Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The Gupta Option is the result of five years of operations from a one man think tank operating in much the same general spirit as Buckminster Fuller: how much impact can a single person have on global issues. The Superstruct crisis runs right into the Gupta Option predictive framework with results that could change everything. [...]
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Whoah. It’s a freaking open source tractor / rototiller / biodiesel generator…. working… running… for real. CHECK IT OUT! http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=329 – and they need to raise some money to keep the work going, so send them some cash.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Clip from http://files.howtolivewiki.com/reykjavik_briefing/ – recommend watching it over there where there’s a proper picture of the diagram, and also a link to download the whole one hour briefing. Enjoy.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
I’m really scared about America if/when the dollar collapses. How far does it have to go depends on how likely people think America is to pay its debts. I just… shit. That was my country, my homeland, even if a series of regrettable events put me in Iceland. At some level I’ve always been an [...]
Thursday, September 18, 2008
http://www.anarkon.com/ You’ve got to be in the mood for this to find it amusing.
Monday, September 15, 2008
http://tinyhouseblog.com/yurts/the-hexayurt Really nice piece, thank you!
Monday, September 15, 2008
People are astonishingly successful endurance runners, “and I don’t think it’s just a fluke,” Lieberman says. He and Bramble argue that not only can humans outlast horses, but over long distances and under the right conditions, they can also outrun just about any other animal on the planet—including dogs, wolves, hyenas, and antelope, the other [...]
Monday, September 15, 2008
Here’s the plan, in it’s simplest form: deploy medical expert systems using the cell phone network to help people make medical decisions. Use the ability to integrate data from each user into broad statistical patterns to improve the models and plot the progression of epidemics, for example. Then add bicycle-riding computer-aided pharmacists who prescribe basic [...]
Monday, September 15, 2008
Theres gotta be a record of you some place You gotta be on somebodys books The lowdown – a picture of your face Your injured looks The sacred and profane The pleasure and the pain Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete And its your face Im looking for on every street A ladykiller – regulation tattoo [...]