In another sign of the arrival of the stupendous, i.e. that the internet is changing our world, Engadget some time ago reported on the SellSmart Knockbox real estate selling dohicky.
What is a KNOCKBOX?
A KNOCKBOX is a sleek, self-contained appliance that is placed unobtrusively inside your home for sale. It contains a photographic tour, custom buyer [...]

Posted August 22, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: arrival of the stupendous, electronic real estate information, knockbox, real estate, sell your home, sellsmart, sellsmart knockbox, wifi. 2 Comments.

I’m not much of a gamer, but Matt got me following video game law with curious interest. And now, via ArsTechnica, I’ve learned of crazy things going on in role playing game economies.
To some, the only surprise in Jon Jacobs’s US$100,000 purchase of in-game real estate is that nobody thought of it sooner.
The first thing [...]

Posted November 13, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: $100,000, game, game law, gamer, jon jacobs, mmo, mmorpg, real estate, role playing, role playing game, rpg, space station, video game, virtual economy, virtual real estate, virtual space station. One Comment.

Knowing that everybody wants a missile silo, bari1001 has posted his for sale on eBay (thanks to DefenseTech for the pointer). Silo World has the skinny on Titan 1 silo design, NPR did a story on missile silo homes a few years ago, though most of the silos are empty, abandoned, and dangerous. Still, there [...]

Posted July 30, 2004 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: abandoned, cold war, missile silo, missile silos, real estate. 2 Comments.