Todd Clarke @ March 24, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The animated short film, LogoRama, just won an Oscar!
Having watched it, I can tell you, it is a bit odd that we are so comfortable with the abundance of logos and retail.
Todd Clarke @ November 24, 2009 # One Comment
Pop Up from abw on Vimeo.
Believe it or not, this office folds flatter than an IKEA flat pack!
Todd Clarke @ October 27, 2009 # 2 Comments
Thanks to Richard David for turning me on to this article about the spaceports status…
Todd Clarke @ September 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
My friends and family will tell you that I’ve recently become a bit obssessed with Teardrop trailers - an offshoot of our family’s fabulous cross-country summer adventure.
My continual search for this perfect Teardrop trailer has yielded this trailer -
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I made a dozen or so trips to China, and can recall many amazing sites and feats [...]
Todd Clarke @ August 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A good friend, developer, proffesor and author friend of mine, Chris Lienberger, wrote a fabulous book titled “Option of Urbanism” a couple of years ago. One of the items I was stunned to learn is that GM designed and presented their vision of a future metropolis - centered around cars.
Some sixty years [...]
Todd Clarke @ August 19, 2009 # One Comment
from the Cool Hunter website comes a possible design for a new W hotel…
The website features several perspectives and layouts on this apartment, which looks like a cross between BladeRunner and Space 1999.
Hey - who is that in my shower?
Todd Clarke @ June 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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Having visisted Graceland right before driving to Asheville, NC to see the Biltmore Estate, it was very clear this house was and still commands the status of an “estate”.
And I must admit that as a destination/tourist magnet, the property is one of the best run venues I’ve been to - on part with [...]
Todd Clarke @ June 4, 2009 # One Comment
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Todd Clarke @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The video does a nice job of summarizing the acceleration of technolgy and its innovation. Couple that with changing demographics (for example, did you know there are more people who speak english in China, than there are people in the United States?
Todd Clarke @ February 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet
AP neswire has a story that indicates that Albuquerque is 5th in the nation for pay.
The compensation experts at Salary.com uncovered the top US cities for building personal net worth by taking into account local salaries, cost of living and unemployment relative to the national average.
The other 4 cities include:
1. Plano, TX
2. Aurora, [...]
Todd Clarke @ February 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Wired Magazine has an article on the upcoming Terminator moved which has been filming in Albuquerque during the last year.
As New Mexico continues to beef up its filming resume, I remain amazed at how many buildings I recognize in various movies. Take this photo for example:
Although the photo shows a post apocalyptic scene of [...]
Todd Clarke @ January 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
How much would you pay to lease land that looked like this?
Not too much I would expect.
You know the old adage in real estate - location, location, location? Well it comes into play here as well.
Although I am a lifelong NM native, and I was born hundred miles due east of Upham, NM [...]
Todd Clarke @ January 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The New York Times has an article about a Hong Kong born/based architect who has maximized his 344 square foot studio apartment. Gary Chang has lived in this apartment for the last 32 years and recently spent over $200,000 improving it to by creating 24 different floorplans, uses and spaces.
He does this [...]
Todd Clarke @ December 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
My thanks to my good friend and fellow Commercial Realtor, Brent Tiano, for sharing this link:
Immigration to the US, 1820-2007 v2 from Ian Stevenson on Vimeo.
The link shows global immigration into the United States from 1820 though 2007…
Todd Clarke @ December 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The latest version of Google Earth has an update to the New York skyline - more realism! Googe Earth blog
Thanks to the folks over at Gizmodo.com for noticing the update.
Todd Clarke @ December 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
There is often a fine line between real estate and personal property.
Manufactured homes are often considerd personal property, unless they are affixed to the ground, wheels removed, and the appear to be even more like real esate if a garage is added.
So what happens when you add a garage to a mobile home [...]
Todd Clarke @ December 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The old adage about location, location, location certainly applies to Upham, NM.
Whats that you say? Where the H-E, double hockey sticks is Uphan? As a native NM who was born not too far from there, I’m afraid to tell you I didn’t know where Upham was until a couple of years ago when the Governor [...]
Todd Clarke @ December 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Tampa Bay Fox News is reporting that NASA has issued a Request for Inquiries for potential uses for three soon to be retired space shuttles. Space shuttles Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour are slated to be mothballed and sold off for approx. $42M each. Shipping is likely to be $6M, and I’m guessing that since these [...]