I’ve been playing with Hulu recently and have to say I like it – a lot ! You need broadband so some of our rural friends will be left out on this one… I love Hulu Desktop since it integrates right into our TV so … Read More →
Yearly Archives: 2009
Cold Antler Farm
Jenna from Cold Antler Farm has released a neat little video covering her last few years… Cute!
Avoid Rushing into Home Ownership for Tax Credits
(from Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy) An $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers has been extended to cover contracts signed by April 30, 2010. A real estate professor writes that those seemingly free dollars might not save you any actual cash, however. Joseph Gyourko, chairman … Read More →
Pioneer Nights
OK, so the inspiration for this is many fold. I was thinking about it and then saw a post on a site where a couple did the same thing for a time. I like the idea of forming this as a weekly theme, tradition, whatever … Read More →
Building the Vardo…
Gallery update with a few new photos. Go see the gallery. We’ve completed staining, primed and gotten the first coat of paint on. Unfortunately it got too cool yesterday to put on the second coat of paint or put poly on the stained parts. So … Read More →
Holy Cow!
I know some of the readers like Futurama and other cartoons… Amazon.com has some really good discounts on a variety of hugely popular American cartoon miniseries box sets. Most start at $20, but the more you buy, the bigger the discount gets. If you buy … Read More →
Small House Floor Plan – 350 sq. ft.
This design by Joseph Sandy brings a lot of Wright’s work into it. Beautiful design, flow and simplicity. I can’t wait to see the finished plan! This has really gotten me thinking! At just under 350 sq. ft. this design is compact, yet still provides … Read More →
Interesting site on “Earth Tube” methods
http://mb-soft.com/solar/saving.html Imagine if you happened to live directly over Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Down below you, on a 95ºF hot summer day, there was all kinds of 56ºF air down in the cave! So imagine that you bored two large holes down from your house … Read More →
Latest (FUN!) Project – Part III
A mix of images. We didn’t get any of the regular glue blocks but we did get a couple of the embossed one above the door on the inside. All the glue blocks and spars are in place, screwed and glued. Next week it’s on … Read More →