A new type of voting system Now, lets talk about voting systems. When voting, a voter is presented with two functions: vote for one of the options, or don’t vote. I suggest we add a third: forward your vote to a third party. This is the essence of “representative democracy”, but I’m talking about expanding [...]
Read more →We learn that if you want to run a business, you must generate your own power. The Municipal power is on for perhaps 3 or 4 hours during the day, on a good day. This turned out to be so, not only in Tombua, but throughout the country. (from half way through) See the whole [...]
Read more →http://bbs.fobshanghai.com/thread-1150820-1-1.html discussing using hexayurts in China.
Read more →Click here for the main interview discussion: http://www.globalswadeshi.net/forum/topic/show?id=2097821%3ATopic%3A501 Here are the supporting links: 1. Global Village Construction Set (and weblog): http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=198 2. Open Source Technology pattern language: http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Pattern_Language 3. Development page: http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=CEB_Press and overview: http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Overview 4. Year 1 of our Life at Factor e Farm http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=First_Year_at_Factor_e_Farm 5. Economic model: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/steve_bosserman/2008/02/09/giving_it_away_making_money.htm
Read more →Great explanation of STAR-TIDES. This was shot at the FAHUM expo. It’s a little noisy for the first half, but it clears up at the 24 minute mark, and there’s a lot of great content past that point. Enjoy.
Read more →I live in China right now, and the concept of intellectual property is relatively new here. It’s a more natural part of Chinese culture to take ideas from each other. Instead of innovating into uncharted territory, Chinese innovate in place, creating immense depth within a single discipline, for instance martial arts, tea drinking, and calligraphy. [...]
Read more →Word to Jonathan who’s been my video guru these many months. Here are my five notes (most of which he won’t approve of ) 1> The only thing that’s worse than bad video is no video at all. 2> Properly synchronizing sound and images is nearly bloody impossible, and, worse, even if it’s right on [...]
Read more →1> Suspend the gondola / cargo etc. 200 m below the lift balloons to keep them away from explosions. 2> Carry a cargo-sized parachute, perhaps with powered deployment assistance, on the gondola. That way, if it goes bang, you don’t get fried, and you get to coast to the ground. Helps if you fly high.
Read more →http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/digital-pictures/25-amazing-light-graffiti-pictures/ Basically, long exposure time, bright light, draw in the air, make a picture that looks magic. Gorgeous results. I wonder if they’re different on film.
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