Author Archives: Rusty

A Fresh Start

By Rusty | Published: November 11, 2008

I have, for the moment, resurrected my HP Pavilion ze5000 notebook. This week represents the 3rd or 4th time that I’ve reformatted this machine, but this time I also took all the screws on the body out, and reassembled the computer looking for the source of a screen flicker. While I found no visible cause, […]

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The Dabbs Residence – Near Completion

By Rusty | Published: November 5, 2008

I had the opportunity to take the Nikon out to the Dabbs Residence in Holly springs and get these thirty-five shots both inside and out today. The wooded lot looks fantastic in the fall, and really makes for a wonderful backdrop for taking photos of this little gem. I’m very proud of this, the first […]

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Wedding Day Wandering

By Rusty | Published: October 28, 2008

This weekend I had the opportunity to spend the weekend in Greensboro for my sister-in-law Carla’s wedding. It just so happened that I had dad’s Nikon camera with me, and being a part of the family, but not actually in the ceremony gave me the unique opportunity to spend a lot of time wandering around […]

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Gettin’ down on the farm

By Rusty | Published: October 13, 2008

I once again had the opportunity to attend the Buildsense annual picnic out at Randy and Lori’s farm this weekend. It was an absolute blast! Also present was Randy’s partner Erik Van Mehlman whose new firm Studio B Architecture shares space with Buildsense. Erik recently completed a very cool Habitat house which was published in […]

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Cary’s Pedestrian Bridge Art is up

By Rusty | Published: October 9, 2008

But is it any good? I myself am having a hard time coming to a decision on the piece. Some think that $165,000 is too much for an important piece of public art, but instead I’m wondering about the timing and implementation of this piece. Was the bridge designed without the artwork in mind? What […]

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