Unplugr » Trouble http://unplugr.com Pulling the plug on a broken world Mon, 28 May 2007 21:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 condohype http://unplugr.com/archives/14/condohype http://unplugr.com/archives/14/condohype#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 20:57:58 +0000 Dethe http://unplugr.com/archives/14/condohype condo_collage.jpg

I’m loving this new blog that savages the vacuous marketing behind the condos that are springing up all around Vancouver like mushrooms in cow shit:

condohype [via Rob Cottingham]

First impressions are important and Origin’s is one of timeless elegance, thanks to West Coast-inspired architecture and enduring, natural-looking materials like timber, brick and Hardie plank siding.

“Natural-looking materials?” Oh no they didn’t. Oh no they did! You heard it here first, friends. Fibre board is now the new oak.

]]> http://unplugr.com/archives/14/condohype/feed 0 Real Estate Roller Coaster – Google Video http://unplugr.com/archives/9/real-estate-roller-coaster-google-video http://unplugr.com/archives/9/real-estate-roller-coaster-google-video#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:54:34 +0000 Dethe http://unplugr.com/archives/9/real-estate-roller-coaster-google-video This is brilliant: Home prices from 1890 to the present, adjusted for inflation, and plotted to a roller coaster. What a wild ride, and a great way to visualize the raw data.

Real Estate Roller Coaster – Google Video

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