The sitemeter is terrifying, yet so wicked awesome and I miss all the spam-like content hanging on the edges. This is like so different, so sparse yet consolidated, so calculated, such risk taking, yet so intuitive and easy, so new, so blue like IBM, yet not.
Once again the sitemeter is highly terrifying, i.e, I can't believe all these people are blogging from Tennessee with such old systems...I kinda figgered, but wow, reality is never a downer!
Good on yah cousins! I almost wanna call yah homeskillets, but maybe weneed to just be cool, as this is way over the top, but it is a nice change and it is nice to come here to read your stuff!
Again, the sitemeter freaks me out, but one must adapt and learn new skills!
Which is more disturbing? That there are so many grateful iPhoniacs that you feel the need to accommodate us or that those of us who have PDAs feel the need to access CR that much. Regardless, thanks.
Looks nice. One thing is that the font of the subject lines of the blogs on the right is a bit small. I have to admit that I come to this site to "launch" most of my daily economics blog readings.
I like it. The only complaint I have is that comments open in a new window automatically... if I want to open something in a new window, my browser gives me easy ways to do that (this is a pet peeve of mine).
Anyhow, great work, this site rules and the cosmetic presentation is easily above average too.
One suggestion I have is to make the seperation between posts more apparent. Maybe leave a bit more gap or insert a divider or something... in my eyes, everything looks like one large post that is flowing continuously...
Nice except the header of each topic looks weird and doesn't look like a header (because the author row is of a different color, the header seeemed to be separated from the topic itself)
In all seriousness congratulations on a good change in upgrading the site. From an economist point of view, would this be considered as "paying a one time fee in consumer confusion to head off future inefficiencies due to a change in deep market functioning?"
anyway, best of luck with the new site, you made a random person look seriously at economics, so I guess it's a win all around.
Still, home sales are sharply down from a year ago when 5,096 homes were sold in April. In raw numbers there were 3,647 home sales last month, but that reflects a five-week HomeData reporting period. Adjusted to reflect the four-week period of a year ago, that number falls to 2,918 units a 43 percent drop year-over-year.
Homedata doesnt track DQ's numbers exactly but they are in the ballpark. I keep on seeing increased pendings (Pendings are beating YoY levels locally) since February but the increase in closed sales really hasn't happened. So far it is just a seasonality increase over a low level of sales.
From CNN a broker in SFV (local to me) says : Keith Myers, who runs a large ReMax agency in the San Fernando Valley, says that a third of his sales now fall apart after going into escrow.
It appears Realtors are using the "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" method of home sales.
i have a big complaint about the way many blogs are formatted, including this one: i flip through the blog until i find something that i want to read, then read it, then see what TIME it was posted but not the DATE. so i have to flip up, and sometimes up and up and up and up and up, until i find the date, which is often shown before some other post. that's lame! if possible, you should display the date and time for each post.
the best policy would be to display who made the post, on what date, at what time, at the beginning AND end of each post, so that we don't have to go flipping around to find that information, no matter where we are on the page. just put in some kind of bold divider between posts so that there's no confusion as to which post the information pertains to.
this is a great blog. your ergonomics should be as good as your content.
The new site looks great. Two things:
1. The title bar in the top lefthandcorner is still linked to calculatedrisktest.blogspot.com
2. The search defults to WWW rather than calculated risk, I would prefer it links to this site - just a personal pecadillo!
Good job, you didn't wreck it! Some do wreck their sites, you know. Tope ten blog for me, hovering between #5/6/7 positions depending on the mood (bearish/bullish). Thanks!
I like the new look. google has been tellin me that i have a virus a few times today. cant c how google would be in the mix cause i dont use it and was not searching. it keeps me from connecting for a bit then works just fine. I run NOD32 a/v they say im clean. jus fyi.
I don't like the new format,but, that is really unimportant. What is important is to maintain the quality and personality of the blog. CR and Tanta are very unique personalities that keep me coming back again and again. I have seen blogs that I liked change over time to something more like what a journalism major would write. Please don't let that happen.
I like the new layout: all marginals on one side with the video easily accessible, the postblocks nicely proportioned, the fonts at a size where I don't have to pump them up to read main articles, and nice colors.
