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Laux 
February 5th, 2010
You know what I mean, the kind where the author apologizes about never posting (when in reality nobody noticed) and says how busy they are, how much they’re working, etc. Then they promise to post and comment more often, soon, promise. But they don’t so that’s the only kind of post that is ever up to read. Yeah that, this is one of those, sort of…
February is a crazy month in Arizona, if you live here you know why, but you probably don’t so I’ll just tell you. It’s the annual (actually there are two but this is the big one) Gem and Mineral (and Bead and Jewelry and Tool and Knick Knack) Show(s) in Tucson.
People travel from all over the world to be there, it’s huge, it’s massive, it takes up the entire town. If you went every day for the whole time it was going on, which is weeks, you still wouldn’t be able to see everything. It’s just generally accepted that it is humanly impossible. And, it’s the only reason I ever make the horrid drive to that ugly city. Sometimes I do it two or three times.
This year I’m picking up more than my usual personal yummies at wholesale with my friends resale guest passes. This year I’m picking tools and supplies. For what you might briefly wonder? Well, that part is a surprise, but it’s big, and it’s exciting, and I really hope it’s not just one of my passing fad type interests, because I’ve invested a tiny sum.
More soon soon chickadees.
Posted by
Laux February 1st, 2010
Sometimes a blog worth reading can seem like a very hard thing to find in the sea of self-publishing out there, but the search is ultimately well rewarded when you come across a couple big fat shiny gems. This morning I found some, I wanted to share.
These two I found at Forge Ahead Puppet Productions, which is currently chronicling an interesting tiny house build using scavenged materials.
Be Now Here
“A landscape architecture student at UC Berkeley I make work.”
Because who doesn’t like to fantasize about weeds taking back the urban landscape once in a while?
Where is all this water coming from?
“The goal of this research fellowship is to learn lessons from the people
who have been living with flood risk and managing floods for hundreds
or thousands years. [...]”
Plus pictures of Europe and European food! 
And these are some I really should have found sooner, but somehow missed completely until now…
Transition Culture
“How might our response to peak oil and climate change look more like a party than a protest march?”
Drops in a Bucket
“This blog is a celebration of wonderful little efforts that lead to great things. In the beginning those small efforts often seem like little more than a drop in a bucket.”
Not updated too often, but still full of awesome.
Toby Hemenway – Ecological Design and Permaculture
Okay, so this is more like a collection of articles than a blog, definitely a shiny gem though. Especially this one.
I hope you enjoy these as much as I am!
Posted by
Laux January 25th, 2010
I’m a little late on this one, but thought it newswothy. A few days ago the WordPress Foundation went public.
From the website:
The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the projects we support. People and businesses may come and go, so it is important to ensure that the source code for these projects will survive beyond the current contributor base, that we may create a stable platform for web publishing for generations to come. As part of this mission, the Foundation will be responsible for protecting the WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will also pursue a charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software
Posted by
Laux January 22nd, 2010
So I don’t usually do movie reviews, especially such “hollywood”ish movies, but I’ll admit that Avatar is… amazing.
Yeah, the plot isn’t very complicated, but it isn’t so simple that the only interesting thing about the movie is the special effects either. The analogy between this story and the real life story of the Native Americans (and probably other native tribes) was hard to miss, but done well I thought.
Sigourney Weaver was perfect, loved the unobtainium reference, and 3D is always fun.
The only thing that could have been better was if the couple sitting next to us wasn’t snickering during all the sentimental scenes. Dopes. Maybe that’s the only excuse I need to see it a second time though.
The best part is that there will probably be two sequels, let’s hope they don’t butcher them.
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