Spring Fever Earth Pitch

The fingers on the keyboard are chilly and so it drew me to post a silly comment on the oscillation of the weather now that we are emerging into Spring here in Arawak City. There is enough warmth to walk around and play during the day but enough to chill us back into bed to grab covers. The heater is now officially off and so the hovering of 45+ degrees is enough to keep me vibrating on caffeine to endure it but not going to cry when the warmth of the sun starts to take over.

the origins of CHA105 - the dumpster diesel dragon shortbus

The veggie oil short bus AKA CHA105 or the Cbus Freebus... is soon to be ressurected for all of it's glory and filthy dumpster diesel power...

For those of you on here you probably have either seen, ridden or at least heard stories of this legendary catastrophe of a vehicle, but alas I'm in a waxing poetic mood so I will share the trials and tribulation for all of you out there with nothing better to do than to read my writing.

Books for Crooks

Arawak City -- off the grid

Well it's been a while since I've posted a lot and now seems like an appropriate moment.

Roundcube rocks the snoopy socks off Gmail

OK, this is really just me wanting to post something nerdy and anti-surveillance society.

A step towards Solartopia

So I know have a solar powered battery charging and laptop running set-up. This was on my todo list since a now former roommate of mine bought a solar panel. It was like a surreal christmas to find a cardboard box marked solar panel sitting in our living room. It turned out that the panel was also too big for his intended purpose and thus he traded it for rent and now the deCline house is trying to go off the grid.

No U-Turn: Chinese Radical Art History presentation by Dan S. Wang at Franklin's VDC copy center

Dan S. Wang of Chicago gives a comprehensive presentation about the state of new art in China and its connection with social movements and the 1989 tiananmen square protests, and how the no u-turn symbol got appropriated as symbol for the democracy movement. This was shot at the Franklin VDC Copy Center, a resource center opened up by Red76 in conjunction with CCAD.

The Invisible Santa Maria - a interview with Marshall Barnes

Marshall Barnes of Columbus, Ohio claims to have conducted a invisibility experiment with the Santa Maria in the downtown riverfro Marshall Barnes of Columbus, Ohio claims to have conducted a invisibility experiment with the Santa Maria in the downtown riverfront. This is an interview conducted with him at a art gallery where he was showing a photograph he took where he uses a special light refraction technique to render the Santa Maria invisible. For more information about this project you can visit their website at http://www.thesantamariaexperiment.iwarp.com/

Bad Time in the Burbs

USBstance abuse and the life less lived...

There was a man who lived in total submission to every thought that crossed his mind.

He used to fill himself up with a million ideas and then watch as they left him in a dizzy array of mischief and burnt cigarettes. It was this very predicament that came to him and revealed itself through the guise of a type writter, the MAgick Typewritter known to many solely as george...