Category Archives: Capitalism

Seattle, rising

Eleven stories above a former parking lot, construction workers are hanging windows on Arizona, the capstone of Amazon.com’s 11-building headquarters in South Lake Union. Since Amazon’s move to the neighborhood was announced in December 2007, the company has taken leases … Continue reading

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How to Use the Internet to Save 15% on Your Rent

Since 2008, I’ve dropped over $150 from my rent payment through a simple feed from Craigslist. Here’s how I did it. Continue reading

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Seventeen07: From pretentious to desperate

Update Oct. 20, 2008: The auction was yesterday. Matt at Urbnlivn reports that 14 of the 17 units sold, while 3 were held back. No word on prices yet. Update Oct. 21, 2008: According to the Daily Journal of Commerce, … Continue reading

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When Starbucks competes with itself

At my local QFC supermarket there’s a Starbucks counter just inside the entrance. They sell coffee beans for $10.49 a pound, in bags of a pound, pre-measured and sealed. In the coffee aisle of that same QFC, they sell Starbucks … Continue reading

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Planning a trip the 21st-century way

In June and July 2008, I’m going from Seattle to Providence to New York to Rome to Tuscany to Venice to New York to Seattle with a backpack full of digital goodies. Continue reading

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