Category Archives: Personal Journal

Sustainability “nutrition” labels for houses

I love the creative solution for publishing the sustainability facts for this house design. The nutrition label layout makes the figures much more “digestible” (sorry, that pun wasn’t planned, I swear). It might get more people to think that they should treat house shopping in a similar way to food shopping. When most people pick [...]

I don’t normally do online quiz things, but..

This one was nerdy enough and it fit me pretty well

Is Obama Muslim

When you start typing something into Google it gives suggestions based on what is searched most often by people typing in the words you are typing at the time. This feature is helpful sometimes, but more often, just interesting to see what is popular on the internet. Alex Micek, of Tumbledry.org, pointed out the very [...]

William Fitzsimmons

The music of William Fitzsimmons consists of hushed, soothing vocals, reminiscent of Iron and Wine, combined with gentle acoustic folk melodies. The part that really sets him apart from the masses is the superb integration of electronic elements, creating an atmosphere you can almost swim in.     found on thesixtyone.com