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Local Farm Bucks the Trend

maxxscholten — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:57:41 +0000

Skip Connett is a local farmer in east Austin. With the help of his wife, children, and two full-time hired help, Connett grows vegetables and raises and sells animals such as pigs, goats, and chickens. Volunteers from Community Supported Agriculture also lend a hand in return for organic groceries. The farm is unable to afford to pay full time volunteers, and “we usually have more vegetables than money,” says Connett. The recent economic recession has moderately disrupted farm sales due to people spending less money on food. However, Green Gate Farms has had a large demand from local Austinites whom Skip says are very conscious about the food they eat and are turned off from industrialized farming.

Echelon plane crash

maxxscholten — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:59:28 +0000

On Thursday morning around 10:00 am Joseph Andrew Stack III deliberately and intentionally flew his personal airplane into the Echelon building at the 9400 block of Reserach Blvd. in Austin. At this time the attack appears to be based on Stack’s ire with the Internal Revenue Service. Around the same time Stack set his Georgetown home on fire. A suicide note written by Stack was posted on www.embeddedart.com

First February fortnight

maxxscholten — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:14:55 +0000

Things that have happened recently.

Watched the sky turn red and fixed shingles.

Went to Dallas to get fancy new super teeth.

Drove back to Austin.

Witnessed an elderly Mardi Gras celebration.

Photographed nice people for portraits.

‘One moment of the world’

maxxscholten — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:53:24 +0000

I cheated, here are two moments… and one photo of some machine l0v3:

Shooting at Texas Capitol

maxxscholten — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:52:17 +0000

On Thursday afternoon there was a shooting at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Fausto Cardenas fire off two shots from the South Steps of the capitol shortly after he attempted to have a private conversation in the office of Senator Dan Patrick.

You can read an article written for The Daily Texan.

HD Video now on iMaxx

maxxscholten — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:50:57 +0000

For Christmas I acquired a Flip HD Mino with 2 hour of recording space (4GB?). It shoots in 1080i video and looks absolutely stunning considering this camera is the size of a cell phone. So now I’ll be posting some embedded Youtube files. Make sure to watch them in HD.

Back in Texas

maxxscholten — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:25:34 +0000

I am back in Texas and this is what I’ve done.

Saw Mike’s band, The Mustache Club in Coppell, Texas.

It snowed in Texas.

Saw old friends.

Met a new friend.

Farewell New York

maxxscholten — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:48:29 +0000

I am leaving New York in two days and it’s going to be a major bummer. The good thing is, it snowed right before I left.

End of Magnum internship

maxxscholten — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:41:38 +0000

Finished some projects at Magnum and last night went to the Magnum holiday party in Brooklyn. This will be my last week in New York for a while but I do intend on coming back.

Up to date

maxxscholten — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:45:36 +0000

I’ve been busy with a new project at Magnum recently and I also spent 10 days back in Texas visiting friends and family in Austin and Dallas. I’m back in New York for another three weeks and I’ll get some stuff up soon because it’s been a while.

Also, today President Obama agreed that 30,000 more troops should be sent to Afghanistan. Big news.