Microsoft’s Courier Tablet
There is the iPad which was made for web surfers and Mac based users, and then there is the Microsoft Courier which is made for designers. I am sure you know my feelings about the iPad. Anyways, the Courier would have been the ideal companion for any designer - graphic, interior, apparel, architecture and web. The elegant and intuitive interface would be able to go head to head with the "magical" iPad. The Courier would be able to use both touch and a stylus to input your design. Unfortunately, the Microsoft Execs have decided to not go ahead with the Courier project ...
3rd Annual MINT Benefit at WonderRoot
WonderRoot a non-profit will be holding a benifit for the Mint Gallery at the WonderRoot Community Arts Center. The people at WonderRoot are awesome and doing amazing things for the city. One of those things is hosting a benefit for Mint on July 24th, 2010. The event will feature: Music from The Back Pockets, Roman Photos, Social Studies, Buffalo Bangers, and Muleskinner McQueen Vintage clothing from PonyUp! A Magical Merlin Polaroid Photobooth and of course, artwork from Sam Parker, Jason Travis, Harold McNaron, Nikita Gale and more! Art will be sold via silent auction throughout the month of July and the winners can take home ...
Engineering Your Environment: Examples of Sustainable Housing in Rural Alabama
In a rural town in northeast Alabama, four families live in four very interesting homes. Twice yearly these families kindly open their doors to visitors from across the nation, in hopes of inspiring personal responsibility and teaching people about sustainable living. The 3-hour walking tour includes a dodeca-yurt, an underground home, a strawbale house, and a homemade house that combines dozens of passive strategies for self-sustaining, eco-friendly living. DARYL'S HOUSE [caption id="attachment_311" align="alignleft" width="204" caption="Daryl"][/caption] Meet Daryl, my tour guide, standing in front of his home. Daryl is an engineer who designs and configures solar water heaters for the residential market across the southeast. He integrates his 9-to-5 with his ...
Friday, July 30th, 2010