Why a small town?
Deciding to leave the city for a small community is a very specific choice. I had the opportunity to think about this for an article I wrote for the South Main New Urbanist Neighborhoods site. The article with photos can be seen and read here. As you can probably tell, I’m still […]
Buena Vista Rock Gym @ A/U profiled
Dustin Urban authored a great article for the South Main website profiling Adventure Unlimited’s Rock Gym; A true haven for rock climbers in the middle of a Buena Vista’s long cold winter. From the article…
Through the windows, the wall’s 35 foot overhanging buttress comes into view. This sight never fails excite me. You […]
Can you grow a medical clinic? Redux!
As I rebuild this site bit by bit, I will endeavor to resurrect posts from the past that I feel still have value and repost them here for your new/renewed enjoyment! Here’s an interesting one inspired by a Ted talk (See link below) that I posted previously on November 13, 2007. Enjoy!
Can you grow a […]
Searching for Benjamin Bloom…
While putting together a curriculum in the broad area of ‘citizen journalism’ for our local community college, the sheer breadth of the topic has been overwhelming at time. The over-arching goal of the project is simple. Right?
Purpose:
“To encourage public conversation and exploration of ideas and thus demonstrate and draw together the wide varieties of thought, […]
Bad Design and Good Photos
A little forethought goes a long way! The beauty and the curse of the rise of the amateur is the proliferation of work, which, while very earnest, utterly fails to communicate. A lack of understanding or application of basic principles of design including balance, proportion and alignment can alienate an audience instanly! […]
Modern Man Dance
Living with a dancer as a housemate means that 1) every now and again, all furniture is banished from the living room to make space for graceful leaping bodies. 2) Invitations to tango/swing/contra dance come fast and furious. And 3) a passion for this art form can lead one to corners of the Interwebs that, […]
Why stay up all night?
There’s nothing quite like working late into the night on a project you believe in. At the end of it, not the end of the project mind you, just the end of the evening. When I crawl, mealy-eyed and caffeine frazzled into bed, it’s great to feel like, ‘Hey! I wouldn’t have it any other […]
These are a few of my favorite things…
I’ll be posting these in my Link-Love section shortly but just to give a small intro to where I spend my online time: We’ll start with the indispensible…
Boingboing.net - A Directory of Wonderful Things…
For joyous web esoterica, art, cultural happenings and leanings, and great new literature, it’s really tough to get better than BoingBoing. Authored […]
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
I don’t think I can rave enough about this album. DP’s music fueled club life for a decade and now, with a what amounts to a live mashup concert by the artists themselves, it just keeps getting better and better! Click through for a Video from their incredible live show. (warning for […]
Record turnout in support of BV recreation center
Concerned citizens turned out in force to support the idea of creating a recreation center in Buena Vista. With a normal town meeting drawing ten to twenty interested citizens, to see more than eighty people overflowing from the main room to the back room. An email sent by recreation board member Earl Richmond traveled from […]
I wish I was an Animator…
At least then, I’d have a valid reason for hanging out with Don Hertzfeld. The guy’s a genius plain and simple. I’ve never laughed harder. I would encourage you to go watch everything this man has ever created. For now, click through for unbridled awesome-ness…
Alex Telthorst lives, works and plays in Buena Vista,
Colorado. He likes thinking about the
future of technology, progressive community growth, short kayaks, and
electronic music among many many other
things. His friends get it right when
they call him the random pile of facts.