October 30, 2011

There were 4 posts published on October 30, 2011 (this is page 1 of 1).

One-way streets and property values

By BigBuzzMedia


I did a little bit of Googling tonight on the issue of one-way streets and property values. It seems that many sites say that one-way streets likely decrease property values:

From the University of Louisville comes Matt Hanka, ABD; and John Gilderbloom, Ph.D.’s paper entitled How One-Way Thinking is Hurting Historic Downtown Neighborhoods (a short but informative read):

One-way streets pose many threats for pedestrian and motorist safety, make city streets seem less safe, disproportionately impact poor and minority neighborhoods, hurt downtown businesses, reduce the property values of homes, and negatively impact the environment and contribute to global warming. Conversions to two-way have already happened in more than 100 cities around the United States.
Continue reading →

White Girl

X – White Girl

She’s blond
Came along the sidewalk
Leave a trail of blue and black
up to you, fighting back

Steel chains, a noose of charms on our necks
I find out nothing when we talk and sit
Blue heart passion and watch the set

Easy to fall, part of your skull starts to break away
Cheaters walk down the block behind this evil street
Continue reading →

Luck Is Just the Spark for Business Giants

Here’s a fascinating look at the role luck plays in business success.

Recently, we completed a nine-year research study of some of the most extreme business successes of modern times. We examined entrepreneurs who built small enterprises into companies that outperformed their industries by a factor of 10 in highly turbulent environments. We call them 10Xers, for “10 times success.”

The very nature of this study — how some people thrive in uncertainty, lead in chaos, deal with a world full of big, disruptive forces that we cannot predict or control — led us to smack into the question, “Just what is the role of luck?”

via Luck Is Just the Spark for Business Giants – NYTimes.com.

New House bill could kick you and your website off the Internet

More astonishing overreach from our intellectual property overlords and their corrupt cronies in Congress.

The Stop Online Piracy Act also goes by another name: The E-PARASITES Act. It stands for Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation Act. If it passes, that muscle would certainly be available.

Mark A. Lemley is a professor at Stanford Law School and director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology. He says, “What’s remarkable about this provision is that it would allow the government and in many cases private parties to come into court, get a temporary restraining order without the participation of the accused website and shut down not just the infringing material, but the whole website.”

via New House bill could kick you and your website off the Internet | Marketplace From American Public Media.