The only slight suggestion I'd make would be to emphasize the post titles somehow. I like the size proportion as is, so that would leave changing the font, probably just to bold, or maybe to a sans serif.
But anyway, I think it looks really nice and will be functional.
CR, you can always change your mind and go back to the old format.
This layout puts almost as much emphasis, if not more, on the author of the post and the time of it then it does the title of the post. That is not fluid.
This is great. I can slide it over on my desktop with the adds off the right screen border and make it look like Lotus Notes e-mail preview window. Boss keyed.
Please put some good links back or add a site called Links.
I saw you put some of the links back, among them only one housing link (Irvine, which is good). If I could choose three housing links to add, I would choose:
patrick.net - good list of new articles, good discussions
housing bubble blog - largest discussion on housing bubble and bust
dr housing bubble - intelligent posts, but little discussion
Oh shit, I drank too much!
Toto, we ain't in kansas no more
Scared me for a minute. Blogger told me I hadn't been invited to the party.
Looks good.
keep on keep'n on.
thanks for maintaining a base line rythm.
It looks like myspace.com
Especially slick on my iPhone. Left column text rules.
Better than an ARM that never resets!
Rob Dawg, that was one of our goals - this should work much better on PDAs / IPhones.
Best to all.
Dude,
The sitemeter is terrifying, yet so wicked awesome and I miss all the spam-like content hanging on the edges. This is like so different, so sparse yet consolidated, so calculated, such risk taking, yet so intuitive and easy, so new, so blue like IBM, yet not.
Once again the sitemeter is highly terrifying, i.e, I can't believe all these people are blogging from Tennessee with such old systems...I kinda figgered, but wow, reality is never a downer!
Good on yah cousins! I almost wanna call yah homeskillets, but maybe weneed to just be cool, as this is way over the top, but it is a nice change and it is nice to come here to read your stuff!
Again, the sitemeter freaks me out, but one must adapt and learn new skills!
I'm seriously impressed.
You've gone a large step in redesign and it looks like the way it should to go with the content.
Very nice job.
And for the uninformed, what's a sitemeter?
Duh.
Clean. Very clean. The eye tracks it well. Good job.
homedad43, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the sitemeter ico
Which is more disturbing? That there are so many grateful iPhoniacs that you feel the need to accommodate us or that those of us who have PDAs feel the need to access CR that much. Regardless, thanks.
Anon:
Thanks for the clarification.
2.1% hits are chinese?
Damn.
Anon:
Thanks for the clarification.
2.1% hits are chinese?
Damn.
wooaa
New look. Font and type size is good; but, the headers seem overly large.
Very nice indeed..Need to put a "TM" on the header after CalculatedRISK
WoW!
That was quite a wakeup call!
I think I ay miss the old layout, but this one is definitely nice so a big
pat on the back for improving service to the wireless crowd.
Dano
Looks nice. One thing is that the font of the subject lines of the blogs on the right is a bit small. I have to admit that I come to this site to "launch" most of my daily economics blog readings.
Love the new look, you did a great job!!!
much better ad placement
thanks!
Oh NO! Someone's run off with the Tip Jar!
Looks great and reads well.
The logo in the top left links to the test site.
You should move this valuable property to a domain you control (calculatedrisk.com e.g.)
PS. Haloscan still sucks on the iPhone.
2.1% hits are chinese?
How can you tell that from my computer? Ooooh, you mean from China.
CR, if you want I own "NoHopeNow.com" and "NoHopeNow.org" if you are interested.
I like it. The only complaint I have is that comments open in a new window automatically... if I want to open something in a new window, my browser gives me easy ways to do that (this is a pet peeve of mine).
Anyhow, great work, this site rules and the cosmetic presentation is easily above average too.
Nice to see the new WaMu "high yield savings account at 3.3%" the first add banner at the top of the new site!
FDIC what a moral hazard!
I heard they are offering 5% on CDs.
Anybody signing up?
SS
Tres soigne!
Much cleaner look...
One suggestion I have is to make the seperation between posts more apparent. Maybe leave a bit more gap or insert a divider or something... in my eyes, everything looks like one large post that is flowing continuously...
Anyway, keep up the good work...
