Postcard from Second Life

Greetings from Second Life...

The end of the trail... 3 years later.

Adventures, knowledge & friendship.

Wonder what they'd think of us now?

Belt Links

MARKER Drawings Sketchbook
http://www.concept-engine.com/sketchbook.html

Business Week / Several architectural slide shows, shipping containers
and Richard Meier, new McDonald's makeover, and others:
http://www.businessweek.com/slideshows/ss_architecture.htm

Papercrete as a home building material. Follow this project
www.livingpaper.com
ongoing workshops and 3 videos

http://www.greeninventor.org/index.shtml
ashland school of environmental technology (ASET) Oregon
building with straw

about Reverse Garbage   creative re-use organization
http://www.reversegarbage.org.au/

stool and chair glides
http://www.levelingmounts.com/

greenroofs.com
http://www.greenroofs.com/   lots of related links/books

trash to treasure inner tubes to hang bags for big bucks

Bart Prince, architect
http://www.bartprince.com/

Recycling of truck and tractor inner tubes into high end hand bags.
http://www.passchal.com/

Past, Present and Future



The future of the past is in the present

The future of the present is in the past

The future of the future is in the present.

John McHale

Jersey Devil Design/Build
a couple of neat guys who dropped out of Harvard architectural school.
Met them at a three day conference about twelve years ago.
at that time it was Steve Badanes and John Ringel only.
http://www.jerseydevildesignbuild.com/about.htm
AND be sure to check out the 'Yestermorrow' site

some good articles, especially for you Mac people
http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/
FLLW, especially liked this one,
http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/heinz/

gArdener

quotes:

"Imagination is everything! It is the preview of life's coming attractions."  ~ Albert Einstein

“’No’ is a word on your path to ‘Yes.’ Don’t give up too soon. Not even if well-meaning parents, relatives, friends and colleagues tell you to get ‘a real job.’ Your dreams are your real job.”
~ Joyce Spizer, author of Rejections of the Written Famous

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always inneffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all matter of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin now." ~ Goethe

~...

~the tree

Jamestown Road

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Sunday mornin', left coast.

~Finchetta

views of Las Colinas...


Feb-June 2006

Monterey
Bay
Aqarium

from the Border...

If you are ready for the adventure of a lifetime, TRY THIS:

 

Enter Mexico illegally. Never mind immigration quotas, visas, international law, or any of that nonsense.

 

Once there, demand that the local government provide free medical care for you and your entire family.

 

Demand bilingual nurses and doctors.

 

Demand free bilingual local government forms, bulletins, etc. Procreate abundantly.

 

Deflect any criticism of this allegedly irresponsible reproductive behavior with, "It is a cultural U.S.A.thing. You would not understand, pal."

 

Keep your American identity strong. Fly Old Glory from your rooftop, or proudly display it in your front window or on your car bumper.

 

Speak only English at home and in public and insist that your children do likewise.

 

Demand classes on American culture in the Mexican school system.

 

Demand a local Mexican driver license. This will afford other legal rights and will go far to legitimize your unauthorized, illegal, presence in Mexico

 

Drive around with no liability insurance and ignore local traffic laws.

 

Insist that local Mexican law enforcement teach English to all its officers.

 

Good luck! You'll be demanding for the rest of time or soon be dead. Because it will never happen. It will not happen in Mexico or any other country in the world except right here in the United States, Land of the naive and stupid, inept politicians!

Yup, been in Texas since February
....Irving Rocks, and the work is good ~ but my mind is on the trail with the Lewis & Clark Discovery II Expedition.
It started heading East again a few weeks ago after a long winter in Oregon.

The season has begun. 

Another trip planned...on the road again. 

It's cotton pickin' time Va.! 

 

Coming across Wyoming... 

Julia Heatherwick - Art Speak