Solar Water Distilation
Daniel has created this solar water distiller. There are so many wonderful uses for something like this and my head is already buzzing with ideas inspired by this design.
Using this design you can take filthy dirty salty water and end up with drinkable water. Amazing!
Make sure to check out the whole project here, and use this space to leave comments about the project.
New Member Daniel
I would like to welcome our newest member, Daniel. Welcome aboard!
Daily Show To Cover Cape Wind Debate
In what I hope will be a rousing lambasting of just how silly the anti-wind farm people have become over the years (and maybe even a couple of fun digs towards the supporters) the Daily Show With John Steward has sent there intrepid band of reporters to the Cape to cover the kerfuffle (its always fun when you get to use that word) over cape wind. I have been living on the front lines of this particular battle for the last three years, and know that there should be ample grist for that particular humor mill.
The show is scheduled to air this Thursday. They sent Jason Jones and yes that is Wendy Williams Co-Author of the recent Cape Wind book. Frankly this should be like shooting fish in a barrel. There is so much material here, from the crazy antics of the anti-wind people, to the shameful naivete of Cape Winds Jim Gordon, to the just plain strange way people act on Cape Cod.
The Hexayurt Project Has A New Home
Vinay Gupta and His Hexayurt Project have a new home on the net, and a new video.
You will recall that Mr Gupta has worked tirelessly to get his quick and easy to assemble shelters (they are also cheap) into the hands of the people that need them the most. He continues with this challenge, and we here at The Sietch wish him the best of luck.
Monday Confessional
Have you ever gone on a long journey with someone. You get to know things about them, get to know their little quirks. You stop being people in a car, and start being traveling companions. For the last 11 months I have been on a journey. I have ridden along with 13 other people. We have become more than people in a house, we have become companions. Our journey has now come to an end.
Over the last year, I have had the good fortune to live with some of the most amazing people. They came here from all over the country, gave up the chance to get jobs that would make them lots of money to work for almost nothing, and worked harder than anyone I have ever met. They were funny, smart, and interesting. They made me happy, sad, perplexed, angry, intrigued, and a million more emotions. They held me up when I needed it, and pushed me along when I was reluctant.
Now like an explosion we are once again scattering to the winds. We met as strangers, and are leaving as family. I will miss all thirteen of my house mates and wish them all well on their journeys. Remember you always have a place on my couch, as soon as I get one :)
I too am on a journey. For the last three years I have been living and working on Cape Cod. It is a strange and wonderful place full of old rich people, hard working poor people, college students during the summer, shellfish, coyotes, and a whole host of other interesting things. I still remember the first time I looked out at the ocean and realized just how far I was from the corn fields of my childhood.
I am leaving all that behind for Boston. The big city, or rather, a big city. This will not be the first time I have lived in a big city, it will however be the first time I have ever lived in such a dense and old city. I am used to the mid-western sprawl. I wonder how I will adjust to the maddening road layout, or the noise. I have missed the diversity, the culture, heck something to do after 9 pm during a weekday that a big city provides.
Besides losing all my house mates and moving to Boston, perhaps the most important fact is that Tess is coming back from China on Wednesday!!!!! Words can not describe how happy this makes me, I just hope she is not too jet lagged for a giant bear hug.
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