Holmes on... software?
1st Apr 2008 | Tags: programming holmes
HGTV in Canada produces a tv show called Holmes on Homes that follows general contractor Mike Holmes as he visits failed renovations, provides commentary on the sorry situation of the work done, and then goes about fixing them.
I was recommended to the series by a friend of mine, who has suggested that the shows and situations very often have a correlation to the world of software development. After seeing the first four episodes, I decided he was right, that all the episodes I’ve seen have direct quotes that are applicable, and that I should start blogging them.
So, consider this the “front page” article on this, I’ll fill in the individual episode links as I get around to them. The list of episodes is just the ones I have available to watch (on DVD or from HGTV) at the moment.
Season One
- Additional Grief
- Soggy Sorority
- Botched Basement
- Attica! Attica / Crappy Capping
- Flimsy Floor
- Kitchen Catastrophe
- Window Pain
- Faulty Showers
- Tiles and Tribulations
- Site Unseen
- Sweet Home Abandoned
- Whole House Disaster
Season Two
- Terrible Terrace
- Drafty Ducting
- Ramp Revamp
- Flooded Foundation
- Garage Grievance
- Lamin-Ain’t
- Roof Goof
- Floor Fiasco
- Doozy Jacuzzi
- No Grout About It
- Jacking the Box
- Access Denied
- Hell’s Kitchen
- Holmes for the Holidays
Season Five
- Holmes Inspection
- Showing the Cracks
- What a Mesh
Season Six
- Due Date
- Frozen Assets
- Gone to Pot
- Lack of Truss
- Clean Slate
- Completely Incomplete
- Nashville Kitchen
- Pasadena 911
- Shaky Foundation
- Stone Walled
- Third Time Lucky
Season Seven
- Hit the Deck
- Rocky Reno
- Paradise Island
Specials/Unaired
- Lien on Me