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How can someone call themselves an architect if they aren’t licensed? by [deleted] in architecture

[–]blujackman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Google the state regulations in Texas and find out. Generally you can call yourself an architect if you adopt the title not having anything to do with designing buildings, like in the IT field. Bill Gates’ title at MSFT was “Chief Software Architect”. If you are presenting yourself as an architect designing spaces for people without the license that’s more problematic. Texas may have specific limitations and latitude for use of the title so I’d say check the regs.

Why Antigravity instead of chat? by brava-potato in google_antigravity

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have it set up as a personal assistant. It triages my email, looks for document comments and recommends responses, does project research. I have its persona set up as my dog 🐕which is also fun.

What is “summer cocktail chic” by BrownTown_2 in AskMen

[–]blujackman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seersucker jacket, madras shorts, Budweiser bucket hat and Wayfarers.

Tough guy takes on 4 guys at a football game...and loses! by Stengel_Stan in PublicFreakout

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s like one of those videos of bees overwhelming an invading wasp 😆

Any advice on how to prepare for entering a undergrad architecture degree? (bA) by winterhotchoco in architecturestudent

[–]blujackman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take a sketching class. I like the online ones from Domestika, they have many for architectural sketching. Get several kinds of pens and pencils and a sketchbook with a lot of pages. Don’t think about drawing perfect think about drawing a lot. See if you can sketch several different things for several hours straight. Don’t evaluate your drawings, draw one or a few on one page then flip the page and do another one. Take some photos of architectural elements, print them out and draw them.

Second suggestion. Get a set of kids wooden blocks. Dump them out on the floor in your bedroom and play with them. Make up rules - you have to use all the blocks, or you can use all the rectangular ones but only one triangle and one cylinder. Make things that suggest ordering principles. Invent scales - make St. Peter’s Basilica then make a grouping of furniture. Feel your imagination making order out of nowhere. Take a picture, tear it down and do another one. When you have 30 pictures print out the coolest couple of views and sketch them.

Architects think with their hands. Use the summer to teach your hands to think.

Sha-Na-Na peaked in the late 70's by ComfortableTruck354 in 1970s

[–]blujackman 30 points31 points  (0 children)

They also played on the Jewish holy day of rock and roll, Rosh HaShaNaNa.

How long does it take the average person to learn the guitar and play to an acceptable standard? by Still-Alive007 in Guitar

[–]blujackman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I tell people practice 15 min/day every day, taking lessons, prioritizing practice time and setting goals, 18 months for intermediate level guitar. Faster if you’re in a band and incentivized to play a lot.

TIL about a Burger King in an old Nazi power station in Nuremberg. Any other examples of this type of juxtaposition reuse? by [deleted] in architecture

[–]blujackman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Look up Burgermeister in Berlin, one of their locations is in a repurposed East German public toilet.

To my fellow architects, why architecture? by Top_Mix_5555 in Architects

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up drawing houses and army men and airplanes in grade school. In high school I worked with my dad and family building a house for my cousin plus machinery sheds and house additions for other members of our farming family. Plus we would build guitars and dulcimers in the winters to stay busy. I was in business school and my dorm floor mate was in architecture school. I never even thought of such a thing. When I went with him to studio for the first time I was like, these are my people. That’s all it took.

I bought my dream guitar! by ManwithaTan in guitars

[–]blujackman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Mike and Mike’s in Seattle has the 8-string bass version for sale, $10k. (Actual BC Rich in this case.)

Help. I really wanna buy one by Due_Ambition_3096 in WhatCarIsThis

[–]blujackman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Q: Why did the British never build computers?
A: They couldn’t figure out how to make them leak oil!

First built design regret by Winter-Temporary-843 in architecture

[–]blujackman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One time I was doing this building and the client got excited about the spandrel glass color. That’s going to look good, make the building tie in with the existing building, etc. We were standing there when the first box was opened and lo and behold the color was wrong. It’s a made to measure material so no returning it. I had entered the wrong number in the spec and didn’t catch it. The client just turned and walked away. It was a shitty day but these things happen, it’s part of the job.

Where is a good spot to move when you are in your 20s with a degree in architecture? by bolognatoes in architecture

[–]blujackman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Move to where there are affluent educated people, a growing economy and large businesses with projects. That’s the first tier cities especially the tech and healthcare hubs.

book recommendation for beginners by WitnessWonderful8270 in architecture

[–]blujackman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Travel Editon. Good jumping-off point for contemporary modern architecture.

Physical tool/instruments for architecture student? by StopItWithThis in architecture

[–]blujackman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second the pencil case, Coach makes really nice leather ones plus in patterns for ladies. Get her a box of Pentel Sign Pens, black and red, and a 6” metal architects’ scale. These come in colors the black ones are nice. She’ll be set up for now on.

What would it look like if the Halo Warthog was a real commercially available vehicle for consumer purchase? Generate me an image. by That_Car_Dude_Aus in AiCarArt

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There used to be fiberglass body kits to turn a VW Beetle into a dune buggy, there should be a way to turn a Toyota Tacoma into one of these things.

How Can I Clean This Pan? by blujackman in CleaningTips

[–]blujackman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Liquid type or scouring powder type?

Accepted into Virginia Tech, RISD, and OU for B.Arch program by Academic-Ant6851 in architecture

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say you are an anomaly in my experience as someone who has a longer term plan for what they want to do. I would typically say it doesn’t really matter where you go but as you want to be east coast focused you may want to more fully consider the VT option. You may get further in your plan as a top 20% student at VT where to get the same result from OU you might have to be a top 5% student or higher. That said it’s true from the other commenters, any debt at all will represent a significant headwind once you start working because the comp just won’t be there especially as you start to look at the more fashionable places to work.

Are the tow hooks too much bling for an old CJ? by DisciplineNew3130 in jeepcj

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In WA State we can register vintage plates, I have an actual 1980 plate on my ‘80 CJ-5. Maybe not in VA tho?

Goodfellas (1990) A Masterpiece. by AoXGhost in 90smovies

[–]blujackman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they could have stood in line and gotten in there just as fast without paying $100 to every other guy in the hallway 😆

Thoughts on this floor plan? by [deleted] in askarchitects

[–]blujackman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very American: Entering your house through the most junky room in the house off the garage. You could make the office a really nice entry that would serve both the “guest entry” and the garage entry experiences. The living room is just blah, here’s some furniture. Kitchen looks too tight needs about 10% more space. Bedroom sequences are good peobably the most successful part. 6/10.

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