An inspiring new blog, dornob, features some unbelievably cool ideas for recycling offbeat structures into dwellings. Old firetowers, train cars, silos, factories and bridges are all suggested as source material for innovative living. This billboard house is a concept from Front Architects.
What is sustainable?
You can’t afford your water rates in California unless you grow some of your own vegetables or herbs.
With the high base amount I pay in water bills, I’m losing money if I don’t use some of my baseline water allotment to grow vegetables. The rewards more than justify the time spent. Beautiful and tasty!
The new website for the department of Comparative Literature at U.C. Berkeley is now up and running. The 5 home page banners, which change randomly when the screen refreshes, feature art by Jack Stauffacher and other collages that integrate material from the Bancroft Library, the French Library and the Mark Twain Library at U.C. Berkeley. WordPress makes it easy for department staff to update the site as needed.
Many thanks go to Victoria Kahn, department chair and Gail Ganino, department manager. Vicky and Gail had the vision to simplify, as well as beautify, the cramped and dark former website. No more yellow typography on a dark gray background! Colin Frangos was the invaluable tech guru who bravely navigated the labyrinthine sysadmin at Berkeley. Tony Bliss, of the Bancroft, was an entertaining and erudite resource for our image search.
