Saturday, July 31, 2010

Copyright, Anthology, Quotes, and References

Updated Dec. 23, 2010

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Michael Rybin
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Architecture is a wonderful life.
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As part of an architecture drawing course, here is my hand drawing the Rubik’s Cube
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Career Development Resources

In architecture class today, we discussed 'what we would like to do' as a career in architecture.  We received an assignment to make a list or take an online career interest assessment.  Having taken a bunch of career interest and skill assessments before, I was asked to share my resources.  For those who may be uncertain about a career in architecture, or any other field for that matter, here are a few excellent career development resources. 

The official website of "What Color Is Your Parachute" by Richard Bolles -- the undisputed best book on career development.  For specific Counseling, Testing & Advice go to these links on his website.  Inside each of the following links is a brief description of several excellent resources (some free). 
  1. Online Job-Hunting Articles
  2. Online Job-Hunting Guides
  3. The Gateway Sites & More
  4. Online Personality & Traits Tests
  5. Online Careers Tests
  6. Transferable Skills
  7. Education
  8. More Help: Career Counseling Offices
  9. One-on-One Career Counseling
  10. Offline Career Counseling
  11. E-mail a Counselor

Alternatively, if you setup an account at http://utahfutures.org/ you can access the following career development resources:

Architecture is a wonderful life.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Top 10 Greenest Homes, Comcast shows

Last updated July 20, 2010

When I jog on the mini-trampoline, I watch Comcast 'history', 'science' or 'how it was made', etc.   A couple of weeks ago I discovered this Comcast 'planet green' group of shows. 

After the original post - I discovered that you can view the world's greenest homes videos online at Planet Green

If you are interested in green building and have Comcast cable, check out the "Top 10 Greenest Homes."  These programs are about 12 minutes each.  Honestly, they are not the "top 10 greenest" homes, but they are a real representation of actual green building ideas, each with more or less green.  Also, they have added new shows beyond the original 10. 

With your TV and Comcast cable on ... Go to, steps:
1.    on demand
2.    life & home
3.    planet green
4.    top 10 greenest homes

As you probably know, the “On Demand” programs are available anytime you want to watch them.  Therefore, you do not have to plan your schedule around a favorite weekly show.  One disadvantage is that individual shows are only available for about two weeks, and then they are replaced by new shows.

P.S. Although Comcast has upgraded their internet infrastructure and their internet connection speed is a little faster than it used to be, it is not as fast as some other internet service providers.  An objective technical analysis and comparison between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is recommended before you switch to Comcast.

Architecture is a wonderful life.
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