Broback's Blog

Carbonite Mac is a royal pain. Still can’t turn it off. Uninstall process they describe here fails. Insidious app. http://bit.ly/upI2 # @sugarsync Mac SS just updated itself to 1.5.1.44861 etc etc. So…. resource fork data retained now? # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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For years now, the bulk of my reading has been done via an ipod shuffle, which on a daily basis ingests audio versions of The Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and long emails I don’t want to print out. Thanks to the built in text-to-speech capabilities of the Macintosh, I can now “read” just about […]

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Selling some real estate? Unless you’re a high-powered atty, think twice about hiring a photographer for promotion. http://bit.ly/iYRT # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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The York Times has the latest numbers here. Magazine ad revenues down 11% since 2005.  Back in the 90’s when our little company was spending up to a million dollars a year on marketing, we wouldn’t go near a print ad, unless we were given the space. Even then, we were reluctant, as the effort […]

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At a buddy’s house. He just poured me a glass of 1988 – Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou(!) http://bit.ly/6YMG # Massive surge in divorces among the well-heeled, particularly marriages where the couple has differing citizenships http://bit.ly/zk8X # When home valuations drop, “get moving and petition” your real estate tax valuation. http://bit.ly/3C6K # Mac Excel 2008 worthless for […]

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Seattle home sellers “blink” again. More and more are selling at a loss. A flood of rental inventory can’t be helping. http://bit.ly/46nGba # @Dropbox does dropbox retain finder metadata? We need labels, comments, etc. for our workgroup. # Virgin America has lost $270.2 million on sales of $311.7 million since it began service in August […]

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WSJ: “Job Loss in the Age of Blogs and Twitter” http://bit.ly/CnGI # WSJ says GiftCardRescue.com lets you buy/sell/exchange gift cards. http://bit.ly/bIrr # Christian Bale has an extended and significant temper tantrum over an apparent nothing. Audio here. http://bit.ly/1kiAqO # Ahhh. Miss the old days of living in Seattle. The rich urban tapestry: http://bit.ly/PsE7 # Powered […]

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Seattle Bubble just posted about the recent numbers out from Zillow. Zillow’s analysis found that 29 percent of homes in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area sold at a loss during the final three months of 2008. They present the year over year depreciation on a crude map, which didn’t really help me see how specific neighborhoods were […]

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Microsoft sues a employee for spying. Apparently the accused wanted evidence that MS was ripping off his patents. http://bit.ly/1SAnW # In VA, the foreclosure rate is 3 1/2 times greater in mostly black neighborhoods. http://bit.ly/ymcg The Cause?: http://tinyurl.com/4clng5 # Loved the Hulu ad during the Superbowl… http://bit.ly/2jVm # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Economist mag: Expanded birth control = the opposite of economic stimulus. http://bit.ly/4xweyO # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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