Category: Projects
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Geodesic vacuum chambers
Geodesic vacuum chambers / Fuller cloud nine Why the fuck do we not already have this!? A simple spherical container holding vacuum which acts as a superboyant balloon or skyhook.
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Wiki Dump => GT/IPFS
There needs to be a distributed non-hierarchical way to access the dumps of Wikipedia. Something like GitTorrent or InterplanetaryFileSystem needs to be developed to distribute the contents of Wikipedia, especially the abstracts. This would make it so much easier to do something like Librarian. It would be able to mirror everything in the encyclopedia and…
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BT>HTTP
research adding bittorrent protocol to progressive offline bootstrap service workers It should not be this hard to use bittorrent as a protocol in browsers and especially in html5 apps. It should be just as easy to bootstrap service workers versus btsync. There is just no reason for servers to exist. This is low-key terrifying because…
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A Call To Empathy!
I am doing a podcast series and looking for volunteers who are open to exploring empathy in one on one interviews for publication. The interviews are based on the study “The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness” by psychologist Arthur Aaron. This study is often talked about as “36 questions to fall in love.” The format…
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Cheap LED Grow Lighting
Today we have widely available and excellent cheap LED grow lighting, but there are far more scams than good deals. I have done a great deal of research on the best and most cost-effective, efficient ways to light indoor growing spaces. Here is what I have learned. Avoid anything with “grow” or “plant” in the…
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Plan: Trowbridge Marketing
I have owned this company for 15 years since I started it at age 14. My strategy has always been to accept essentially any work. I want to narrow my focus and think more strategically. Different types of gigs come with enormously different amounts of work, reward, and prestige. I’m done with schools. These are…
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Plan: Bolt Action
I had the worst time trying to source a set of lag bolts for Burning Man online this year. I found them listed on Amazon for as much as $50 a set. This is absolutely insane. I went to the hardware store and put together a set from scratch which cost about $6. I intend…