Greetings…
Ye inhabitants of the Misguided Menagerie! Welcome back! Take a seat! Grab a cold drink! Write me a big check… um…er… what? Did I say that with my “outside ” voice? Ah crap…!
Hey… ya can’t blame a fella for tryin…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about “Bob.”
Since when did [...]
Archive for November, 2009
When does “BOB” become “Robert”?
Posted in Container Home Building, Container House, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Survival, The Bubba Effect, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, tagged Bob Vila on November 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Thanksgiving in a Shipping Container…
Posted in Container House, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Survival, The Bubba Effect, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, housing on November 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Greetings!
I’m hoping that you are surrounded by family (the good ones, not those mooching miscreants that just want to eat all your food, drink all your frosty cold beverages, and then borrow your car…) and that your day is filled with love, and laughter, and harmony.
As we spend our day, we’ll spend it looking forward [...]
You’re killing America!
Posted in Activism, Alternative Fuels, Democrats, Energy, Environment, Ethanol, Hybrids, Obama, Politics, Technology, alternative power, tagged alternative construction, alternative power, green building, power, solar power, Technology on November 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Obama keeps talking about “fixing what ails America,” by building alternative power projects.
To seemingly prove it…
On April 11, 2009 DOE announced a whopping $38.5 Billion dollars in loan guarantees to “encourages the development of new energy technologies and is an important step in paving the way for clean energy projects.” All a start-up company has [...]
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts…
Posted in Container Home Building, Container House, Donations, Family, Helping Hands, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Survival, The Bubba Effect, affordable housing, construction on November 23, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Remember that old adage?
Recently (October 17th), I was contacted by an older gentleman who was “fronting” a deal in Central Florida, for investors looking to convert a modular home factory (that failed) into an ISBU processing facility, to repurpose these shipping containers that we’ve all come to love, into homes that families can afford….
He’s a [...]
A Home without clothes…
Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Energy, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, construction, Environment, green building, Green Design, house design, housing, HowTo, ISBU, recycling, shipping container, Shipping Containers, solar power on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Okay,
It’s time for some ISBU Inspiration!
Greeting, you “Minions of Metal!” I’ve gathered you all together today…
Wait… that’s not it…
Most of you know that I’m plotting and scheming… and even conspiring to build a house out of recycled and repurposed ISBU (Shipping Containers).
A lot of you know that we’re helping several other families do the same [...]
I’m in the hole… and it’s wet in here…
Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Environment, Family, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Survival, The Bubba Effect, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative power, construction, tagged affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative power, Environment, Family, Green Design, HowTo, In-Ground Pools, ISBU, Ponds, Pools, shipping container, Shipping Containers, solar power on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daddy, I WANNA POOL! I want it NOW! Daddy? Are you listening, Daddy? Daaaaaaady!
Yes, young Jedi… It’s easy to build a lap pool from a 40′ High Cube ISBU shipping container… IF you start planning now.
Recently, I was lurking a friend’s blog, where there is a rampant discussion going on about using ISBUs (Shipping Containers) [...]
All About “B.O.B.”
Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Survival, The Bubba Effect, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, recovery, tagged affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, Bob Vila, construction, Environment, green building, Green Design, house design, housing, housing crisis, HowTo, ISBU, recovery, recycling, shipping container, Shipping Containers, solar power, Survival on November 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Build your own “BOB” (Bug Out Box)! Ever wanted to just “head out into the woods and then never have to come out?” Here’s how!
“Ronin’s Reconstruction” Tips
Posted in Green Design, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, construction, housing, tagged affordable housing, alternative construction, architecture, construction, green building, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, recycling, shipping container, Shipping Containers, solar power on November 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Welcome to the fray!
I get email. Hoo boy, do I get email…
And although a lot of it is just character assassination and accusations about the alleged depth (of lack thereof) of my gene pool…
(Thanks… MOM.) This coming from a woman who turned “40″ about 12 freakin’ times… OY!
Anyway… I get email from “readers”… “demanding” answers!
Like [...]
Sailing the Prairie and planking the palace…
Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Democrats, Environment, Ethanol, HowTo, ISBU, Opinion, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, housing, tagged affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, Environment, Green Design, house design, housing, housing crisis, HowTo, ISBU, real estate, recycling, shipping container, Shipping Containers on November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Come and listen to a story ’bout a man named Jed…
Lately, I’ve been writing about a village that’s being created out of separate ISBU segments, transformed into modules specific to fulfilling a defined task.
Apparently, it boggles the minds of some of my readers, that anyone would address the concept of actually having to walk [...]
Building on the Frontier – ISBU style!
Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, housing, tagged affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, Environment, green building, house design, housing, HowTo, ISBU, real estate, shipping container, Shipping Containers on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Greetings, Campers!
Today, we’re going to answer that age old question…
How do you “guerrilla” around a 9,000 pound ISBU, when you don’t have a crane??
I’m about to show you how they do it in Nicaragua. It may be ugly… it may be risky… but it works.
Now, this isn’t the first ISBU (shipping container) house [...]
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