Tokyo Skinny House, Aging In Place • Kirsten Dirksen
Inheritance taxes on land in Japan means plots often get smaller as they are passed on. This “divide and sell” phenomenon in Tokyo translates into some very tiny home sites. When architects Masahiro and Mao Harada were tasked with creating a home on a lot only 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide at its narrowest point, they chose to interpret small as “near” and use the small scale to their advantage.
On the narrowest portion of the lot, along the street, they created a “gatehouse”: used as both an entryway and offices for the clients. The lower level is a gallery for the wife’s art, which is mostly, appropriately, very tiny objects. The second floor, accessible only by a small, wooden ladder, houses the husband’s office with walls lined with books and movies (he directs commercial).
Forestiere Underground Gardens • Kirsten Dirksen
A Sicilian immigrant to Fresno, California, Forestiere had planned to farm citrus until discovering that his 80 acres of “hardpan” soil were unusable for planting. Digging as far as 20 feet below the surface, Forestiere reached depths where the soil was good, and his trees were protected from Fresno’s extreme summer heat and winter frosts. After about 20 years of digging and underground farming, he could quit his day job and live off the fruits of his subterranean orchards.
We Need To Rethink School | #Andrewism
Our current way of schooling isn’t working. Due to its history, the education system carries persistent problems to the present day. Let’s look at some solutions to revolutionise our approach to education for a liberated future.
Whoverse: Boston Robotics Inspired K9?
Hey y’all, Muirén here. I keep waiting to see K9 Mark IV regeneration, an upgrade based on, or inspired by the Boston Robotics dog-like Spot concept — not wearing a typical fursuit, but rather, cosplay better suited to Whoverse canon, and most important, motion-capture technology that enables an actor to bring K9 to life as never before, interacting in real-time with the Doctor(s) and Companion(s).
About K9 per the Doctor Who Wiki
First appearing with the Fourth Doctor in 1977, shortly after fighting a Rutan scout at Fang Rock Lighthouse, (TV: Horror of Fang Rock) the Doctor and Leela were joined by K9 Mk 1.
K9 has been a central character in three Doctor Who television spin-offs: K-9 and Company (1981), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011), and K9 (2009–2010). The character was created by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, to whom rights to the character still belong. Though never intended to be a recurring character, K9 was kept because he was expected to be popular with young people.
There have been at least 4 separate K9 units, with the first two being companions of the Fourth Doctor. Voice actor John Leeson provided the character’s voice, except during season 17 of Doctor Who, when David Brierley stepped in briefly.
Blurring the line between Acoustic and MIDI
LoFiLeif Channel addresses questions about nice-sounding/playing virtual acoustic instruments. This demonstration video uses a preview copy of the soon-to-be release of MIDI Guitar 3, audio-to-MIDI software from Jam Origin inside GigPerformer Rackspace Instances and variations.
Dye-Sublimation: Full-Colour 1st Layer 3D Prints
Johan from Nerds.PH has created an amazing process combining full colour 2D printing with 3D printing, using dye sublimation. Here Michael Laws of Teaching Tech shows us a well conceived, cheap way to get started, explaining the best slicer and print settings so you can replicate these results.
First Look: Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro CoreXY Printer
“You never change something by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes
the existing model obsolete.”
― R. Buckminster Fuller
Hello, I am Muirén (she, her)
A 67-year-old, obsessively curious technomage, storyteller, musician, hacker, maker — spiritual naturalist, cooperative capitalist and advocate for prefigurative social & technological innovation.
Although the Nonprofit Industrial Complex has some sophisticated gatekeepers barring access, I’ve renewed my efforts to find San Francisco Bay Area cooperators interested in my proposed nonprofit for unique S.T.E.A.M.-focused ArtScience demonstration projects that serve the common good.
While general participants are welcome, I need the commitment of board-level founders.
I still seek mutual aid, but will accept charitable donations for🧙🏾♀️TınyMaker.Space™ Project, the organizing, evangelizing force, and funding source for my goal of establishing a permanent home and makerspace that is self-supporting through its own efforts, primarily through sales of uniquely crafted, tangible fusions of art and tech, as well as otherworldly performing arts.
The future I propose is the acquisition of land and building of 🦉DomusVıtrea™, a tiny home and tiny makerspace built inside a glass house. Selecting a mixed-use zoned location makes possible a live-learn-make space: 🛖Residence, 🪄Performing Arts Stage🎭, and 🧘🏾Zen Garden Café, a sanctuary from a cynical, violent world.