Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Crocodiles vs Alligators
Now why would I want to wrestle this little guy? If you haven't noticed, I am resurrecting or reinventorying unique/ oddball stuff I have done in order to take stock and assess where I have been and more importantly where I am going.
Posted by TYF at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 0 comments
Labels: crocodiles google
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Christmas Turkey 2008 Italia
Either I have a huge computer screen or our Italian Christmas Turkey is the size of a Costco chicken (But costs 4 times as much). But it is free range and there are no hormones! Oh Oh Oh it says 100% Italiano too!
Posted by TYF at Tuesday, December 23, 2008 0 comments
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Freedombus Revisited
Vic Lee from local station KRON was nice enough to come by and interview me and my dad for Freedom Bus back in 2002 for July 4. The show aired several times that week and someone was nice enough to tape it for me. Remember tape?
Posted by TYF at Saturday, December 20, 2008 0 comments
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Shipping Container House Recycled - Where is the INNOVATION since?
I just reconnected the .5TB hard drive with all the family photos. I was looking at Jax and how he was even smaller than Suby is now and thought about the detail, colors and textures of the Container House.
I got an email back in September from Scott Benson, namesake of our son Subasio Scott Yuen, saying that there was an article in the SJ Mercury news about the new "Container House" concept that would be exhibited. Honestly, don't architectural school graduates have anything NEW to offer? Should they expect a bit more out of their teachers? I built mine in 2002! Six years ago and these "experts" are just coming around now?
WHERE IS THE INNOVATION? I do not fault them for using shipping containers. I fault them for not bringing anything NEW to the table. I learned so much from building mine. They could make it greener. NOT money green but ecologically green. What I see is the architectural equivalent of moving the coffee holder on a 2007 Ford Expedition and calling it a 2008 model. How disappointing.
Note: This is a slideshow from Picasa Web Albums Embeded into the blog. Not a movie!
Posted by TYF at Thursday, December 11, 2008 2 comments
Labels: ECO FRIENDLY, GREEN, GREEN HOME BUILDING, MODEL HOME MONDAY live in the box, SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES