Pete Dapkus: Bay Area Houses

California Housing Affordability falls 5 points in November

Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:32:47 GMT

Housing Affordability falls 5 points in November to 30 percent,C.A.R. reports [Housing Bubble]

New home sales fall 15 percent

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:48:34 GMT

New home sales fall 15 percent in January, prices also drop [Housing Bubble]

Real estate market is vulnerable in wartime

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:48:17 GMT

House prices may fall if U.S. goes to war says Wall Street Journal

California detached home price breaks record in Q4

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:48:06 GMT

California detached home price breaks record, sales up 15.8 percent Q4

Home prices keep rising

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:47:55 GMT

The daily Review (Hayward) Feb 14 2003 6:01PM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

Bay Area foreclosure activity up 23 percent, study shows

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:47:40 GMT

Contra Costa Times Feb 13 2003 3:57PM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

Greenspan: Housing bubble - potential problems but not serious ones

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:47:21 GMT

Greenspan testimony: no need to address housing bubble, household debt levels not a cause of concern [Housing Bubble]

Housing Starts rise to highest level since 1986

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:45:41 GMT

Housing Starts rise multi-family home permits fall in latest Commerce Dept data [Housing Bubble]

Middle market housing still rising in Los Angeles and Orange Counties

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:45:33 GMT

Study shows home buyers continue to take advantage of low interest rates as prices continue to rise [Housing Bubble]

California median home price up 17.3 percent, sales ris 0.1 percent

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:45:21 GMT

California home price rises and flat sales raises affordability concerns [Housing Bubble]

Home prices may be at plateau

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:45:14 GMT

The daily Review (Hayward) Feb 21 2003 6:01PM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

California median home price increases 15.9 percent in June

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:45:03 GMT

California median home price hits record $376,260 sales increase 7.2 percent C.A.R. reports [Housing Bubble]

Home prices in Bay Area surge again

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:44:58 GMT

The Argus Jul 24 2003 7:29PM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

Bay Area home sales down, prices steady in February

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:44:51 GMT

Bay Area home sales down 3.5 percent in February prices steady [Housing Bubble]

Area home buying sags

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:44:42 GMT

The daily Review (Hayward) Mar 22 2003 6:01PM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

San Diego realtors fixing prices declares Appeals Court

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:44:31 GMT

Court of Appeals ruled that all five Boards of Realtors in San Diego County fixed prices [Housing Bubble]

California median home price increases 15.9 percent in June

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:43:58 GMT

California median home price hits record $376,260 sales increase 7.2 percent C.A.R. reports [Housing Bubble]

Buying a House?

Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:28:15 GMT

Look into using a buyer broker. [Motley Fool]

Home mortgage lending tightened

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:41:38 GMT

Home mortgage lending tightened residential mortgage demand softens [Housing Bubble]

Housing remains hot in Bay Area

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:29:29 GMT

BayArea.com Jan 31 2003 9:00AM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

Bay Area recovery? Not this year

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:20:17 GMT

San Francisco Chronicle Jan 31 2003 6:12AM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

U.S. economic growth slows, but analysts see good signs

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:14:23 GMT

Globe and Mail Jan 31 2003 4:32AM ET [Moreover - Economics news]

GDP falls to 0.7% in 4th quarter

Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:13:53 GMT

Boston Globe Jan 31 2003 5:54AM ET [Moreover - Economics news]

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:49:39 GMT

Home foreclosures jump 20 percent in Bay Area. BayArea.com Oct 30 2002 6:19PM ET [Moreover - Bay Area news]

Olympus sucks.

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 02:40:03 GMT

So, I bought this Olympus Camedia C3020z. Mostly a nice camera. To go with it, I bought a 128MB smartmedia card for around $100.

I formatted the card in my PC using a smartmedia reader after my first use. Despite the fact that it was easy and even natural to do this (I think I was even prompted for it), this was a mistake. Apparently, an unrecoverable one -- according to Olympus, you can never recover the original format of the card once you've formatted on a PC via a reader. That card works fine, but neither the camera or the bundled software can recover the format required by the camera.

After *much* searching, it appears that if I could write out a nice 128MB FAT12 filesystem (an odd combination to say the least), the camera might be happy again. So far, no luck finding the magic combination of tools, drivers, and operating systems that allows me to do this with my current hardware.

I'm trying to imagine what would make this an acceptable state of affairs for Olympus to subject their customers to this. At the very least, they should have had lots of flashy red warnings on the camera, the manual, and the box they came in.