a place to write about the world and remember the things i might otherwise forget

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Subway Studios

My brother and co-blogger, Mark, has been on about these "container houses" lately (for good reason) so when a friend pointed out these subway-car rooftop studio conversions, I had to have them. Thank you Matt!




Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Solar Roads - Intelligent Pavements

This is why you never count America out. They've got a million garages with guys like this in them. Highest garage-genius per capita, ever. These particular folks made road modules of glass and solar cells that, if used to replace the pavement infrastructure in the southern States, could basically power the continent.

Detroit Lives

The wasteland left by the collapse of the American auto industry finds a new urbanism growing up through the wreckage. Johnny Knoxville narrates the documentary Detroit Lives [detroitlives.org].











http://vimeo.com/14375565

Thursday, September 23, 2010