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Natural Builders LLC

Michael Blaha — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:41:22 +0000

Natural Builders LLC is a high quality, low volume design / build firm in Taos, New Mexico. They have a small portfolio of exquisite work. Walk through their virtual tours to see what I mean.
This is a WordPress powered web site with a custom theme designed by the company and implemented by yours truly.

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Cob Workshops

Michael Blaha — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:00:55 +0000

As you may know, I Love Cob! I inherited the web site Cob Workshops a while back, and finally got around to designing a new fancy version. Cob Workshops is a free listing for cob building workshops and events. The new site features new search functionality, ability for workshop hosts to submit events, and a message board. We’ve also added the ability to pay via PayPal for those that would like to feature their event across the site. Earth building is a passion of mine, and it’s fun to develop a new site to turn people on to the natural building material – cob.

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Natural Building Network

Michael Blaha — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:48:07 +0000

Every year I donate my time to a worthy not-for-profit cause. This year ( and last ) the Natural Building Network received my time. We developed a WordPress powered web site that allows members to post articles and events. Member profiles can be updated by the member and are displayed in the Member Directory. We used aMember for account tracking and member subscriptions. aMember is a type of middle-ware that allows one user account across multiple open-source software systems. This is a good example of extending WordPress beyond the regular blog. There are many new features in the works, so stay tuned!

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Michael Lions

Michael Blaha — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:53:06 +0000

Michael Lions is an actor, feng shui consultant, natural builder, and documentary host. Michael is working on a new series, which I’m particularly interested in, called Alternative Directions. Where he documents alternative ways of living. In the latest DVD he features a straw bale green house under construction with natural, renewable materials. We’ve developed a WordPress powered web site and custom theme. Future plans include business cards, media packets, and custom graphic design. Stay tuned!

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Thousand Names Productions

Michael Blaha — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:01:09 +0000

Director, Zina Brown, revealed the world wide launch of Thousand Names Productions this week. Zina creates fantastical dream like productions and music videos in New York. We created a new site, powered by WordPress, with custom Flash elements and high resolution QuickTime videos of his work.

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Ethical Asset Consulting

Michael Blaha — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:42:15 +0000

Old friend Jaslyn Dobrahner and I created a brand new site for her business Ethical Asset Consulting. She specializes in providing customized, business-based animal welfare consulting. I created a WordPress powered website with a custom Ethical Asset Consulting theme.

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Bikeverywhere

Michael Blaha — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:09:47 +0000

Doug Shidell and I developed a whole new site for his publishing company, Bikeverywhere. This month we launched the new WordPress powered website equip with a shopping cart where Doug sells digital and paper bike maps for the Midwest and his new book Bicycle Vacation Guide. Doug features news on bike trail construction and helpful links for the best kind of transportation, the human powered bicycle.

New design:

Old design:

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Northfield Enterprise Center

Michael Blaha — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:33:23 +0000

We launched the new Northfield Enterprise Center website this month.
I converted their static website to WordPress powered site and created a custom WordPress theme. Northfield photography was provided by Patsy Dew and Scott Davis.

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Carole Crews

Michael Blaha — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:29:59 +0000

When I came to Taos, New Mexico I really wanted to meet Carole Crews. Carole is an artist and natural builder that has extensive experience working with natural plasters and natural building. We have created a simple web site using WordPress and Flickr. Carole will be releasing a book about Mud, earthen plasters that is. Soon we hope to showcase and sell her new book online.

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I Love Cob!

Michael Blaha — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:19:40 +0000

I Love Cob! What’s cob? It’s a mixture of clay, sand and straw. It can be used to create low cost housing and is ever so eco-friendly. This is my blog about natural building and related topics… I Love Cob!

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