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Heat Map Of Rental Prices Based On Craiglist Listings

In a project born out of "boredom" and an experience with a landlord that was facing foreclosure due to gambling on an ARM, grad student Ethan Garner created CraigStatsSF, a site that visualizes craiglist San Francisco rental listings. He writes:
As I started looking for places, I noticed everything that used to be for rent was now for sale due to the same foreclosure effect that happened to my landlord.
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12:00 PM on Mon Jul 23 2007
By Meg Marco
6,596 views, 13 comments

shopping

Search Multiple City Craigslists At Once

Crazedlist.org lets you search across multiple Craigslist city pages at the same time. More »
brown bagging

Philadelphia BYOB Google Map

Philly's BYOB Google Mashup shows what restaurants you can brown bag it in the city of brotherly love. They even show the nearest liquor store! More »

2:59 PM on Thu Nov 2 2006
By Ben Popken
304 views, 1 comment

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Chicago BYOB Dining Google Map

Brown-bagging it is a time-honored money-saving tradition for alcoholic nonconformists. Dr. Vino's new Google Map mashup shows what Chicago-area restaurants let you be a BYOB cheapskate. More »

2:17 PM on Thu Oct 5 2006
By Ben Popken
191 views, 1 comment

bloodsport

Bloodsport Does Mentos

Although sad that this Jean Claude Van Damme Mentos commercial doesn't end with him punching a tube of Mentos Ricky-Oh style through the spurting torso of his enemies, it's amazing how Mentos-like Van Damme's girly little chase scene from Bloodsport actually is.

6:02 AM on Fri Sep 15 2006
By consumerist.com
30 views, 1 comment

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Consumer-Made Ad Mocks Chevy

With all the bloat and spasmodic jibbering about consumer-generated ads, it's nice to see one backfire. Chevy teamed up with The Apprentice to hold an online contest where you remix video and sound clips to make your own Chevy Tahoe ad. Winners receive their choice various expense paid trips. More »

11:17 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
438 views, 6 comments

gps

Must Bookmark: Google IP Maps

You may have always heard how you can geographically pinpoint where an email came from using IP address but now GeoTool makes it possible for the layman. More »

2:01 PM on Mon Mar 13 2006
By popkin
121 views, 2 comments