Dome Building

...t, stand and lay down–for the most part all 90º activities. Our square and vertical beds, chairs and tables reflect this reality. Square people with their square furniture tend not to fit well in the round shape of your typical hippie dome. This is not to mention all those complex angles involved in building the damn things, and the fact that all of these intersecting angles will someday leak. And we can’t also forget the embarrassing possibilitie...

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McDonald’s Corporation Headquarters Used to Have a Suede Waterbed Think Tank

...heory,” says Mr. Watterson, “the tank is so totally different—there are no vertical or solid horizontal reference points, for instance—you, will be unconsciously encouraged to think differently. It’s instinctive to resist change, but the tank almost forces you into a change configuration.” In this same article we learn that Silicon Valley’s silly office culture isn’t new, Instead of a desk, each employee has a “task response module, a combination...

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More Washing Machine Greywater Fun

...zontal feet of run equals the same amount of pressure as running 10 inches vertically. Ludwig suggests limiting the combined horizontal (using the 50 feet = 10 inches formula) and vertical run to the equivalent height of where the water would normally empty out into the standpipe near the top of the machine. 3. Install a three way valve at the standpipe to allow diverting the water to the sewer. 4. The pipe may need to be vented (either by running...

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Saturday Linkages: That Hauntological Feeling

...s of the Internet Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good What would it be like to live in an abandoned mall? Donate to my Patreon and we’ll move here If you like mannequins you’ll love this real estate listing Vertical Farming Does Not Save Space Despite cool and occasionally unsettled conditions in NorCal, unusually dry conditions to persist into March A heartbreaking but important reminder of the cost of this epidemic...

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