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To hunt the house you have to think like a house
I went out with Jim (the Realtor) for the first time today and found a couple good prospects, one of which I really liked. We also discovered that there is a ton of crap in East Atlanta, including what seemed like an operational crackhouse for sale. The term “No disclosure” is a big one on property listings.
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This hairstyle is called the Fascist
Check out this piece on youth hairstyles Iranian state TV. There’s a bizarre amount of KISS footage. My favorite quote from the comments
Ironically Gene Simmons has had at least 72 virgins and he didn’t even have to martyr himself.
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Scary quote of the day
From the AJC article Clayton may seek records on all renters
“This is not to say Big Brother is watching,” he insisted. “It says Big Brother is helping.”
It’s not the most intrusive thing that could happen, but bear in mind that in the past 10 years we (the Atlanta Metro Area) have had
- 1 Mayor in jailed on corruption charges
- 1 political assassination of a sheriff
- 1 ex-sheriff convicted of said assassination, along with several deputies
- 1 police shooting of an 87 year old woman based on a perjured warrant
- The creation of a “Tupac Shakur Arts Center” funded by the taxpayers
- Cynthia McKinney’s entire political career
And we should give the government more power?
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I try something new
In accordance with 37 Signals design methodology, I’m designing a new application by designing the interface first. I’ll keep everyone posted.
The project is currently called Socializer, it’s based (somehow) on Bill Clinton’s early networking style.
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Meaningless op-eds masquerading as human interest stories
From the CNN.com article: Muslim women: My headscarf is not a threat after telling a story about rudeness at Walmart while wearing a hijab (which they put in quotation marks for some reason).
Such stories are not altogether uncommon for Muslim Americans.
Wow, not altogether uncommon! I guess it’s not unlike a problem of variable merit. There’s also the annoying use of the term Muslim American (implying ethnicity or nationality) instead of American Muslim.
The rest of the story is of dubious logic and follows the same pattern as all other CNN.com stories about group identity, which is
- An offensive incident
- A quote of data after some seemingly arbitrary date
- Quote from expert
- Further interview with subject, telling everyone that he/she wants to be different while remaining the same.
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Funniest description of my musical ability
From the quite talented (both technically and in performance) Keith Lokey last night
“Your voice isn’t very good, but it is appropriate”.
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Google power
On Friday I created my post on the new NineRodessa.com site. Monday morning I hear from the client that the post is showing up third on Google. Things have changed considerably since the Yahoo and Alta Vista Days.
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A handy link for househunters
It seems that one can search country property records online, Dekalb County (Georgia) is here.
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NineRodessa.com website!
Ever since I went in business for myself (5 years ago now) my largest client has been Nine Rodessa. And we’ve talked about doing a new website since then; happily other projects have taken priority and there has never been enough time to actually build the site. At long last the site has been created and built. It’s a fine mix of high-end design, Flash video and Ajax, all administered via a lovely content administration system. For this type of work I think it’s the finest I’ve ever done.
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Your tax dollars at work
In the form of a brazen retirement scam at the Fulton County Clerks office. Basically the old clerk retires and her successor hires her back at $55 an hour.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution learned through open-records requests and interviews that Hicks is working without a contract, that her new job has no written goals or deadlines and has delivered no tangible work product in six months of employment.
All this and the roads aren’t fixed.