Category: Iowa
August 16, 2006
That’s Where the Tall Corn Grows
You may have noticed that it’s been a little slow around here lately. There’s a good explanation this time. I’ve recently accepted an Information Architect position with a company in Eastern Iowa. My wife and I both grew up in Iowa and have family there, so it’s not as random as it sounds. We’ll miss Philadelphia, it’s been a great… 
March 2, 2006
Camouflage: Art, Science, and Popular Culture
I’ve been meaning to share a link to what looks to be an interesting conference on camouflage. The conference organizer, Roy Behrens, was one of my professors at the University of Northern Iowa. He lectured for several class sessions during a History of Design course on his research into the history of camouflage. To me, the most interesting part concerned…
February 24, 2006
New Website for Twin Lakes, Iowa, Under Construction
I thought I’d share one of the projects I’m working on… I’m in the process of building a new community site for Twin Lakes, Iowa, and the surrounding area (the lovely place that my parents live). Events calendar, local attractions and businesses, and hopefully some forums to begin with. I’m currently looking at building the site with TextPattern and Vanilla,…
September 7, 2004
Round Barn - Twin Lakes Iowa
Visited the round barn at Twin Lakes Christian Center across the lake today. According to the history of the round barn on the TLCC website, it was built by “Round Barn” Johnson around 1920 and moved to its current location last year. I’ve also made a 1024x768 version of the round barn photo suitable for desktop wallpaper….
July 27, 2004
RAGBRAI - Tour d’Iowa
Riders have completed day three of RAGBRAI (the [Des Moines] Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). This is the 32nd annual event, this year covering 490 miles in seven days. Today’s regular ride was 71.7 miles, the more ambitions had the option of adding an extra loop to complete a full 100 mile “century” ride. Here’s a little RAGBRAI…