Did You Ask Your Bricks?
As I continue to mull over the new job, I’ve been thinking a fair bit about perception. Fortuitously, I came across a discussion over @ D&R that I found interesting. I think that it is particularly fascinating right now because it has absolutely nothing to do with a) the election b) the financial crisis or […]
Fun With the English Language
BoingBoing pointed me to a delightful tutorial on the English language from 102 year old Ed Rondthaler, former president of the American Literacy Council and author of The Dictionary of Simplified American Spelling. He is quite the character - Click here for the video. The site it’s hosted on seems to be dedicated to Typography […]
Chuckle…
Somethingawful’s current photoshop contest sez it’s opposite day at the magazine rack. I can only imagine how I looked laughing out loud by myself in the car… click the image to see the other entries.
4 Words - Albino Squirrel Diorama Gallery
Yes. Found in the basement of a Wisconsin funeral home. Thank you extremecraft via Boingboing. Link to Flickr Gallery.
Now my day is complete. And it’s only 9:30.
YB a creative taxidermist? Yes. Rhetorical question.
Oh BoingBoing, how I’ve missed you!
Working out in CSprings for the past month or so has seriously cut into my online wanderings. Thankfully the gig only lasts another couple of weeks after which I can get refocused on the fun stuff. That said, I dipped back into BoingBoing.net land today and was not at all disappointed. These folks and their […]
Project Bloggers take a Lesson
Matt Shumaker has set the bar high with his E-Cumbent project tracker blog. The project is a 2 wheel recumbent bike conversion to electric assist (I’d say, it’s almost a full EV conversion project). The beauty of it is that the bike is driven by a fist-sized RC electric motor and a large […]
Wanted: Inexpensive DIY Velo Shell for recumbent Trike
So, I’m headed to Csprings for a month or so to help equip a new hospital with PCs and such. Commuting from BV to the Springs used to feel like a reasonable choice…..But no longer. @ 90 minutes and 90 miles, each way, the round trip rings in at just under $40 in […]
The Interconnectedness of All Things
After another great sustainability discussion, a good friend sent over this video from the excellent Norwegian electro-chill band, Royksopp. I think that it does a remarkable job of reminding us (the song’s title is Remind Me) of all the things we may or may not take for granted day to day. If anyone knows where […]
Where is that Target truck going?
I am a bit baffled. Sitting at the stoplight in town, I’ve watched a Target (brand) Semi roll through town at least a half a dozen times. And I just can’t figure it out. The closest locations out this way are in Summit County, Montrose and C. Springs! It just doesn’t make sense […]
Lego’s vs. Important real world problems…like Julie Andrews
A quick video for your geeky enjoyment. I don’t know if you’ll get as big a kick out of this as I did, but the guys over at tiltedtwister.com have built themselves a Rubics Cube Solver out of legos! Yes, it’s driven with the Lego Mindstorm programming engine, servos, motors and light sensors. […]
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 […]
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.