While I’m satisfied with the cheap wood laminate flooring that I inherited when I bought my home, I’ve been waiting for the time when I’ve got the extra change needed to get some real hardwood floors installed. And being, a tree-hugging liberal, the first thing that came to mind was, of course, bamboo.
Sure, bamboo, unlike [...]

Filed under: business, design, environment, living on June 15th, 2008 | No Comments »

Either that, or I’m just on to something here. A year and a half ago, I decided to paint my living room green—not just any green, mind you, but a green color-matched to the green used in all Xbox branding, packaging, logos, etc. Let’s call it Xbox Green.

Then, a few months back, I came across [...]

Filed under: design, living on June 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

People my age have virtually no prospect of leaving home, let alone owning their own. In an age of “irrational exuberance” and an out of control real estate boom, becoming a homeowner has become little more than a passing thought, something relegated in people’s plans under the category “someday”. Being a homeowner is the anchor, [...]

Filed under: living, personal on July 8th, 2005 | No Comments »