Tiny Housecar with its own lawn in the '30s

From Boing Boing, posted by Cory Doctorow:

"Back in 1930, Modern Mechanix reported on Charles Miller, of Portland, OR, who was rambling around the nation in a homemade mobile-home that included a plot of grass from his beloved hometown.

From Modern Mechanix: "WHEN Charles Miller, of Portland, Oregon, found the wanderlust too much for him in spite of his love for the old home, he decided to see the world and carry his home right with him, too. So he built a complete bungalow on the chassis of his car--not even forgetting to put in a nice bit of lawn. Then he started out and since starting he has traveled over 200,000 miles and isn't through yet. Mr. Miller claims to have the only motorized house and lot in the country. The "lot" consists of a narrow strip of earth and turf."
Carries Own Grass 200,000 Miles (Feb, 1930)

New House Built With Old Charm

"(Architect) Clay Chapman’s approach to design: 'The product of our efforts must withstand trend and fashion and be held with deep affection from generation to generation.'”

http://hookedonhouses.net/2011/03/24/elias-cottage-a-new-house-built-with-old-charm/

George Carlin - Modern Man

"I'm a modern man, digital and smoke-free; a man for the millennium. A diversified, multi-cultural, post-modern deconstructionist; politically, anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I've been uplinked and downloaded, I've been inputted and outsourced. I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I'm a high-tech low-life. A cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, bi-coastal multi-tasker, and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond. I'm new-wave, but I'm old-school; and my inner child is outward-bound.…"

The words: www.freewebs.com/amodernmangeorgecarlin

Sent by Paul Wingate. This was on an HIBO special in 2005. 6 years ago!

Bruno Atkey's sailboat

Bruno, one of the 3 major builders in Builders of the Pacific Coast, is getting ready to launch his Ola Suerte, a junk-rigged steel sailboat he has been working on for 22 years. (He built it from scratch.) Our mutual friend Godfrey Stephens will be there at the launching, and we'll have photos of the occasion.

Paddleboards and outrigger canoes

Here's a Picasa slide show of the annual Shore-to-Shore paddle race put on by Live Water Surf Shop of Stinson Beach, Calif. a few weeks ago. These photos show a variety of boards and boats. I'm fascinated by the outriggers, they weigh like 21 pounds!

https://picasaweb.google.com/lloydkahn/Paddleboard?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZmtH4zNXHFQ#slideshow

Jackrabbit Homesteading

Hello,
I was just reading Lloyd's blog and watched a video of him talking about his work (and skateboarding). I wanted to share a audio project (and book) I put together on Jackrabbit Homesteading out in the Mojave a few years back. Thought it may be of interest. Anyhow, the website is: http://www.jackrabbithomestead.com/
Enjoy!

Kim Stringfellow
www.kimstringfellow.com

I've had this little piece by Lesley hanging on my office wall for some years. It's 13" by 16". I love the asymmetry within the symmetry of her quilt work. See: http://www.lesleycreed.com/

Awesome bike tricks

Danny MacAskill, April 2009
I just can't believe this guy. Sent us by Brage.

Rustic recycled small buildings in Minnesota

"16 Years of custom building, located in central Minnesota, The Rustic Way offers a custom service to create your eco-friendly personal dream in cabinetry, furniture, picture framing, buildings and an asortment of speciality items. All of The Rustic Way’s products have the warmth, character and lustre created by using wood that has experienced decades of aging; before it was carefully preserved from buildings that date back generations."

"…Dan Pauly has a passion for old wood – its warm luster, tight grain and fascinating, unique history, first as trees harvested from old-growth forests in the 19th Century and then as lumber from old structures – barns, granaries, grain elevators, warehouses, stores. 'This wood reflects our natural heritage,' Dan observes, 'and has a much richer and more attractive patina and grain than modern wood.'"

http://rusticway.com

Sent us by Irene Tukuafu