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« Previous EntriesEbay Should Buy Zillow
Sunday, December 9th, 2007I have been doing some thinking, and have come to the conclusion that ebay has a fantastic opportunity to grow into the real estate market. Its so ridiculously obvious, that I am surprised they haven’t already tried to make an aggressive move into real estate. Over 5 million existing homes are sold each year. The […]
How Much Is A Credit Rating Worth?
Monday, August 27th, 2007Yesterday, I was talking with a friend when I realized something. A credit rating has a value. I guess I never really thought about it before, I just had always assumed that I needed good credit.
We were talking about the current housing bubble, and how much home prices might drop in Phoenix where I live. […]
Going For It On 4th And Long
Monday, August 20th, 2007I just read this article about the upstart UFL. Mark Cuban and some of his rich buddies have begun researching the possibility of competing with the NFL. Mark Cuban is a very smart guy and I know he has a lot of money. Previous efforts to compete with the NFL have failed because they weren’t […]
Someone Found My Where’s George!
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Yesterday I received an email from Where’s George. Someone has entered my dollar into the system. I spent it in Portland, but then it made its way down to California before someone else decided to enter it into the tracker.
I’ll keep you posted on where it goes next.
I’d like to get one of those […]
Listasaurus Is Just Asking For Abuse
Monday, June 11th, 2007I ran across this site today. Its called Listasaurus and it appears to be an up and coming competitor to craigslist. They have an interesting promotion strategy of paying you $0.25 to list your item for sale. Why not? I don’t know how much traffic this site gets, but I wonder if there is a […]
Dell Makes Linux Cheaper Than Windows
Sunday, May 27th, 2007Ever wonder how much your computer would cost if you didn’t have to buy windows with it? Dell answered that question this week by offering a Linux installed PC alongside their current Windows offerings. Dell’s Linux sales page is here.
I went through an configured two equivalent systems except for the OS. One I configured with […]
Don’t Make Money With AGLOCO
Saturday, May 19th, 2007The year is 2000. Everyone and their brother is super excited about this newfangled internet thing. Money is so easy to make on the internet that you have to be an idiot to miss out on the action. Companies are popping up right and left, going IPO on the stock market and striking internet gold.
Around […]
Richer Than AMD
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Since I work for intel, this story caught my attention. Since AMD came into existence in 1969, it has lost around $200 million in total. How is this possible? I would have thought that a 37 year old company would have to actually be in the black to continue functioning for so long. Its pretty […]
Google vs. The Realtors
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Last year, I sold my house on craigslist. Everything worked out pretty well. I didn’t have to deal with Realtors and all their nonsense. I simply listed my house on craigslist and got a few calls. Everyone who came and looked at the house was very nice. I ended up getting an offer from the […]
Those Harvard Guys Are Well Endowed.
Monday, April 9th, 2007I just read that Harvard’s endowment is exceeding $29 billion these days. Thats an incredible amount of money. I don’t really have any experience that could allow me to wrap my brain around just how much money that is.
Because I was curious I looked up the enrollment at Harvard. The University has about 19,000 undergrad […]
