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kaboommagazine.com TechnologyPosted by Tyson on
Friday, December 3rd 2010

RENT MARK ZUCKERBERG FORMER HOUSE RIGHT NOW!

 

Feel like snooping around Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's house?

Well, now you can do it legally: The house that the social-networking boy wonder was renting near the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif., is back on the market for the low, low price of $7,850 a month.

There was some confusion on Thursday about whether or not the house had already been leased but the owner of the property, Stan Wu, confirmed that the house, located at 2073 Princeton Street, is available. He wouldn't confirm that Zuckerberg was his most recent tenant, though it is well documented that the home was rented by Zuckerberg for the past few years. (He recently gave Oprah a tour.)

A newly renovated home like this is a rarity in this college town, known for its old homes that are split up and rented by several students at a time.

Realtor Anne Arjani with Keller Williams said $7,850 a month sounds a little high - most homes this size rent for around $5,000. Still, she said, it's conceivable the owner could get that much, given the size and prestige of Stanford - and all the wealth floating around in Silicon Valley.

The fact that the home had a famous former resident could make it even more attractive to some buyers.

"For some people, that could ring their bells," Arjani said.

She said some clients would look at it as good feng shui, or Vastu Shastra, as it's called in the Hindu culture.

"They think, ‘This was a prosperous place for someone so it could be a prosperous place for me,'" she said.

So far it hasn't been good luck for the owner: The property is currently worth about $1.4 million, according to Zillow, down from $1.9 million when Zuckerberg moved in.

Call him the half-a-million-dollar man - and not in a good way.

Though, I don't suppose he loses any sleep over it: He created the second-most visited site on the Internet (behind Google) and has an estimated net worth of $6.9 billion, earning him the No. 35 spot on Forbes' list of the richest people in America.

Funny, for all the privacy violations he's been accused of, his own privacy seems to be very closely guarded. The owner of the property treated him like Lord Voldemort, refusing to even mention his name, and instead delivered one of the most boring interviews in the history of interviews, mumbling about the "expensive area" and "square footage," before lamely asking to be excused from the conversation like a boy who finished his supper and wanted to go outside and play.

And, while most real-estate agents are usually a raging sewer of self-promotion and salesmanship, even Arjani hurriedly hung up the phone the first time after the mention of Zuckerberg's name. Only on the second call, when the conversation was focused solely on the local real-estate marketdid she open up. And Gawker points out that the "street view" image of the home has been taken down from Google Maps.

Of course, all that secrecy just makes you want to snoop around even more, doesn't it? See if maybe he left behind a phone bill. A to-do list scrawled on a crumpled post-it note. A love note to his girlfriend, who also lived there. Anything, really, that would make you feel like somehow you invaded his privacy - even just a little bit.



 

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kaboommagazine.com MusicPosted by Bryson on
Wednesday, December 1st 2010

DOWNLOAD NOW! NEW SNOOP DOGG "WET" PRODUCED BY THE CATARACS

Snoop Dogg - Wet

Snoop takes a trip to the Bay and hooks up with the Cataracs ( Like A G6) for his new single "Wet." An anthem Snoop said he created as a proper record to perform at the royal family wedding of Prince Williams. Its definitely going to be a popular record for the radio. Enjoy and cheers Snoop Dogg.

DOWNLOAD NOW! SNOOP DOGG - WET

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kaboommagazine.com MusicPosted by Bryson on
Monday, November 22nd 2010

GOT DAMN KANYE! KANYE WEST INVEST IN 10 FATBURGERS


 

Hip-Hop star Kanye West will add to his discography today (November 22), when his fifth album, My Dark Twisted Fantasy lands in stores across the country.

But the Chicago rapper is planning to expand his career beyond music, with a possible new clothing line with high-end clothing line with French Fashion label, Lanvin and a chain of fast-food restaurants.
According to TheDailyBeast.com, Kanye West may turn into the next fast food mogul, as the rapper snatched up the franchise rights for 10 Fatburger restaurants in Chicago through his holding company, KW Foods LLC.

“It’s safe to say that we’ll be doing more strategic partnerships in areas like fashion and design,” Gee Roberson told The Daily Beast. “Music is the foundation for everything Kanye does, but he doesn’t want to be defined only as a musician. He’s really a designer. He designs his sounds, his raps, all aspects of his tour. He wants to do deals where he can have his fingerprints on the product.”

Kanye West, who already operates two of the restaurants in Orland Park and Beverly, joins a growing number of rappers who have invested money into the Fatburger franchise.

Hip-Hop musician Pharrell Williams opened two Fatburgers in China, Queen Latifah reportedly owns several of the restaurants, while E-40 closed his Fatburger in California in 2008.

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kaboommagazine.com SportsPosted by Tyson on
Sunday, November 21st 2010

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR! SERGIO MARTINEZ STOPS PAUL WILLIAMS IN THE 2ND RD. WITH A KNOCKOUT BLOW!

 Sergio Martinez thought he got robbed of a decision the last time that he fought Paul Williams. He left no room for the judges' interpretations of his performance against Williams in the rematch, scoring a devastating KO victory at 1:10 of the second round to retain his WBC middleweight title before a sparse crowd of 5,502 at Boardwalk Hall Saturday night. When they met last Dec. 5, Williams (39-2, 27 KOs) won a 12-round majority decision in a back-and-forth battle that was considered "Fight of the Year." Martinez didn't allow it to go that far this time and landed what will probably be a candidate for "Knockout of the Year." 

 

 

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kaboommagazine.com MusicPosted by Tyson on
Thursday, November 18th 2010

EXPLOSIVE VIDEO: PARAMORE-PLAYING GOD

Rock/pop band Paramore has a new music video for their new single, Playing God off their album Brand New Eyes. The video features a pink haired Hayley Williams, who has taken the rest of the band captive and hidden them in a cute suburban house. The cool part? This entire video was shot in Ms. Williams’ real house in Franklin, Tennessee. Check out the video here!

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