Archive for the 'Difficulty: Moderate' Category
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- Blog slacker… |
Posted by e4 on Mar 31 2008
Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been a bit distracted. I'd hoped to have a little write-up about having a low-energy birth, but alas, Fate (or something resembling it) was against us. Just to stay on topic, here are a couple links of interest: Aprovecho.org. They've got a lot of interesting ...
- Oil worries? Make your own! |
Posted by e4 on Jan 09 2008
Here's an interesting device for your peak oil wish-list: A home-scale oil press. It's made in The Netherlands, and it'll set you back about 100 euros ($142 as of today), including shipping. Using a hand crank and a small lamp oil heat source, you can turn a wide variety ...
- Pedal Power! |
Posted by e4 on Jan 03 2008
David Butcher is a man on a mission. He built a pedal-power generator, with a huge particleboard flywheel for maximum efficiency. His design has powered electric items such as a television, a washing machine, and a bread machine. But he's also able to use it for tasks suited to direct ...
- The over-engineered clothesline |
Posted by e4 on Dec 27 2007
So Feliz Navidad or whatever. Bonne Année too, as long as we're here. Okay... I know it's winter. But there's no snow, and it's not even all that cold, so I haven't really made the transition yet. So I'm talking about clotheslines. That's just how I am. Our original clothesline, installed earlier ...