Nice CR - clean. Loads fast even out here with my ISP (Darrel&Darrel.com)...
" ... should be chosen for their sexual attractiveness, since those males who remain would be required to perform prodigious .... " (clicks Favorites)
"Mein Gott!!! Mein Fueher... I can SEE!!!"
Thanks, CR... the best blog just got better.
Slick. Happy Mother's Day Tanta from your kids.
where's the trees on the banner?
Why? Why? Why?
Why did the old format have to die?
Definitely slick and readable, but perhaps a little cold. Of course, I'm still missing the trees. Sigh.
Nice except the header of each topic looks weird and doesn't look like a header (because the author row is of a different color, the header seeemed to be separated from the topic itself)
Scared the bejesus out of me with this change...I had to take a few seconds to catch my breath...
BTW, is this spelling on purpose?
The Compleat UberNerd--shouldn't it be "complete?"
AHHH!! WE FEAR CHANGE!!!
ZOMG!!! LOUD NOISES!!!
In all seriousness congratulations on a good change in upgrading the site. From an economist point of view, would this be considered as "paying a one time fee in consumer confusion to head off future inefficiencies due to a change in deep market functioning?"
anyway, best of luck with the new site, you made a random person look seriously at economics, so I guess it's a win all around.
CR
looks great, very clean
will you add fast links to archive, by month or is that a thing of the past
hahaha archive...thing of he past
also as stated above wheres the tip jar?
Preliminary April Numbers
Still, home sales are sharply down from a year ago when 5,096 homes were sold in April. In raw numbers there were 3,647 home sales last month, but that reflects a five-week HomeData reporting period. Adjusted to reflect the four-week period of a year ago, that number falls to 2,918 units a 43 percent drop year-over-year.
Homedata doesnt track DQ's numbers exactly but they are in the ballpark. I keep on seeing increased pendings (Pendings are beating YoY levels locally) since February but the increase in closed sales really hasn't happened. So far it is just a seasonality increase over a low level of sales.
From CNN a broker in SFV (local to me) says :
Keith Myers, who runs a large ReMax agency in the San Fernando Valley, says that a third of his sales now fall apart after going into escrow.
It appears Realtors are using the "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" method of home sales.
Looks terrific!
Blue is for ambiance...
The calculatedrisk title links to a test site and not the home page.
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!
I'd like a horizontal rule added to time/comments block. (Replace the bottom dotted line with a solid line.)
Heh...gotta love the RAP sheet on the right!
I agree with: "...subject header font too big..." and "...more division between posts would be nice..." and "...where are the trees...?".
But overall, congratulations!
Looks great, very clear layout.
sdtfs writes:
2.1% hits are chinese?
How can you tell that from my computer? Ooooh, you mean from China.
Conversely a Hong Kong based Peckerwood is part of 2% at the moment. Wonder if there are more?
Nice look, but agree headers could use a bit smaller font. Many thanks for your great stewardship of this site!
Uhh..ok I'm the stupidest one here.
where is the sitemeter? where are people seeing "2% chinese"?
I see nothing at the bottom of the opened window or on CR itself.
I want to see the Chinese people too!
Oh:
I love the layout. great work CR.
like everybody else, I miss the trees too.
and the tip jar should make a comeback.
i have a big complaint about the way many blogs are formatted, including this one: i flip through the blog until i find something that i want to read, then read it, then see what TIME it was posted but not the DATE. so i have to flip up, and sometimes up and up and up and up and up, until i find the date, which is often shown before some other post. that's lame! if possible, you should display the date and time for each post.
the best policy would be to display who made the post, on what date, at what time, at the beginning AND end of each post, so that we don't have to go flipping around to find that information, no matter where we are on the page. just put in some kind of bold divider between posts so that there's no confusion as to which post the information pertains to.
this is a great blog. your ergonomics should be as good as your content.
Very hip and now! I don't do well with change but this will grow on me. Nice work.
I really like this new layout. It's a big step forward -- thank you!
Oh! So much easier to read. Thanks CR.
The data collected by the site meter is awesome and terrifying. Do have we the home addresses and phone numbers of the visitors yet?
CR, it turned out really well. A lot of work, I'm sure, but it looks sharp, reads well and loads promptly.
