Check out this article about the Amazing LEGO Art by Nathan Sawaya! Nathan also has own gallery online at The Art of the Brick. I must admit I am partial to the Jedi Statue of Liberty! Thanks for the link Brandon and Joe!
Suburban Migration Shift to Cities?
I read an interesting article in The Atlantic (repeating a theme I’ve seen for the last couple years) theorizing that housing demand will shift from the suburbs to denser city housing due to the desire for walkable living areas. Read The Next Slum? – The Atlantic March 2008.
Chevy Volt Electric Car Hits the Road
GM’s in-development electric car, the Chevy Volt, has hit the road in its pre-production incarnation! The Volt has 40 miles of all-electric driving per charge before using gasoline. Check out the video on the GM-VOLT.com web site! Video: Pre-Production Chevy Volts Hit the Road! | GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site.
Get Fit in Less Time – Six Minutes a Week?
Can humans get fit in less time – such as six minutes a week? An article on the NYTimes’ Well blog highlights some research that indicates this may be possible. To me, it seems similar to elements of interval training, CrossFit, and martial arts training. Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? –…
Roadmap for Reducing Emissions Includes Building Efficiency, Wind Power
The roadmap for reducing emissions unveiled by the “Gigaton Throwdown Initiative†(established by Sunil Paul, founder of Spring Ventures) includes building efficiency and wind power as major components. Metal roofing, which is being installed on our house right now, is one such improvement! via Roadmap for Reducing Emissions Unveiled – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.
Recent Media About Industrial Food
Two recent pieces of media about industrial food caught my eye: 1) Food, Inc., a documentary about food safety, industrialization, and regulation 2) How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains, an article in the New York Times
Wumple’s Fedora 10 Upgrade from Fedora 6
I finally upgraded Wumple.com from Fedora 6 to Fedora 10 several months ago. In case someone else runs into similar issues, here are the problems I encountered and solutions.
Homeowners’ Associations Filing More Foreclosures
Homeowners’ associations can range from reasonable or (too often) overzealous (especially for those who don’t conform to wasteful, environmentally poor landscaping). From the Austin-American Statesman: The foreclosure actions have renewed long-standing stereotypes that homeowner associations are often made up of power-drunk residents who enjoy lording it over their neighbors and zealously enforce the rules regarding…
Nash Prairie Field Trip – June 20th
When: Saturday, June 20th (Sat.) at 9:30 am Where: West Columbia (Brazoria County, south of Houston) Come visit Nash Prairie, over 300 acres of very special coastal tallgrass prairie! Owned by the St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and the West Columbia Hospital District, this prairie is a rare remnant of the coastal prairie that once covered…
LEGO Goodness from Gizmodo
Gizmodo posted some awesome LEGO stories in the past, which I thought I would share in case you had not seen them: LEGO Timeline of Space Sets! I actually own lots of these now (bought the ones I missed on eBay many years ago). The LEGO Vault contains unopened boxes of every product ever made! …