Video here. Censorship up close and personal. Kerry’s response.
Archive for the 'News' Category
Free Speech in Florida? Student Tasered at Kerry Q&A
Published by September 18th, 2007 in News and Sellsius Real Estate Blog.There Goes The Neighborhood: Sink Hole Swallows Guatemala Homes
Published by March 3rd, 2007 in News. 4 CommentsNational Geographic reported the news that a 30 story sinkhole gobbled a dozen homes in a poor section of Guatemala City. The cause is unknown but likely due to an underground sewer pipe rupture combined with heavy rains. A new expression was coined on the spot: “You don’t know your ass from a Guatemalan […]
JFK Assassin’s Window Fetches $3 Million
Published by February 18th, 2007 in News, Real estate, Sellsius Real Estate Blog and Unzillowable. 3 CommentsThe alleged window used by Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate John F. Kennedy has been sold for $3 million. The Texas Schoolbook Depository is privately owned and the family sold the window on e-bay. Sometimes, even a window can be unzillowable because of its provenance.
Source: BBC News.
Don’t Eat The Yellow, Orange Or Pink Snow
Published by February 5th, 2007 in News, Russia, Science, Sellsius Real Estate Blog and Weird News. 5 CommentsOrange snow in Siberia
Watch out where the huskies go, and don’t you eat that yellow snow. (lyrics, Frank Zappa)
On January 31st, orange snow fell is several remote areas of Western Siberia. Officials said the unusual orange color was caused by the presence of mud and sand common in the Kazakh steppe but posed […]
Cure For The Airport Layover Blues: YOtel
Published by January 29th, 2007 in Business, Hotels, News, Real Estate News, Sellsius Real Estate Blog and Technology. 6 CommentsHate those long airport layovers? What about waiting hours in the terminal to catch that red eye? Well, YOtel is the cure for those airport blues. These comfy quarters will be located within the airport terminal and available for 4 hour blocks (with hourly extensions available) at a cost of about $50. […]
YouTube To Give Cash Back To Its Community
Published by January 28th, 2007 in Advertising, News, Sellsius Real Estate Blog, Technology and Video. 3 CommentsWeb 2.0 behemoth YouTube will share ad revenue with people uploading original video to the site. YouTube founder Chad Hurley told the BBC, the revenue sharing plan was designed to “reward creativity“. The adverts will include short pieces inserted at the beginning of clips. Watch for new Tivo-like technology to bypass these […]
The Webbies are back. Votes for the 7th Annual Weblog Awards can be cast until February 2. Click here to cast your votes. Winners will be announced March 12. The Grand Prize, awarded in 4 categories, is 2007 Lincolns (not the car, the penny).
Alas, there is no category for real estate.
Deep Throats Wanted
Published by January 23rd, 2007 in News, Real Estate 2.0 and Reporters Wanted. 29 CommentsHere’s the deal. We’re looking for juicy real estate related “insider” tips and news—The real estate news or photos you would sell to the Real Estate Enquirer if such a publication existed. Send it to us and we’ll post it with a credit to you or anonymously, if you prefer to keep […]
ShackPrices Adds Text Search Feature
Published by January 16th, 2007 in News, Residential Real Estate and Search. 4 CommentsOnline real estate search site ShackPrices just added a Text Search feature to help consumers better locate specific property traits. Want a fixer, type it in the Text search box and any in the database will be displayed. I typed in “waterfront fixer” and found several properties that fit that description. Want to exclude certan […]
Bloggers Wage War on San Francisco Talk Radio Hosts
Published by January 15th, 2007 in Copyright, News, Radio and bloggers.The keyboard is mightier than the sword.
Bloggers banded together to challenge certain San Francisco talk radio hosts at KSFO-AM for making insensitive racial & religious remarks. Led by Spocko, of Spockosbrain blog, they copied & distributed clips of the shows to advertisers, asking them to pull their ads from KSFO.
The radio station counter-attacked the […]
