Archive for January, 2006

What a horrible, horrible, idea

Are they kidding? I mean… Ok, someone had to come out and make a statement about how we’re driven by mass consumerism… So maybe they were well intentioned to start with.. right? well… I just don’t know what they were thinking when they invented these horribly repugnant garbage bag fashion items… jackets, [...]

Affordable housing design advisor goes green

A cool site developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, called “Design Advisor”, is available here. They have a new section on their site that says “Green Building is here“. On the list provided above, there is a collection of Green building projects currently being undertaken.
It’ll [...]

Me no good at English. I just got PWNED by GMAT verbal.

I hope its just because its 1:46 in the morning… anyways, so here are the top reasons why I respectfully despise the GMAT:
– Because the ability to correct a GMAT sentence, far removed from correcting an ENGLISH sentence has no bearing at all whatsoever on the abilities of a person to bring about positive change [...]

CES has Green Saturday

As you might expect, I have lots of mixed feelings about CES. The design oriented, geek in me *loves* it. I’m frequently checking out engadget, gizmodo, and the like. But the green loving ecotype in me thinks “oh great, here come more devices that are going to end [...]

EarthWalk @ EarthFest, Kansas City

EarthWalk @ EarthFest, KC

This year, I’m part of the EarthFest volunteer committee for Bridging the Gap’s Earthwalk at Shawnee Mission Park. We’re trying to get local businesses to sponsor the event, and in turn educate consumers about sustainable practices.
If you know of any businesses that might be interested, please forward [...]

Applying to school

Well, I know that I said I’d be a lot more diligent in keeping my blog up to date, but its going to be hard. I’ve set a hard deadline for myself to take the GMAT in early February, as I am applying to school and the deadline is February 15th (eek!). I [...]

Operation Breakthrough

Ash and feisty kids

It’s been a while since I sent out some pixel love, so here it is. This is a picture taken at Operation Breakthrough, which is part of St Vincent’s Family Service Center in Kansas City.   Their mission is to help children in poverty develop to [...]

VCs dole out more money for solar power

VCs have started investing more money in solar power. This was not a shocking revelation to me.
Solar systems typically cost around $25K for a residential system. State and federal subsidies and tax breaks, especially in energy starved areas like California are large enough to make a meaningful dent in the initial cost [...]



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