False advertising
Throughout the day on WINA, I hear commercials stating the splendors of Old Trail Village, with townhouse prices starting at $175,000 and single family homes from $300,000 up to one million. Ha. They might have been $175k before they hit the market, but certainly not…
A way to make New Urbanism work
My decision to inhabit just 100 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment, and because I just do not want to maintain a lot of unused or unusable space. Nifty concept - Tumbleweed…
Bloodhound
I've never seen a bloodhound searching for a bad guy before. Apparently the Wachovia near my office was robbed a little while ago. Detectives, bloodhounds, excitement! DP is first.
Taking notes by hand
This is real-estate related only because this is how I work. Except I have a yellow spiral notepad, closed with a big binder clip. As tech-savvy as I am, I haven't found a substitute for pen and paper. The biggest shortcoming is I have not…
Photos from Baghdad
A good friend of mine is in Baghdad and he just posted these photos at Kodak's site. You have to login to see them (login is jimATjduncanrealestate.com/jimjim) but it's worth it. Here and here. I wish he had put them on Flickr, but oh well.
Cell Phone towers
To add to my recent research on cell phone service providers ... this great site which lists cell phone towers in the area. (Thanks, Boing Boing!)