Comments on: About Me http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog Free science and engineering in the global public interest Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:22:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JRDegan http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-6958 JRDegan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:58:13 +0000 #comment-6958 I like the idea. Couple of questions: - Have you made metric versions of the plans? Inches and feet are Greek to them. - Have you translated the instructions into French? - Have you investigated what sized plywood sheets are typical in that part of the world (metric) and adapted the plans accordingly? - I have not read through the plans yet, but have you thought about using a "stitch and glue" method for assembling these? This is used in assembling small boats and might be well adapted to Haiti (think of your yurt as an upside down boat!). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitch_and_glue I like the idea. Couple of questions:
- Have you made metric versions of the plans? Inches and feet are Greek to them.
- Have you translated the instructions into French?
- Have you investigated what sized plywood sheets are typical in that part of the world (metric) and adapted the plans accordingly?
- I have not read through the plans yet, but have you thought about using a “stitch and glue” method for assembling these? This is used in assembling small boats and might be well adapted to Haiti (think of your yurt as an upside down boat!). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitch_and_glue

]]> By: Steve Sekhon http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-6637 Steve Sekhon Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:29:01 +0000 #comment-6637 Vinay, Thank you so much for all the great work. What a whirlwind of activity and productivity you are! I first came upon your work while preparing to build a hexayurt at Burningman last year (it worked great!) I just wanted to recognize you and publicly exclaim kudos. Do you still go to BM? Cheers, Vinay,

Thank you so much for all the great work. What a whirlwind of activity and productivity you are! I first came upon your work while preparing to build a hexayurt at Burningman last year (it worked great!)

I just wanted to recognize you and publicly exclaim kudos. Do you still go to BM?

Cheers,

]]> By: Akvo blog » Blog Archive » To coincide with today’s open source publication of Akvo’s video strategy, Vinay Gupta argues that “the collision of the internet and the poor is clearly a major turning point in human history, in w http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-6497 Akvo blog » Blog Archive » To coincide with today’s open source publication of Akvo’s video strategy, Vinay Gupta argues that “the collision of the internet and the poor is clearly a major turning point in human history, in w Thu, 28 May 2009 16:45:29 +0000 #comment-6497 [...] place - our role, and how it relates to others - is the most important thing we can do right now. Vinay Gupta is an advisor to Akvo and has been a key figure in the development of the Akvo video process. You [...] [...] place – our role, and how it relates to others – is the most important thing we can do right now. Vinay Gupta is an advisor to Akvo and has been a key figure in the development of the Akvo video process. You [...]

]]> By: Akvo blog » Blog Archive » Breaking the Frame - Akvo on TV http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-6496 Akvo blog » Blog Archive » Breaking the Frame - Akvo on TV Thu, 28 May 2009 14:15:50 +0000 #comment-6496 [...] Vinay Gupta is an advisor to Akvo and has been a key figure in the development of the Akvo video process. You can read the Akvo video strategy on the Akvo Labs website. [...] [...] Vinay Gupta is an advisor to Akvo and has been a key figure in the development of the Akvo video process. You can read the Akvo video strategy on the Akvo Labs website. [...]

]]>