Archive for April, 2007

Real Estate Roller Coaster (literally)

So, what do you get when you mash up 100+ years worth of US real estate pricing data (as researched by a Yale economist), with Atari’s Rollercoaster Tycoon 3? One heck of a roller-coaster ride!

Very creative work from the folks over at speculativebubble.com.

Pay rates for journalists, photographers, and broadcasters

I am enjoying David Krug’s 901am blog more and more each day … and today is no exception. Today, on David’s blog, I found a link to a UK database of common pay rates for journalists (per word/page/article), photographers (per piece/day), and broadcasters.

The Internet .xxx domain … didn’t we try this once?

I have been puzzled in the last few weeks, in watching the commentary floating around about the proposed “.xxx” domain name extension that ICANN was considering - intended to delienate sources of adult content and pornography on the Internet from other sites.  Similar proposals have been made in the US to require that port 80 […]

Apple TV - First Ten Days Review

I’ve had the Apple TV for exactly 10 days now … and I have to say, I’m still quite impressed with the unit and happy with my purchase. Despite some initial difficulties, I definitely stick by my original assessment that it’s a keeper. My thoughts after 10 days …