So thanks!
I like it, it's a clean look.
Nice design to the new website! Best of luck! You got great content!
Nice look. No one has yet done it on this thread so:
Bottom!
ice! like the look.
Not only does the "new look" blog work much better on my PDA and cell phone, now I can post comments using my universal remote control.
Good looking and efficient. Just like the posters here.
Ziggy Stardust - Changes
YouTube - Ziggy Stardust - Changes / Space Oddity (Live 1973)
Very nice!
WOW !! Changes are terrific - layout is clean. Perfect!
flippin' sweet!
YtoL, did you ever find the site meter? Scroll to the bottom of the CR page on the blue band below the copyright is a white icon loks like this:
SITE METER
12,384,812
Click it and check it out...
The new site looks great. Two things:
1. The title bar in the top lefthandcorner is still linked to calculatedrisktest.blogspot.com
2. The search defults to WWW rather than calculated risk, I would prefer it links to this site - just a personal pecadillo!
anonymous:
thanks. at home this morning I couldn't find it. I'm at work now, and I can see the sitemeter.
I'll go home later today and see if the sitemeter is on my home computer as well.
it it's not: yet another weird cyberspace thing...
I await with bated breath the first more Tanta posting.
oops: the anonymous at 1209pm was me posting from work
-Yearning to Learn.
ella writes:
The data collected by the site meter is awesome and terrifying. Do have we the home addresses and phone numbers of the visitors yet?
Only on the updated site meter for iMacs. Ummmm, and next time get dressed before you sit down to comment.
Bring back the orange it's a signature of the site.
This looks awesome. I wonder if it will look as good to the unstoned.
Congratulations!
Massive improvement.
Please think about putting back blog links on this new site (or at least the top 25 of each category).
I use CalcRisk as my econ/housing blog portal.
Thanks,
Drew
CR,
Nevermind, I found the link.
Sorry.
I really like the new look, clean and quick. Content is always the most important part, but a pretty package is always a bonus.
Good job, you didn't wreck it! Some do wreck their sites, you know. Tope ten blog for me, hovering between #5/6/7 positions depending on the mood (bearish/bullish). Thanks!
Well done. Much easier on the eyeballs, even for this luddite without a PDA.
Now, any chance you could come up with a new layout for our f*cked economy?
The preview ate my writing!
I like the new look. google has been tellin me that i have a virus a few times today. cant c how google would be in the mix cause i dont use it and was not searching. it keeps me from connecting for a bit then works just fine. I run NOD32 a/v they say im clean. jus fyi.
Drew:
Same for me. Please put some good links back or add a site called Links.
Where are the links to other sites...I used to follow you to Mish's ....don't see it now...
quill,
Scroll down to the bottom of the page - there's a "Blogroll Links" link.
MuddlinThru,
I've also been getting the "Google thinks you have a virus" message when trying to access CR.
I don't like the new format,but, that is really unimportant. What is important is to maintain the quality and personality of the blog. CR and Tanta are very unique personalities that keep me coming back again and again. I have seen blogs that I liked change over time to something more like what a journalism major would write. Please don't let that happen.
Excellent Redesign!!
A Redesign that did NOT make things worse!!
Good Job!!
I like the new layout: all marginals on one side with the video easily accessible, the postblocks nicely proportioned, the fonts at a size where I don't have to pump them up to read main articles, and nice colors.
The only slight suggestion I'd make would be to emphasize the post titles somehow. I like the size proportion as is, so that would leave changing the font, probably just to bold, or maybe to a sans serif.
But anyway, I think it looks really nice and will be functional.
sdtfs, now if I could only send a text raspberry.
CR, you can always change your mind and go back to the old format.
This layout puts almost as much emphasis, if not more, on the author of the post and the time of it then it does the title of the post. That is not fluid.
This is great. I can slide it over on my desktop with the adds off the right screen border and make it look like Lotus Notes e-mail preview window. Boss keyed.
I wrote earlier:
I saw you put some of the links back, among them only one housing link (Irvine, which is good). If I could choose three housing links to add, I would choose:
patrick.net - good list of new articles, good discussions
housing bubble blog - largest discussion on housing bubble and bust
dr housing bubble - intelligent posts, but little discussion