Welcome to the Texas Tortilla Factory Web Site.
This site is for everyone interested viewing its pages, and it is especially here for all the members of my family both nuclear and extended.
Thanks to all those who have contributed to the Texas Tortilla Factory, with their stories, photos, information, etc. Specific thanks are given on the appropriate pages, ie. Genealogy.
mvauthier@texastortillafactory.com .
The processes of perception routinely alter what humans see. When people view something with a preconceived concept about it, they tend to take those concepts and see them whether or not they are there. This problem stems from the fact that humans are unable to understand new information, without the inherent bias of their previous knowledge. A person’s knowledge creates his or her reality as much as the truth, because the human mind can only contemplate that to which it has been exposed. When objects are viewed without understanding, the mind will try to reach for something that it already recognizes, in order to process what it is viewing. That which most closely relates to the unfamiliar from our past experiences, makes up what we see when we look at things that we don’t comprehend.
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1) Most of the Texas Tortilla Factory site pages have Javascripts, so it would best to enable
Javascripts in your Browser Preferences, if you do not already have them enabled.
2)The Texas Tortilla Factory site functions best when viewed with Apple's Safari Web Browser,
which is available for Mac and Windows Operating Systems.
3) In case you did not notice them, the following Tabs is in the upper right :
TTF OP = "Texas Tortilla Factory Opening Page"
The Poppadillo Blog
The Contact Page
4) Relative Paths tab opens my Google Maps, directly in a new window. The Map is also referenced on the Genealogy Page.
The Texas Tortilla Factory Web Site was first conceived and built in July 2005.
It was built on an Apple Computer, using Adobe (formally Macromedia) Dreamweaver application, and with use of various other software to enhance the viewing of various items.
Such as : Adobe Photoshop, Apple Quicktime, Java Scripting, to mention a few.
Colonias can be found in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, but Texas has both the largest number of colonias and the largest colonia population. Approximately 400,000 Texans live in colonias. Overall, the colonia population is predominately Hispanic; 64.4 percent of all colonia residents and 85 percent of those residents under 18 were born in the United States. There are more than 2,294 Texas colonias, located primarily along the state's 1,248 mile border with Mexico.
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About the Photo :
Lara Jo Regan, USA, for Life.
Texas, USA, 2000.
Uncounted Americans: The mother of a Mexican immigrant family makes piñatas to support herself and her children, in Texas.
World Press Photo of the Year: 2000
The Texas Tortilla Factory Logo first conceived while I was messing about with with what was called 'New Media' a fancy label for Multimedia.
Being from Texas and loving tortillas of all kinds. I had made a short movie beginning with the title and a
Tortilla Canister, then I brought several pictures with various effects to transition them, with Ry Cooder singing "Irene" in the background.
Later the thought came to me that CD's and DVD's are round like tortillas are, and could be mass produced,
like tortillas in a factory. So I photographed a Tortilla and Blank Disc, brought the pictures into Photoshop
and trimmed them up, added the lettersto form the Logo.
By the way, the site came after.
