Month: September 2011
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The project with no name
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Read More →: The project with no nameI originally had this as part of the previous post but after much consideration and consultation I had to redo it all. While I was working on the hexayurt Instructions I began to wonder what should I do next. I could either finally work on my initial plan of documenting how one could attempt to…
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Instructions v0.1beta
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Read More →: Instructions v0.1beta—– NOTE: between the time I drafted this post and when I was finally ready to release it the nature of what I want to do has taken on a whole new life. I have kept this post the way it is for the most part since it serves it’s purpose but I recommend you read…
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Filler
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Read More →: FillerI’ve got an exciting new project that I hope to launch within a week so stay tuned. Still need to name it. Self indulgent teaser here. In other news:
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Water only Wednesdays
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Read More →: Water only WednesdaysWhen I attended the COP15 in Copenhagen there was a solidarity day of fasting. Due to my Muslim upbringing a 24 hour fast seemed too easy so I elected to do 3days or until I returned to the UK, dependent on what seems more appropriate at the time. I think I did 72 hours in the end. There was…
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It can be that simple
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/ Low techRead More →: It can be that simpleThis blog is starting to become only about the hexayurt, however I want it to be about how low tech can save the world. It is often too easy to try to fall into the trap that some new fancy technology (cold fusion) is gonna solve all of our ailments. Maybe it will but what…
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Models for the 3D warehouse
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Models for the 3D warehousePerhaps I was too quick to judge Google Sketchup in my last post. I still dislike many things about it but it is a capable package. Well I got about creating models of the h12 and h13 hexayurt.
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Hexayurt solo build -1
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Hexayurt solo build -1This is just a preliminary writeup since it may take a long time until I can write out a proper plan. For the purposes of this post I will assume you are familiar with how to build a hexayurt out of OSB/plywood and wooden blocks. Intro I recently envisaged a way that a standard OSB hexayurt…
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Hexayurt response team
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/ HexayurtRead More →: Hexayurt response teamI first encountered the Hexayurt in the Summer 2009 at the Small is… festival and with it the oh so strange individual known as Vinay Gupta. I joke that Vinay and I got talking only because I knew how to use a cordless drill driver. For some reason the battery charger required people to press odd…