'Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology' - Excerpt 1

Yup, the deck looks good with the dog on it.

I caught him doing this one the other day when he was laying the floor tiles in the bathroom and I just had to share it.I never would have thought to do it like this, but it works.

Start out by measuring the diameter of the curve that you’ll be needing and cut out a triangular notch that’s the length of the diameter at the base of the triangle (on the edge of the tile) and half that length high.This is for a half-circle type of curve, which will be probably the most common curved cut you’ll need because every bathroom needs a toilet!.Next, either use a grade school style compass, or just find a round object about the size of your hole and trace out a circle that touches all three points of your triangle.

A pot lid will probably work great!THEN you take your tile saw and cut straight notches from the edge of the tile up to your drawn-on curve.

Do the same on the other side too.

And then get a hammer!.Meanwhile, we’re still having a heck of a time keeping up with the weeds in the other half.. For the record, even with all of my weed killing strategies this year, I’m still kind of a wild flower/weed lover at heart.. I’m a little bit tempted to one day just let the whole property go au naturel and see what happens.

Look at these pretty pinky flowers that popped up!.OK, we do have some actual veggies growing this year, but only very few so far.. One success is the pumpkins.

Last year by this time, I’d already replanted them thrice because of the bugs that were eating them to the ground.This year, one shot and it looks like we’re good to go..er..grow!.