a take on hope

just wanted to share one of the great takes on Fairey's Obama/Hope design. straight from Hoff's site, this one is good but the best one has to be the Palin/Nope design that i just ordered as a t shirt. wait 'till you see me rockin' this shit beyaatches.

Green Living Resources - The Healthy Building Network

I'm always looking for new, informative and relevant resources for Green Living. The Healthy Bulding Network has become a recent favorite. HBN has a wealth of information on Green Building, laws and advances in Green Technologies.

Pics From My Last Job - After

the dry creek bed and the small burm goes in

finally someone to help me move this 700+ pound boulder

ahh...

finished!

Pics From My Last Job - Before

is there a house in there somewhere?

is that a......window?

at least the shrubs give some privacy...

well, i pretty much hate lawns at this point. so this is actually a sign of progress for me. let's get this water whore out of this yard and plant something pretty, functional, low maintenance and sustainable!

grass = :(

Jonny Depp's Eco Island

"Apparently Johnny Depp bought an island for around $3,000,000 a while back. And, since there aren't exactly power lines running to the tiny island, he had to figure out how to power his (ridiculously posh) home. For the green-minded Depp, diesel generators just weren't an option.

So he turned to Mike Strizki to help him build a system that would produce enough power to quench his celebrity-born thirst for decadence while not throwing off massive amounts of greenhouse gas. The result is a solar system that stores excess energy as hydrogen for use at night, or during cloudy times of day (not too common in the Bahamas, but still.)"

read more at eco geek

Stocking Stuffer?

hmm. saw this here first.

Weekend Tube

photosynthesis. cool.
thanks current.

Unusual Color Wheels Found in Life and Art

COLOURlovers is one of the blogs I subscribe to. I'm find their posts entertaining and inspiring.
Their recent post on color wheels found in life and art is no exception.
Check 'em out.

Free Graph and Grid Paper

I've been using this site for a while now. I mostly print graph paper for landscape designs but have recently printed some of the guitar/bass fret paper also. You can change the number of lines per sheet, size of lines and all. They have a lot of specialty papers for different design formats, accounting and more. It's free and it's great.
click HERE

Art of the Street

Time Magazine has a great Photo Essay on Urban Street Art available to view and read HERE

da' deck..cont.

I'm almost finished with the deck. I need to build the railing and do some finishing work and then on to the rest of the yard. You can see I built my dad a ramp and included a simple raised step also.
It is almost 700 sq. feet. I used every last piece of wood and Trex. Now that's some good estimating!

Get MAYA for Mac, Free!

I'm not sure what can be accomplished with this "personal learning edition" but I am sure stoked to find out! Apple is offering it on their downlaod page, here

da' deck

As some of you know, I've been building a deck at my parent's house. It's been a great learning experience and a lot of fun. It's not quite finished but here are some pics....


I used pressure treated 4x8 lumber for the frame and am using Trex to cover it. This thing will be there long after my parents are. I am building the railing out of pressure treated posts and redwood slats. This is the most earth-friendly design I could do in this setting, with these goals. Overall the yard will be sustainably designed, low maintenance and extremely cost effective over time!
It's obviously a 'low' deck, so I spent a lot of time grading the fill dirt around the house. I attached the deck to the house and used Deck Blocks, which worked very well. I covered the ground with landscape fabric and a gravel mix that will stop any weeds from growing up through the fabric.
Kali chillin' as soon as I get some Trex down.