Archive for: April 2008

April 11, 2008

The Future of Realtors in France

In my blog over at New Bricks and Pantiles - I am taking stock about the work I am doing in selling real-estate.

I mention some of the techniques on the Internet which a buyer can use to search for …

April 10, 2008

How To Buy A House part 1

Filed under: Real Estate - 10 Apr 2008

Perhaps I should title this “How To Find a House To Buy” as buying a house is easy - you simply pay for it and it is yours (more or less).

But finding a house means looking, researching, meeting - part …

April 9, 2008

Browser beaten

Filed under: Techie Stuff - 09 Apr 2008

It is said that “You are judged by the friends who you keep” - in todays world  it may be more correct to say “We are known by the browser you use”.

I have not used a Microsoft Browser as my …

Rental Wanted in France

It has been a frustrating month (year, life ?) - property prices seem to be all over the place but people are still coming on vacation and I am told bookings are good.

I am having a lot of delays in …

April 8, 2008

Advertising on Google Base

Filed under: Techie Stuff, coast country france, fruk - 08 Apr 2008

Google has so many facets, it is like looking at the world though a decanter stopper.

First there was Froogle and then Google Base - the new Google API looks interesting and their online services are now being offered offline  - …

April 7, 2008

Cash Under The Table

Two things in life are unavoidable - and one of them is taxes. Avoiding paying tax is a national sport, but evading taxes is a criminal activity and in France can mean big fines and prison, luckily the guillotine is …

April 6, 2008

Jumping Frogs

Filed under: Bookmarks, Techie Stuff - 06 Apr 2008

The interaction between Web2 sites can be complex and is certainly time consuming -I am  trying to get Ma.gnolia and Technorati to talk to each other and have to put this snippet -Technorati Profile - into this note …

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