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You’re killing America!

Posted in Activism, Alternative Fuels, Democrats, Energy, Environment, Ethanol, Hybrids, Obama, Politics, Technology, alternative power, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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) [...]

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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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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!

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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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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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Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water…

Posted in Container House, Family, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Greetings…
Grab your swim fins and masks, because we’re gonna get wet today.
No! We’re not “free-diving” looking for lost shipping containers to salvage in our quest to build a home! There are enough of them parked on our shores already! Mountains of them!

You see, we should at least get as wet as the knuckleheads in Congress, [...]

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Okay, go ahead. Dig your own grave…

Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Environment, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Shipping Containers, Technology, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Greetings, Campers!
As most of you know, my family is building a home out of shipping containers. And, we’re even helping other families build homes out of these marvelous boxes. I have some “experience” where these boxes are concerned, and I’m doing my best, to see that they get used to their fullest potential!

As this blog [...]

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Is Caffeine a gateway drug to Heroin? :)

Posted in Container House, Environment, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It might be – if you’re a Realtor… right about now.
It’s me again… That “Corten Crusader on a Metal Mitzvah…” clad in several mils of oxidizing steel, seemingly “courting disaster… while courting your conscience.”
Try saying THAT three times fast… It’s harder than trying to choke down your Bubbeleh’s awful latke’s… without hurting her feelings!
(That’s “Grannie’s [...]

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, Energy, Environment, Goals, Green Design, HowTo, ISBU, Politics, Shipping Containers, Survival, Technology, The Bubba Effect, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Greetings, Campers!
Okay, so I took a break from that plasma cutter.
A guy has to eat, you know!
My family needs a house. My family has no cash. My family has a plan… and it involves Shipping Containers, recycled steel, and a lot of hard work. Hey, that’s why they call it “sweat equity”!
Most [...]

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It’s about time for some Heavy Metal In Michigan!

Posted in Container House, Green Design, ISBU, Shipping Containers, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Ah… another fine example of “Mi Container es Su Casa!”
“Oh, give me a home,
I can build on my own,
where the bankers can kiss my big butt…
A ’slight’ mortgage I’ll pay,
while I’m happy all day,
and the neighbors all think I’m a nut!”
(I writ that, I did… all by my onesies… You can tell, huh?) [...]

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“I’m sorry – We’re Broke.”

Posted in Beach Houses, Cabins, Cheap Vacation Homes, Container House, HowTo, ISBU, Opinion, Politics, Shipping Containers, Stimulus Bill, affordable housing, alternative construction, alternative housing, alternative power, architecture, construction, housing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2009 | 10 Comments »

I have been accused of being a “treehugger”around here, recently. Again…
I’m not sure why…  Sure, I write posts about saving energy. Because I have to pay for the energy I use! Well, duh!
I like CFL’s (Compact Fluorescent light bulbs). Why? Well,  because I don’t have to change them as often, and they save me [...]

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