one ever got around to doing anything with them. The happy medium rarely exists, but you don’t need a bank…
Football shirts have a way of getting to you. It starts with your club’s home kit; then you see a nice away one, and before you know it, you’re looking at retro designs and even international ones. The issue, however, is that official football shirts are not cheap. New kits cost between £60-90, which means that…
Owning property means so much more than a roof over your head. Equity is something most people don’t think about until they need it; as one makes their mortgage payments month after month, their appreciation grows increasingly favorable. Currently, many Canadian homeowners are shocked to learn that their amassed equity is liquid cash in their…
There’s something about an outdoor wedding that hits differently. Perhaps it’s the open air and light, the blowing breeze, the less formal vibe on a black-tie occasion. Whatever it is, couples and their guests keep coming back to the same sentiment that such celebration creates moments that last well beyond the final dance. The trend toward outdoor…
Often, when people think of major renovations in their homes, they imagine sprawling aesthetic transformations that will inevitably transform their home values over time. This isn’t necessarily true. While there are some renovations that will pay off in the long run – decreasing expenses and increasing home valuation by thousands – others leave people sunk…
Every hiker has found themselves in this situation at least once. A familiar trail has taken longer than expected – you lingered a moment too long at a viewpoint, the terrain is tougher than you planned, whatever the case – it’s sunset and that glorious view has now turned to shadows on the ground. As…
