Apr 05 2009
Welcome back!
Exciting news! I’m now blogging for Visit Indiana, the official Indiana tourist office!
I’ll be posting regularly on their very successful blog. That means that a lot of stuff I would write about here I will now write about @ Visit Indiana.
So check them out today or see my recent Visit Indiana posts in the sidebar.
Happy Reading!
Jan 07 2009
LIFE Magazine and Google recently teamed up to create an archive of every LIFE magazine picture from their archives. You can view the pictures and order your own prints.
I did a search for the Dunes and found a ton of really cool pictures that provide a unique window into the history of the Region.
You can see the whole Google / LIFE Magazine Collection Here.
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Boy Scouts racing down a dune at the Indiana Dunes in 1960
A view of the Indiana Dunes.
Sen. Paul H. Douglas (C) in the company of botanists who are studying plants in Indiana Dunes Park, an area threatened by industrial expansion.
Sen. Paul H. Douglas (L) with Sec’y of Interior Stewart L. Udall (C) campaigning for preservation of Indiana Dunes as a state park free from industrial encroachment.
Sun rising over Cole’s Bog in Indiana Dunes State Park.
Birds flying over the waters of Lake Michigan in Indiana Dunes State Park.
Sen. Paul H. Douglas standing in the Indiana Dunes.
A view of people playing at sunset at the Indiana Dunes.
Oct 21 2008
The last time I took pictures of the World’s Fair Homes was last spring. Much has changed since then. I was unable to do the tour of the homes this year, but I drove by last weekend and took some pics to update people interested to know how the restoration is going.
Click here to read my original article on the Beverly Shores World’s Fair Homes.
Doesn’t look like there has been much progress on the House of Tomorrow, at least externally.
The Florida House has seen some work done on the inside, while externally some concrete foundations have been laid to shore up the rear of the house along with a new concrete sidewalk.
The Wieboldt-Rostone looks like it’d has a lot done to it. A lot more of the original moldings have been taken off the building. I’m assuming they are in the process of being restored. Glad I snapped pics of them before they were removed.
I can’t tell much that has been done on the Armco-Ferro House. It looks like a lot of work has been done on the inside though.
Restoration on the homes is coming along, slowly but surely. I hope I can take the tour next year so I can see what the new owners/lessees have in store.
Oct 20 2008
After several days of testing and working out the bugs, my latest web project, Webinar Central has gone live today.
Webinar Central will become the web’s best destination to find out about the latest free webinars taking place anywhere on the web. It’s the ultimate webinar directory. At Webinar Central, you can view the latest free webinars, submit your own for inclusion and comment on past webinars. We’re harnessing the power of social media to spread the word on the latest educational webinar opportunities.
I love to learn and the advent of webinars has revolutionized the way knowledge can be disseminated over the internet. I’ve learned so much from these wonderful tools that I want to make sure that anyone has the knowledge and abilitiy to learn via this medium. There hasn’t really been a central location for all the webinars taking place on the web. There is so much going on, that if you don’t have a way to find out about it, you’ll miss out on valuable learning opportunities. So using some tools that I’ve set up, I’ll be able to monitor for future webinars all across the web and let you know about them here first. Don’t see your webinar in the database? Then you can add it for free by filling out the submission form.
Sep 30 2008
Valparaiso has a problem and that problem is trains.
Now, let me preface this by saying that I love trains. I think they provide excellent economic value and are generally better for the environment. I also support the South Shore Expansion to Valparaiso and Lowell. I grew up being inconvenienced by trains my whole life so normally they don’t bother me.
But I’ve just about had enough.
Valparaiso is unfortunate in that it has a major freight railway running right smack through the middle of town. This usually isn’t a big deal, the chances of being stopped by a train throughout the day are pretty low. However, freight train traffic is increasing and it’s starting to affect my daily commute. I have to cross the tracks to get to an from work; as do a lot of people who live in Valpo.
Is it just me or lately has there pretty much been a train during rush hour every day now? Valparaiso screeches to a grinding halt during rush hour when one of these trains goes through. It’s a mess. There are only two ways to get over the tracks and each are on opposite sides of the city. Not only that, the trains usually move at a snail’s pace and are incredibly long.
I sat for 15 minutes the other day. That’s how long my commute should take in total!
It’s evident that the problem is only going to get worse. Would it be so hard for the train companies to not run traffic through there, say, between 4:30pm and 6:30pm? That probably won’t happen. The train companies have made it abundantly clear that they don’t really care for the communities their tracks go through.
What we really need is another north/south bridge over the tracks in the middle of Valpo. It would greatly reduce congestion during rush hour and improve traffic flow throughout the whole city.
What do you guys think?
