As many as 800 boats and yachts damaged by Hurricane Katrina will be sold over the Internet.
National Liquidators, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company that calls itself the world’s largest boat-liquidation company, is working with Boat U.S., a provider of insurance, to sell the craft. They range from 20 to 50 feet long, according to the South Florida Business Journal.
“Last year, we handled a similar assignment after four storms hit Florida last year,” said Bob Toney, president of National Liquidators. “Although this is of much greater magnitude, we do have the capacity to handle several thousand boats,” he told the newspaper.
National Liquidators has been transporting the damaged boats to a 75-acre boat yard on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. They will be displayed and auctioned “as is” at http://www.yachtauctions.com/.
It is expected to take about six months to complete the sales.
Microsoft
Microsoft is offering podcasts and calls them just that, despite the general association of the word with Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod.
Microsoft also has created a small orange graphic labeled “Pod” to mark the availability of audio files that can be downloaded. You can see it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/medc/default.aspx Some members of the blogosphere over the weekend just noticed the orange graphic.
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