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House plans that look good in the snow

Posted on January 26, 2009November 1, 2021

It’s snowing in Logan again and so in my current tradition of posting house plans that I would build if the economy didn’t suck and if I had lots of money I am submitting to you this european style house plan that looks cool in the snow: european style house plan in the snow

Some Cool House Plans

Posted on October 25, 2008November 1, 2021

Just playing with Theplancollection.com this morning and noticed a couple of new plans that I thought looked pretty cool so I am sharing: This one looks like something you’d see in New England. It is kind of a craftsman house plan and kind of a cape code house plan: Stonegate house plan I thought this…

PicLens on ThePlanCollection.com

Posted on April 19, 2008November 1, 2021

David Wiley pointed me to PicLens a few days ago. It is fun way to view online images. Immediately I saw the potential use for viewing house plans. We already have data feeds in RSS and Atom setup all over the site so I figured it wouldn’t be hard to integrate the service into ThePlanCollection.com….

How Mortgages and Housing Hurt the Economy

Posted on March 20, 2008November 1, 2021

I had always assumed that the potential for default on risky mortgages was a problem, but I didn’t realize how far reaching it could become. Here is an article in the New York Times that explains how bad mortgages can have a dire effect on the global economy. In case you want more bad news…

I Love Our Facebook Application

Posted on January 24, 2008October 25, 2021

While our house plans application on Facebook is not anywhere near as popular as Superpoke nor will it ever be it is a great application for me because the Facebook users find house plans that I have never noticed before. With the family being the size it is we need a larger home, but if…

A Gazillion House Plans on ThePlanCollection.com

Posted on January 23, 2008November 1, 2021

I updated ThePlanCollection.com last night. I must admit that updating when you are tired is not always the best idea, but I figure everyone else is probably asleep so there isn’t really a better time. We don’t really have a gazillion house plans, but sometime it feels like it and being able to manage all…

A Favorite House Plan

Posted on January 15, 2008November 1, 2021

I am one of the owner’s of ThePlanCollection.com an online home plan publisher. When you write all the code that powers a site like that you become very familiar with the product. This is one of my favorite house plans of all time. It’s not huge, but it isn’t small either. I think the style…

First Facebook Application is Running

Posted on November 1, 2007November 1, 2021

I finally worked out most of the bugs for my first Facebook Application – My House Plans which uses data from my House Plan site. What is cool is that without putting in a lot of effort people are finding and adding the application. I worked on the app yesterday and then last night took…

ThePlancollection.com is all new

Posted on August 28, 2007November 1, 2021

For a year now I have been working on a new version ThePlanCollection.com. Last night at 2 am it finally went live. The new site is faster and easier to maintain. There are a few bugs still – I’ll have those fixed shortly. Look for new features and better ways to find house plans in…

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