Hexayurt Project – How To Live Wiki
Steve pointed out that I hadn’t posted about this yet so here it is. One of the links that I lost in the iBook freezing up and firefox not reloading all the many windows and tabs that I had open.
Lotta potential in this design. I am thinking about using a framing system of some kind (2×2 or 2×4 with some trimming done or maybe bamboo or saplings) and an alternative fabric and/or plastic roofing/siding. I realize this defeats the purpose behind this design but for the buildings I need I think it will work out cheaper though not necessarily cooler/warmer.
Flickr: Photos from Carry Freedom
These good folks have got a pile of bike trailer pix. Lots of good ideas here. Wish there was more information on some of them but better the pix they have than nothing. 😉
Ecol Strip – Comic – Vista everywhere
Love the Ecol comics humor! This months strip “Vista Everywhere” is just wonderful!
US Drought Monitor
Still getting worse here in Alabama. Heat is drying the creek up during the day. Nighttime it starts flowing a bit again. Never seen it this dry.
Building a Bat House – National Wildlife Federation
And the site that pointed the previous link about bat houses out to me. Good stuff!
Biologists Helping Bookstores
This is some funny stuff! Folks helping bookstores out by putting the “Intelligent Design” books in the proper places. 😉
No, not the trash or toilet, just a bit of relocating into the proper categories. Go to the site and read a bit to find out which categories these are.
Bat House Project: Economy Bat House Plans
Interesting way to build a bat house. Looks simple enough.
IF the above link isn’t working (looks to me like the site is getting an upgrade) and /or for more info take a look at more plans (pdf only it looks like) at http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=47.
Bats are the best non electric, pesticide free flying insect control out there!
Aaron Adding Machines
Don’t think I have posted this link before but am too lazy to look so if I have here it is again. 😉
These are interesting but it would be nice if he would give a little background and maybe a view of the actual guts and/or construction of one of them. Cool stuff anyway.
New Microbial Fuel Cell Design Boosts Electricity Production
From the article –
The new design developed by the OSU researchers involves sandwiching a cloth layer between the anode and the cathode parts of the microbial fuel cell, a configuration that greatly reduces the internal resistance, resulting in a much higher power density, Liu says.
In lab experiments, Liu’s team successfully generated 1,010 watts per cubic meter of reactor, or enough to power 16 60-watt light bulbs. The highest previous level of sustainable electricity generated from a cubic meter of air cathode microbial fuel cell is less than 115 watts. In experiments done even more recently, Liu and colleagues have generated more than 1,500 watts from the same reactor volume.
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Size to power ratio is not quite there yet for home use anyway but in a large wastewater treatment plant, that’s not near as critical. Wonder what the ratio of gallons per hour of treated water to power generated per cubic meter is? I think that’s the right phrasing of the question… 😉
Ignition of third ion engine boosts asteroid probe – space – 24 August 2007 – New Scientist Space
Glad to see that they are still working on getting it back. Only a bit over 2.5 years to go to see if it caught anything.
Holy Smoke: How To Do a Red Smoke Hand Grenade at Home – Gizmodo
Cool (Hot) stuff! I like the pull pin version. Looks like they produce some serious heat though.
Electric Bike: iZip Express Cycle Transforms Weak Legs into Armstrongs – Gizmodo
Interesting piece of hardware. Like the specs, but with the parts they mention I suspect the price will be somewhere over a a thousand and possibly closer to two.
Aug. 22, 565: ‘What’s That Loglike Thingie Out in Loch Ness?’
Interesting tidbits. Nothing really new just a bit of history.
China Bans Reincarnation Without Government Permission – The Huffington Post
I want to see just how they are gonna track and punish this one. Talk about STUPID!!!
‘Thought police’ to target drinkers | Metro.co.uk
And the folks in the UK is well and truly screwed with this newest Orwellian bit from the nanny state…
ABC News: One in Four Read No Books Last Year
Sounds about right to me. Though I read several hundred books a year and still find time to write this blog and do a variety of other things. But I don’t watch tv for more than one or two hours a week/month. And that only when Cat is watching and even then I am reading or on the computer most of the time. Of course this is a sampling of just over a thousand people so tis just so much bs…
Slashdot | University Taps Sewers for Internet Access
Well the internet has been going down the toilet for years now so oddly this does seem to fit… 😉
RMCybernetics – DIY Projects & Experiments
Interesting site and projects. I like the ray gun tesla coil! Gonna have to try that one.
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