Archive for June, 2007

Create Dramatic Curb Appeal With Landscape Lighting

Landscape lighting, or nightscaping, is curb appeal after dark. When installed using various lighting techniques, it adds a whole new dimension to a home. It is an art form. Here’s how to dress up a house for an Open House at night.

Illuminate walkways and paths
Accent focal points such as architecture, stonework, specimen plants, […]

Grade Your Website or Blog: Website Grader

Website Grader is a free SEO reporting tool. It will score your blog or website on various criteria in Google, Yahoo, Alexa, Technorati, delicious. You can also be scored based on your keywords. Register for more features while they’re still free. We ran Website Grader to show the report card they give. Try […]

Access Your Bookmarks From Any Computer

Here’s yet another reason to love Firefox. You can save your bookmarks and access them from any computer, or your Blackberry. It’s fast and easy.
First, click Bookmarks from the toolbar. Next, click Manage Bookmarks:

From the Bookmarks Manager, click File, then Export:

Now, Save the file (I usually save to Desktop so I don’t […]

Back to the Future of Real Estate


Why You Should Advertise on Coffee Cups

I’ll bring the donuts, you bring the coffee.

Coffee cups are ubiquitous everywhere. But that’s only one reason to advertise on them. Another is because coffee stimulates the brain and makes it receptive to information. It also enhances memory.
A 2005 study by Austrian scientists using fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) showed that caffeine boosts […]

How to Sell the Worst House in Town

Ten months on the market and still not sold.  And despite 3 price reductions, not a single offer.
What’s an owner to do? Well, Angela & Dave Hruby decided to create a website called the worst house in Edina in the hopes that accentuating the negative can’t hurt this listing. It’s a […]

Blog Fiesta : You’re Invited

Blog Tour USA will party with Mile High City bloggers on July 18th at Rembex Blog Fiesta, a meet-up organized by Todd Carpenter of lenderama. Join us, Todd, Kristal Kraft, Rob Blake and up to 60 more Colorado blogoholics for a guacamole good time. It’s free. Just register here to guarantee yourself […]

New Concrete Building Material Lets Light In: LiTraCon

LiTraCon (light transmitting concrete) is an innovative building material which lets light pass through it. It’s made by weaving thin optical fibers (about 4%) through fine concrete. The glass blends with the concrete to form a new substance which is likely to have interesting applications in home building. Artists should have fun […]

Google Allows Opt-Out of Street Views, Will Zillow Follow Suit?

Google has announced it will allow people to Opt-Out of its newly launched Street Views.
Google Maps‘ Street Views option shows 360 degree street level photographs, including people on the street. It’s another step toward global transparency, or invasion of privacy, depending on how you see it (or how you’re being seen). Legally, Courts have […]

10 Essential Google Search Tips

Use Google search more efficiently with these search engine tips. Share other tips you have used.
1. Use quotation marks to search for the exact phrase “co-op board rejection”
2. Use the pipe (|) for an either/or search (or use the word “or”): fsbo|by owner.
3. Use two periods (..) to find information within a number range, […]