Entries by wadeferd

Prefab Fried Chicken: Good or bad

I’m not sure whether to be horrified or not. My architectural education plus a desire for solid construction instilled in me by many a home improvement project with my parent and grandparents, want to scream and go build a log cabin. However, I cant help but think about poorer places of the world and if […]

Videos

Ok, so i’ve jsut spent my first real session messing with iDVD trying to get my Cousins wedding pictures into a reasonably presentable format. man. not that the learning curve is all that high, but these things are tricky. i think I’ll be sticking with my non moving graphics from now on.

Travels

I’ve been up at my grandmothers place in Redriver NM for my cousins wedding, for the past week. It is so stinking beautiful up there. Taos is the kind of place i could eventually see myself living. Small, but with a vibrant cultural aspect. It was difficult to come home to 108 degree heat wave […]

Slick Willy – we miss you !

Our position on energy reminds me of what (Winston) Churchill said about America when we took so long to get into World War II. He said, ‘America always does the right thing after exhausting every other alternative.’ A bigdamn interview with Bill Clinton from finance asia. I know he did many MANY things wrong, but […]

Derby n’ Vino

Ok, so we went to the hill country with some friends this weekend for a collision of culture. First up: The vineyards. I’d never been out to tour and taste before and it was excellent times. You meet some interesting people, and you drink some good wine. Inevitably these places are found off back roads, […]

Del.icio.us

This is the coolest thing ever. I found it to be a little intimidating at first, but the idea of web based bookmarks, organized by tags and shareable with others is a pretty cool deal.

pepl r dum

Amazingly dumb things people have said about the hurricane. And by people we mean your quasi-elected officals.

Moving the Masses

When we’re seeing the masses stranded in New Orleans, a common refrain I’ve heard is ‘Why didn’t they leave when they had the chance?’ The answer: they couldn’t. In 2002, the Times-Picayune published a series entitled “Washed Away,” describing the repercussions of a major hurricane. “100,000 people without transportation will be especially threatened,” the newspaper […]