links for 2009-08-14
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This simple, yet striking residence in Indonesia was built with a surprisingly small budget - $17,500. Looking at it, one would never guess such a low build-out cost, but there it is. The 3-bedroom D-Minution House is intended to provide affordable housing and was built on a 1,000-square-foot site in Jakarta, Indonesia, by SUB. Studio for visionary design. Constructed with simple materials, such as concrete, steel, wood and glass, the home blends into the surrounding architecture in Jakarta, but is a far cry from the average home.
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Last week I was lucky enough to interview Adam for World’s Strongest Librarian. We spoke for over an hour about many different things. I had planned on doing substantial edits and releasing the interview as one piece, all at once. It got way too long for that, but it was all so good that I have left the interview 95% intact. Most of what I’ve omitted concerned my own training, which isn’t quite as interesting. Given the length of the piece, I have decided to release the interview in five installments this week. On Friday I will post a PDF of the entire interview for anyone who wants the whole thing. (You’re going to want the whole thing)
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The original flaming juggling ball by FyreFli is a metal spiral cage with Kevlar wick in the very center. The size of the flame is enough to look impressive, but centered enough that you can juggle the balls without gloves. The spiral that comprises the ball is covered in Kevlar to insulate your hands against the heat.
Each set of 3 comes with fueling instructions, special fuel bottle, and carrying bag. For the advanced juggler only.
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High-scoring women show slightly more willingness to wait than high-scoring men, while the differences in risk-taking are much larger. High-scoring women are about as willing to gamble as low-scoring men, while low-scoring women are even more risk-averse.
For instance, 80 percent of high-scoring men would pick a 15 percent chance of $1 million over a sure $500, compared with only 38 percent of high-scoring women, 40 percent of low-scoring men and 25 percent of low-scoring women.
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A group of entrepreneurs have created a new communal center for hackers in the heart of Silicon Valley called Hacker Dojo, where coders can come together and work on projects anytime of the day or week.
The group has just signed a lease on a 4,400 square foot building in Mountain View. People using the center will pay a $100 membership fee every month.
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A friend asked me to help him think about how to split the equity in a company he was starting. His colleague is contributing office space and some key technology. My friend is responsible for where the business goes from here. I told him this:
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Date: 2009-08-15 01:04 am (UTC)Specific thing I'm thinking about is a living roof, which weighs a lot (probably circa 140PSF). This brings up a couple of issues, both with supporting the roof, and with wall shear strength for seismic stability.
I've looked at a number of different options, SIPs, foam concrete forms, but so far as I can tell the least expensive is going to be stick built (although probably with 1x6s for additional strength to hold up the living roof and 1 hour fire rated walls on the sides closest to the property lines). All the other techniques, at least around here, start to become specialty things which command a premium because you can only buy them through dealers who want to sell them as high end and "eco friendly".
Do you have any building technique suggestions for something where the materials are inexpensively available in the Bay Area, and for which engineering information is easy to find?
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Date: 2009-08-18 03:29 am (UTC)I also don't have much info on engineering.
That said, here's some resources that may spark some ideas:
Slipform stone construction
Sandbag construction
Burlapcrete on stock panels
Nylon-cement
earth bermed hobbit home
Most alt-builders choose locations that don't have restrictive zoning and building codes. However, in many locations, if the building is under a certain size (typically 100-200 ft2), it doesn't have to conform to building codes. I've often thought about skirting the zoning laws by building separate 100 ft2 buildings connected by breezeways.