Archive for August, 2009
Monday, August 24th, 2009
Inga’s Commitments
As part of our development process. Factor e Farm participants are required to commit to a proposal for their stay at Factor e Farm. When participants arrive here, we video and then publish these proposals on this blog. This is part of our measures to bring further accountability and transparency into our process. Lawrence’s …
2 Comments » - Posted in Collaborators,Factor e Team,Open Collaboration,People,Proposals by Marcin
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Lawrence of Factor e Farm
Meet Lawrence. Lawrence arrived two days ago, and is collaborating as our first Dedicated Project Visitor. He is here developing a Replicable, Low Cost, High Performance, Open Source, Multipurpose, CNC XYZ Table based on our previous work.
We are making even further simplifications over the last design, and trying a laptop (not recommened) instead …
3 Comments » - Posted in Dedicated Project Visits,Digital Fabrication,Flexible Fabrication,Global Village Construction Set,Torch Table by Marcin
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
CEB Prototype II Finished
After 16 days of active build, the Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press prototype II is finished. You can compare this to Prototype I video in a previous post. We are well on our way to our first significant product release.
See the progress from the concept drawing by Jeremy:
To the actual build:
A 12 minute video …
17 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Compressed Earth Block Press,Documentation by Marcin
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Moving Forward
First of all, thank you for the many useful comments on the recent unfoldings at Factor e Farm. I apologize to Ben and Jeremy for my unjustified accusation, which was my mistake under escalating stress.
This is a chance to gain clarity:
Factor e Farm is a research project with a community of researchers
I’m the director …
3 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Collaboration Platform,Open Source Ecology,Torch Table by Marcin
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Mediator
Online and in personal emails it has been suggested to get a mediator to help in settling this conflict. We are open to this.
19 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Inga
Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Hot day at FeF 97 degrees F and 97% humidity
At home in Klagenfurt I have a cleaning lady come in once a week, I really hate cleaning and what it does to my hands!
At FeF I clean everything from the dishes to the kitchen, from the floor in my room to the latrine bucket from my outhouse. I still hate cleaning and what …
16 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Inga
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
OSE TV Interview – Austria Tour
We just got a copy of this TV interview that we did back on the OSE tour in Austria. Michaela from Earthship Austria organized this particular event. The interview took place at a local TV station in Bad Kleinkirchheim – a well known ski resort town in Austria. Both Inga and Michaela agree …
2 Comments » - Posted in Documentation,Education,Factor e Farm,Global Village Construction Set,Open Collaboration,Open Source Ecology,Open Source Economic Development,Tour by Marcin
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Factor e Farm: The Early Days
Today marks the 3rd anniversity of settling the land.
We came with a hundred chickens, a goat, Massey Ferguson tractor with loader, Chevy suburban, trailer, Lister one-cylinder diesel running on waste oil for electricity, and a lot of dreams and desires.
We call the time up to this point The Early Days of Factor e Farm. …
