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Out Of The Box zine Saint Paddy’s Issue by aesdiopod

Yo!

I’m gona take this week to write out the latest findings in my Storming The Gates series which I hope sheds light on the inner workings of the City of Detroit. In the meantime, please check out the link above to download/view the Saint Paddy’s Issue that I made for the Zine Fair in Dundee Scotland. Hope you like it! Have a great week everyone !! Keep the sunny side UP! Peace.

Out of the Box - Contents

Out of the Box - Contents

Feel free to print and distribute if you like. It’s Creativ Commons.

HPR New Years Eve Talk Show NOW – 2013 !

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Like geeky talk about OSs, all kinds of tech stuff, Linux, new software, free software an just random musings by geeky types?

Hacker Public Radio a broadcasting site that does a week-day (M-F) show about hacker related topics is having their 24hour New Years Eve Talk Show and it’s going on now:) (New Years Eve til New Years Day)

Hacker Public Radio logo

Hacker Public Radio

Hacker Public Radio (hpr) is a weekday show that is produced by the hpr community of geeky tech enthusiasts. I’ve done a couple of shows for them myself :)

And I know I promised a post on Geothermal Power, I’ve been researching to prep for that post and it is really sounding amazing and sustainable so I’m looking forward to reporting on that soon. I also would really like to do a kickstarter for a house for today, where we use all this rockin technology and integrate it into a house that was built long ago and is rather out of sync with the times, as it were. Including utilizing local sustainable energy, and probably something cool with gardening, I’m still working on the details. So, keep coming back for progresses on that front. Peace!

“Revolution Radio” audio produx out 2day for the end of the old world

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A New SciFi Pulp audio book has been released today, in the spirit of the end of the world, check it out —> aesdiopod.com/books “Revolution Radio” and I am actually the reader on this one:D

Revolution Radio

“After The Revolution. Anarchy reins supreme, there are no laws. Society is splintered but somehow holding together.

The Comm Techs. “Commies” for short. They run all the communication in the world, exclusively by radio and a device known as the Konsole. The commies don’t socialize much; they just broadcast information, and monitor it, and archive it.

The New World. One commie, up on her mountain perch, alone, spends her days listening to broadcasts, archiving information, and maintaining her radio tower. And then one day, the daily broadcast doesn’t come. Radio silence. And it’s up to her to go find out why.”

Revolution Radio by Seth Kenlon read by Anna Thoreau

Revolution Radio by Seth Kenlon read by Anna Thoreau

It’s free and it’s something to listen to while you are waiting for the world to end or relaxing enjoying the winter solstice. There is also a really cool album and art book that you can download on the books page of aesdiopod at aesdiopod.com/books

Keep the faith :) Peace !

freedom fighter !!!

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So, who doesn’t love free?

Well, I am a happy camper with the most amazing boss of a heater I’ve ever seen. It’s a wood burning inferno. And it’s free heat in the cold belt. And it looks like a choo choo. Here are some pics from while we were building it.

Freedom Fighter

DIY Heat System

I just think that it ain’t a bad idea to be able to take care of oneself: #1 with or without money, and #2 if the city breaks down and can’t provide gas (piped in from God only knows where Russia or the Balkans halfway accross the world or from a polar bear’s ice-scape home or something like that), then I’m just gona be good good good no matter what, and that security is in my own hands. So check out this amazing heater made out of a barrel that hospital alchohol came in, that burns wood wood wood all day, and it gets mad hot.

Another idea on the earlier note of piping in fuel from half way accross the world, why not just bust out with solor and geo-thermal heat. I am seriously going to look into incentives for geothermal because then your heatsource is just right there in your own backyard, literally. In fact, I am going to break down geo-thermal power next week because it is very doable, sustainable, and worthy of more coverage.

