Archive for June, 2006

Marmol Radziner PreFab Wins 2006 IDEA Award

Desert House

Modernist prefab designer/builder Marmol Radziner was awarded the 2006 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the Environmental category. The IDEA awards are among the world’s most prestigious. They are awarded yearly by the Industrial Designers of America.
Marmol Radziner prefabricated steel frame homes are:
made from recycled steel and are completed in our […]

Help Save Bell Labs From The Wrecking Ball

Bells Labs Holmdel, NJ facility has been sold by Lucent Technologies & will be demolished soon. And no one cares. It should be protected on the National Register of Historic Sites or converted to a museum.
The scientists & engineers of Bell Labs brought seminal technological discoveries to the marketplace— technology […]

Craigslist $10 NYC Broker Fee Forum Update

Many of you may have noticed that Craiglist has taken down the link for the $10 NYC Broker fee. Why? Bad press? It’s still live but there is no visible link to it unless you bookmarked the link.
So here it is: http://forums.craigslist.org/?forumID=20040204
Here’s a recent thread from the General Craigslist forum re: NYC
nyc All […]

How To Take A Screenshot With Windows

Here’s a 5 step guide to taking screenshots with Windows. Obvious stuff to all the pros out there, but not everyone is a pro. So here goes.
1. First find the web page you want to copy. Line it up on the screen as you would want to copy it. […]

Real Estate Auctions: Are Realtors Dead Meat?

I DON’T THINK SO!
But someone in the Craigslist discussion forum seems to think so.
Auctions are an option for sellers, but not a replacement for Real Estate Agents. Does anyone agree with Mr. Penguinlovers comment?
Update:
I didn’t think so…

Wire Links

AP (Associated Press)
Architect Unveils Details of Freedom Tower: New design for 1,776′ tower.
Reuters:
Coming Soon–Mind Reading Computers: Will read facial expressions so marketers know when to sell you something. (see 10 Ways to Spot a Liar)
UPI (United Press International)
The Web: The Age of Individualized Adverts: custom e-mail among new ways to target individual […]

Inman Innovator Finalists Selected

Congrats to all the Inman Innovator finalists!
Although we were nominated in the Most Innovative New Business Model category, we are not surprised we were not selected as a finalist. I think your site actually has to be “live” in order to be considered
The 2006 Inman Innovator Award finalists in nine categories […]

Money Links

25 New Ways to Use RSS (Lab.arc90)
A-Z of Professional Blogging (ProBlogger)
Doodle and draw yourself towards a commission with Quickmaps (Real Estate Blog Pro)
The Art of the Start Video (blog.guykawasaki)
Free Adsense EBook (MyMoneyBlog)
BloggerCon: Bloggers and Money (ZDNet.com) Outline Notes here.
Adsense Case Study:FunnyVids (Workboxers)
Don’t Be Fooled: 421A Tax Abatement (UrbanDigs)

Smart Keywords: How to Talk to Google Spiders

To rank high in search engines use the most popular keywords people search in your business in the optimum density. Google, MSN, Yahoo, Ask.com and other search engines use spiders to seek out keywords and analyze their usage & density. Here are two websites with tools to help you analyze keywords.
The first is […]

Playboy Playmate Sues Blogger For Libel

Innocence seeking refuge in the Arms of Justice, (oil on canvas) Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (1779)

We found this story through our friend Christine at NY Houses 4 Sale blog.
It seems James Poling, author of BlogNYC made the mistake of invoking the wrath of Playboy Playmate, author(16 books) & psychic Stephanie Adams. Exactly […]