Art
Skiing in Tahoe for 4th of July!
by Tahoe Designer on Jul.01, 2010, under Art, Entertainment, Events, Lake Tahoe, Music, Sports
4th of July Weekend at Squaw Valley USA!
Squaw is having the 4th of July Fine Arts Festival, High Camp activities including swimming, ice skating, hiking and paintball. Skiers and riders are permitted to ride the Cable Car with equipment until 2pm for upper mountain hike accessed skiing and riding.
July 4th Skiing at Kirkwood!
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Smart Clothing Technology
by Tahoe Designer on May.07, 2010, under Art, Design, Fashion
In my last post I spoke a little about “Smart Clothing” and I thought it my be prudent to follow up with an example of some of the intelligent apparel items available these days.
Taiwan based TexRay, a global player in the fabric and apparel business with subsidiaries in North America, Asia and Africa [...]
HOW TO: Window Farms provide a greener view
by Tahoe Designer on Apr.17, 2010, under Art, Design, Food, Personal, Technology
With Earth Day just around the corner and the days getting noticeably longer, I thought it prudent to offer some horticulture tips…
Tip 1. Whether you live a hectic city life or out in the country, you don’t have to go without fresh veggies.
This system window farm can churn-out a salad per week. The window farm [...]
RoboCup – Dennis Hong and DARwin’s Evolution
by Tahoe Designer on Apr.15, 2010, under Art, Design, Events, Photography, Sports, Technology
At TEDxNASA in 2006, Dennis Hong introduced seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots — like the humanoid DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR — all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. This year Hong and his team join the thousands of soccer fans rooting for their team as they compete to win the cup! No, not [...]
Kites, Power & Beer
by Tahoe Designer on Apr.14, 2010, under Art, Design, Events, Technology
“Beer is proof that God loves us and he wants us to be happy!” is one of my favorites quotes by Benjamin Franklin. Ben also was big fan of kites and mother nature’s power.
Inventor Saul Griffith spoke at TED regarding his fancy for kites and power. I’m sure he likes beer too.
