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Think it can’t happen to your town?

ByDerek

It ain’t easy bein’ green, especially in Marburg, Germany where a new building ordinance now requires any homeowner that does roof or heating system repairs to install solar panels. From his deck, Mr. Schönherr can see the town’s famous hilltop Gothic castle as well as two of its three power-generating windmills. On his roof, a…

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Moving too fast?

ByDerek

Craig wonders if the plans for demolishing the Skyway are wider-reaching than most people think. “Skyway” is local shorthand for the Skyway bridge. But when the I-190 was built in the 1950s, Skyway was the term used to describe the entire portion of the Niagara Thruway that was elevated above street-level — approximately that part…

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Stretching the Bush-bashing to it’s limits

ByDerek

I was going to post my reaction on the Bush-bash of the day, but then I saw that Craig already wrote exactly what I was going to say. C’mon, media. There are plenty of real things you can bash Bush with, but this one doesn’t even come close to being newsworthy. Talk about stretching the…

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Tivoless

ByDerek

Oh please, please, please, Time Warner, follow in the footsteps of Comcast and start offering a Tivo. It’s nothing against your fabulous HD DVR (other than it’s lousy Atari 2600-esque interface, poorly designed remote, and the complete lack of features that make the Tivo great – like the ability to easily record only first run…

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Punaro Glen Construction: Some time in 2020…. I think

ByDerek

Time flies when… uh… you’re stuck at home due to the Coronavirus. Somehow I’ve managed to go nearly 3 months without posting an update here. There have been the occasional Instagram pics if you’re following along there, but I’ll bring everyone up to speed here too. We had about a long lull in January/February where…

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