‘Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that’s only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000).…”
Sent us by Al Whittle
The Maker Faire was just great. I’d never think that something so nerd-oriented would appeal to me, but there was soul in addition to all the robots and tech wizardry. We had a booth in the “Homegrown Village” section and sold more books than we have at any event ever. The booth, designed by Lew Lewandowski and manned by Lew and my son Evan, was mobbed the entire 2 days, most of the interest being in our Tiny Homes book.
My talks on “The Half-Acre Homestead” went well; maybe 125 kindred spirits in the audience each day.
“This 2007 FJ has been built to take you on just about any trail or trip you desire. It of course retains its Toyota build quality, but has been upgraded with an extensive list of modifications to include items for protection, recovery, and performance. To prevent front-end damage and provide an aggressive look, a Viper 4×4 bumper has been mounted along with a set of Hella LED fog lights for an improvement in visibility. In case you’ve wandered in just a little too deep don’t worry, the truck has been equipped with an ARB Safari Snorkel for clean dry air as well as an 8,000 lb winch to pull your truck, and your pride, out of the drink. A rough country suspension system has replaced the standard setup to provide an additional six inches of lift for larger tires, and more importantly off road clearance. At the back of the truck, the owner installed a Viper 4×4 rear bumper with an integrated rear view camera to improve visibility past the oversized spare tire. If you’re searching for a trail ready truck with a lift, winch, bumper, and more, then check out this FJ Cruiser…” https://www.expeditionportal.com/vehicules/4×4/toyota-other-models/2117-la-aduana-2007-toyota-fj-cruiser.html
Check it out on Ebay Motors here.
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Aviation pioneer Glen Curtis built the first 5th wheel – the Aerocar – for camping around 1929.”
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“On the final day of September 2007, I left Jasper Alberta Canada without any agenda, plans or time. Living simply from my passion of photography and writing, living a freedom life while riding my Suzuki DR 350 motorcycle in search of rock climbing, surfing and experiencing different cultures along the way.
Now nearly 100 000 km, 19 countries and 4 years later… I continue to ride the dream… north from South America.
You can follow my stories and collection of images through my blog.
-Alain Dennis”
A long video, but a good one.
Thanks to Mike W.
“Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1920. “Family in auto tourist camp.” A novelty that would evolve into tourist cabins of the 1920s and ’30s, the motor courts of the ’40s and ’50s and culminate in the motor hotel, or ‘motel.'”
From Shorpy
Photo by Bob Marlow
From here.
Hi Lloyd,
Love your blog. This guy has been living in the Five Cities area on the Central Coast of California for the last year or so in this setup. Often parks at the beach. Here he is yesterday cruising across the border of Arroyo Grande and Grover “City” Beach at Grand and Oak Park Blvd. Really well built structure atop
1980s volvo. Haven’t seen smoke from that chimney yet but…if its black we’ve got ourselves a new Pope, if white not? I dunno.
Best to you,
Matthew Eames
For some reason there were a bunch of really fast, really good motorcyclists on Hwy One last night. Not in a bunch, but one by one. One guy passed me (over double line) like a rocket. Zoom! Out of sight in a blink. Another passed me, then took the corner leaning halfway off the bike. They were at one with their bikes, and at high speed.
The fog was creeping in from the ocean and every foghorn was going off, all different tones, like they were talking together. Moaning. One night, I slept in my truck down by the Palace of Fine Arts, close to the GG bridge, and the foghorns were astoundingly deep and loud. Window rattlers. Somehow comforting.
Yesterday Lew told me he went for a run by a local creek, heard splashing, and came around the corner to see a huge female salmon spawning, and 3 males jockeying for insemination position. Pretty good for such scant recent rainfall.
This garden figure along my hike last night.