I’m glad youtube exists for videos like this one. It allows me to make more reasonable calls to my plumber because stuff like “pipe make bad noise” just seems silly. 🙂 Filed under: Education Tagged: Engineering, Science, The Moar You Know
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A Grumpy Hobbit: A Belated Merry Yuletide and Happy New Year Post
It has been nothing but work work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work work workYEAH CHRISTMAS BREAK,… sleep sleep sleep sleep,…That is what it has felt like for the last few weeks, and thus my absence from blogging. Do not fear, the Grumpy Hobbit w…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: A Belated Merry Yuletide and Happy New Year Post
It has been nothing but work work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work work workYEAH CHRISTMAS BREAK,… sleep sleep sleep sleep,…That is what it has felt like for the last few weeks, and thus my absence from blogging. Do not fear, the Grumpy Hobbit will return in the New Year, the
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: A Belated Merry Yuletide and Happy New Year Post
It has been nothing but work work, sleep, work, work, sleep, work work workYEAH CHRISTMAS BREAK,… sleep sleep sleep sleep,…That is what it has felt like for the last few weeks, and thus my absence from blogging. Do not fear, the Grumpy Hobbit w…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn’t always fit my design perfectly, so I have to modify my design to fit the prefab crap you can buy. Solution, make the stuff
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn’t always fit my design perfectly, so I have to modify my design to fit the prefab crap you can buy. Solutio…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: I need a little advice – MIG Welding
In my tiny home project I am coming up against designs that need special fitting and design. Buying off the self is very expensive and doesn’t always fit my design perfectly, so I have to modify my design to fit the prefab crap you can buy. Solutio…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny House Project – Trailer Design CRITICAL IMPORTANCE (Part One)
My current job, it is not mentally demanding and it allows me time to think through problems and find different solutions. This often means that a design I figured out the day before goes in the filing cabinet and a new modified design or a entire new design is born
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny House Project – Trailer Design CRITICAL IMPORTANCE (Part One)
My current job, it is not mentally demanding and it allows me time to think through problems and find different solutions. This often means that a design I figured out the day before goes in the filing cabinet and a new modified design or a entire ne…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny House Project – Trailer Design CRITICAL IMPORTANCE (Part One)
My current job, it is not mentally demanding and it allows me time to think through problems and find different solutions. This often means that a design I figured out the day before goes in the filing cabinet and a new modified design or a entire ne…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny Home Project – Minimum Requires For Going Off Grid
PLANNING FOR THE PLAN Well not without a plan and money. Going to a Tiny Home and living off grid is a little more complex than going camping for a weekend or even camping for week. It is basically “I’m going camping forever, but still want all the nice things
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny Home Project – Minimum Requires For Going Off Grid
PLANNING FOR THE PLAN
Well not without a plan and money.
Going to a Tiny Home and living off grid is a little more complex than going camping for a weekend or even camping for week. It is basically "I’m going camping forever, but still want all the nice things we enjoy in our technological society"
So my plan is to build a initial, quick and inexpensive Tiny Home in early spring of 2016 or
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny Home Project – Minimum Requires For Going Off Grid
PLANNING FOR THE PLAN
Well not without a plan and money.
Going to a Tiny Home and living off grid is a little more complex than going camping for a weekend or even camping for week. It is basically "I’m going camping forever, but still want all the nice things we enjoy in our technological society"
So my plan is to build a initial, quick and inexpensive Tiny Home in early spring of 2016 or
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny Home Project – The General Plan
Many people are looking at tiny homes. This solution is not for everyone and it requires a good deal planning and prep-work. One of the very first things you need to do is down size. I mean down size with a vengeance!!! I have already accomplished over the course of
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny Home Project – The General Plan
Many people are looking at tiny homes. This solution is not for everyone and it requires a good deal planning and prep-work. One of the very first things you need to do is down size. I mean down size with a vengeance!!! I have already accomplis…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – The Tiny Home Project – The General Plan
Many people are looking at tiny homes. This solution is not for everyone and it requires a good deal planning and prep-work. One of the very first things you need to do is down size. I mean down size with a vengeance!!! I have already accomplis…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – Rechargable Battery Packs
In my first article about Going Green – Transportation I touched on Electropeds/Electro-Peds and the battery requirements and costs. That was on November 22nd. The thing that was burning my butt was the cost, a 48volt, 1500 Watt – 20Ah battery pack that uses Lithium-Manganese based chemistry was expensive ($850.00
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – Rechargable Battery Packs
In my first article about Going Green – Transportation I touched on Electropeds/Electro-Peds and the battery requirements and costs. That was on November 22nd. The thing that was burning my butt was the cost, a 48volt, 1500 Watt – 20Ah battery pa…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: Going Green – Rechargable Battery Packs
In my first article about Going Green – Transportation I touched on Electropeds/Electro-Peds and the battery requirements and costs. That was on November 22nd. The thing that was burning my butt was the cost, a 48volt, 1500 Watt – 20Ah battery pa…
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Hemp Revolution
Hemp has enormous potential to help us build an ecologically sound society. It can replace most uses of tree-derived paper products and lumber, thus saving vast amounts of forests. It can eliminate and replace most uses of synthetic fibres, which are used in clothing, furniture, carpets and textiles, and
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