05 May 2002

Don’t trust Verisign

Read this, this and this. Then, if you agree, blog it: Verisign. Oh, and if you’re looking for a trustworthy domain registrar, the MetaFilter thread is an excellent place to start.

Uprooted

Wednesday. Our landlords inform us they’re selling our property and we have two months to find a new place. We’ve lived here 2 and a half years. It’s the best place we’ve ever had.

Coincidentally, the previous day someone contacted me asking me what our flat was like — they’re thinking of buying a property in our housing estate and found, through a web search, my contact details on this site. I painted a very positive picture. The next day I heard we’re losing it. Thankfully, the flat they’re considering isn’t ours. But I’m envious — I’d love to be able to buy here.

Saturday. We found a place. It’s 2 blocks from here, and very nice. We took it. It’s sinking in, though, that it’s not as nice as this one. Not only that, but in the last 2½ years rents have increased 25% at least. So we’re 100 quid worse off each month. I’m trying to ward off creeping depression.

Not looking forward to the big move in 3 weeks.