I also planted an onion field with seeds that my neighbor gave me, the cool thing about onions is they grow in the winter, they are like some kind of crazy miracle winter vegetable that grows all the time, and people have reportedly survived on them in times of lack :( sounds aweful to have lack but the opperative part of that thought is the upbeat “survive” tip. PEACE.

This post and all the media created for it was executed 100% on free and open source software on Pear Linux for Gnome.

Great Gift Idea

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Thinking Christmas yet ?

Here is an Occupy the EPA approved gift idea: Window Sticky Solar Chargers.

The person you give this to will be able to charge their phone pretty easily, all they need is a sunny window. It may take several hours to get a full charge, but this is wicked use of technology for the clean, for the green, for the win ya.

Solar Charger Gift Idea for the holidays !!!

Solar Charger Gift Idea for the holidays !!!

Come Paint on the Walls

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Greetings and salutations:)

Yeah, so Detroit is experiencing an influx of international artists (myself included) who have come here to help this rockin city to beautify it’s (no offense) but.. “sorry” face. One shining example of this movement in the name of art is called: Detroit Beautification Project, and I will have to talk to these guys asap and see what I can do, but the thing about Detroit, from what I have seen, is you can pretty much paint on the walls because there’s not really anyone to stop you, I mean no disrespect, it’s just really how it is here. Like the video shows, the city is at like 50% occupancy. I have never seen anything like it, there are abandoned buildings and houses at every turn, so if you want to do something, try something artistic you can– highly unique situation to be sure.

Have a fabulous holiday !!!! Joy to the World !!!!

The Detroit Beautification Project. Chapter 1 from TheSeventhLetter on Vimeo.

Solar Powered Super Computer

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Solar Powered Super Computer

The hot new thing, thankfully, in tech are these little ARM cpu’s. They’re
found in cell phones now but have been around for years in routers and
microwaves and tvs and cars and basically anything that wants a little
computer in it.

Raspberry Pi from: osde8info's photostream

Raspberry Pi from: osde8info's photostream

The cool thing about ARM is that they are RISC-based (so they’re
distant cousins of the PowerPC chips that Macs used to use and
the IBM Power servers use now) and most importantly – LOW
POWER. A 10watt ARM computer (ie, less than a lightbulb) can do
the same work as a 10 year old 500watt computer; in some ways,
even a 5year old computer.

The Raspberry Pi team initially sold a lot more units than they’d anticipated,
so there ended up being a waiting list just to order one. It took about two
months but I finally got mine in. Now, I don’t have the electrical tools to
test it, but online a few forums are reporting that the RPi’s (Raspberry Pi’s)
are clocking in at about 2watts on average. I’ll assume they’re being
optimistic and calling it a 10 watt computer.

Do you know how much a lightbulb uses? at least 60watts.

Meaning that if you turn on a desk lamp while you’re using your new Raspberry
Pi, your LAMP is using more power than your computer!

The Raspberry Pi I have is being powered by a small cell phone power-to-USB
adapter. Plug in a keyboard, a mouse, an ethernet cable, and an HDMI-to-DVI
cable for the monitor, and it looks and feels just like a normal computer.

My experience has been great so far. I installed Slackware on an 8gb SD card
and was literally up and running within about 15 minutes of receiving it in
the mail. The RPi’s performance is definitely in the “good enough” category.
By this I mean, you can tell you’re on a low-powered computer, but at the same
time it runs really really well and can run all the most modern software.

Anyway, the really really cool thing is this… MIT has constructed a
solar-powered 100-core ARM super computer. Solar. Powered.

Check that out here:
Building A 96-Core Ubuntu ARM Solar-Powered Cluster

Bottom line? This is smart technology. This isn’t a cell phone that’s going to
obsolete in 6 months, this isn’t a tablet that you’ll never use, or a computer
that solders in its RAM or glues its battery into the case so you are forced
to pitch it and purchase a new one. This is technology built for
sustainability and affordability. Get one!

Photo of: Raspberry Pi from: osde8info’s photostream – profile