Tag: life

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010

Posted on (Updated: December 3, 2023) by Alex Schreyer

Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate, enjoy your holidays and some relaxing time with your families. I wish you all the best for the new year! Cheers, Alex (FYI: The image was rendered with the fantastic SketchUp rendering software Twilight)

Follow me!

Posted on (Updated: November 24, 2016) by Alex Schreyer

Chirp, chirp… While I was figuring out how to make best use of all things Web 2.0, I found that Twitter is a great way for me to broadcast quick news items related to my blog’s topics (AEC-CAD, timber engineering, design and web stuff). So whenever something is too short for a blog post but […] Read more..

Commentary: Dangerous Biking in Amherst

Posted on (Updated: November 24, 2016) by Alex Schreyer

For a few days now local news here in Amherst has been dominated by the report of a killed biker on Montague Road. This tragedy has been exacerbated by the sad fact that the car that hit the two bikers has not yet been found and that the driver has not faced consequences for his […] Read more..

My semi-annual computer cleanup (a to-do list for everyone else)

Posted on (Updated: December 4, 2021) by Alex Schreyer

Now that the semester is over and all the grades are in, it is time for me again to clean up my computer before I embark on new projects. It is simply amazing how much that machine get filled with stuff over time. Add to that the fact that my hard disk is always too […] Read more..

Sustainability vs. Homeland Security

Posted on (Updated: May 20, 2018) by Alex Schreyer

Sustainability is everywhere these days. Just browse through the ads in Architectural Record and you’ll be amazed how every single building materials producer finds something green in their product – no matter how energy intensive it was to produce. There is also an onslaught of “sustainability” events around us. Earth Day had just passed when […] Read more..