Visiting Sam Rose
I’m now in Lansing, Michigan, visiting with Sam Rose. We’re having fiery discussion on putting the P2P Economy into practice, starting with the collaborative open source product development platform. While we’re discussing the CEB press,...
How it all (could) work
“When solar cell companies develop cheaper panels, then we’ll switch to solar power.” Did you ever hear someone say this? Instead of waiting around for solar panels to become affordable, why don’t we collaborate and make them ourselves....
Open Engineering: Better Than Sliced Bread
We are presently struggling with explaining a general open source product development method to others. We are talking about developing a large-scale, parallel effort of world-class, optimal product development to address the needs of the emergent, peer-based,...
Quality of Life Poll
Today, Dave Pollard of How to Save the World Blog wrote an interesting formula for how each day should be spent, which I copy here: 9 hours a day for sleeping and personal hygiene 2 hours a day for physical exercise — running, meditation, working...
A Letter to the Concerned Denizen
We have been busy on refining our funding method for open product development, and in particular, for the open source Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press. Our present strategy is to recruit social network leaders to spread our collaborative funding request...
Super Productive
When I initially began learning about organics, I had mixed feelings about the terms “super-weeds” and “super-bugs”. I understood the concept that weeds and insects could evolve until strains developed that would withstand the...
Ecotechnology Buying Club
It’s time to take our open source product development to the next level. The next on the Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press prototype development is a computer controlled XYZ table for automating acetylene torch cutting of the metal. You may see...
Portal to Mystery
Look at that frost pattern on our door. The frost came from a combination of moisture and contrasting temperatures… but where did the diamond pattern come from? No shadows cross the door to create such marks. The only guess I have is that somehow...
Are CEBs the best kept secret in building?
Yesterday, I came across Basin, which describes itself as follows: ‘The “building advisory service and information network”, basin, was set up in 1988 to provide information and advice on appropriate building technology and to create...
Viability
The perfect time to think spring is when snow covers the ground and is held there by freezing temperatures. You can “do” spring when the ground cracks as the frost heaves and buds burst into greens, whites, and pinks. But now is the...
