Jeremy Laird Hogg's Blog – March 2010 Archive (9)

Got my dance floor installed - that's right, installed, no longer leased, it's paid off, it's mine. And tonight I'm guna - we are guna - dance - on - it! Because it's by birthday, and that's how it's done on days in my name.



Well now, no I'm not that eccentric, my floors don't have the LEDs the original had. And besides I'm not the only one to invest in Dynamo-Flooring. Heck, it makes a lot of sense after Dynamo-Washers and Dynamo-Dryers. Not like anyone thinks they're eccentric, not… Continue

This thought builds on 2 previously posted pieces of evidence:



this video on portable light by Simon Anthony - here



and a very short blog of my own - here



Alright, so:



There's a big problem in poorer, off-grid regions (thinking places in Africa) of getting enough light at… Continue

Well, if I can get my arse together, this seems to me realizable, useful thing to do: party.



But without the junk.



In my LEARN2 post, I wrote about why it's so important to food security that we focus on eating habits, buying habits, and making educational policy based on nutrition.



Here's some education and habituation in a fun context -- have party, okay yes, good so far right, but then have wine instead of beer (!!) and something awesome and nutritious for snack… Continue

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In the Episode 3 discussion ( http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/episode-3-story-did-the-evoke ), there seems to be a majority of people that want to take the term 'fail' out of our vocabulary; many arguments against EVOKE having failed thus far are generalizable to all instances of what would otherwise be called failure - eg: there cannot have been a failure in light of the fact that something can be… Continue

I believe it is critical for the points to have maximum meaning. This means, to me, that the problem is to solve for the points being distributed properly.



For points to be distributed properly, the meaning/concept of the points must be appropriate according to their use. Points are used for at least these three significant purposes



a) motivation - carrots for newbs such as myself (and it is highly appreciated),



b) confidence - I believe one MO of the game is to… Continue

Okay, here's the deal:



I live in a north facing condo. Living room is not well lit; I'm there right now, looking at my monitor on my desk against the east facing wall. To my left is the balcony door/window -- north facing. Behind me on the west wall, between the couch and cushy-seat I've a standing lamp. Up and to my left, on top of my stereo speaker is a small desk lamp.



Right: Here's how I get more light power--



a) replace brown balcony door curtains with white… Continue

I bought my food at the Bubble Market. Sometimes I go to Lablaws, because it's closer. But the food you buy at the Bubble can be used against your tax return, making it worth while. Besides, all produce from a B-Market comes from a biosphere, and that feels good to support.



Feeling good about Bubble-buying makes sense for a few reasons. First and maybe foremost, the biospheres are closed environments which help to constrain research parameters on bio tech (ranging from soil conditions,… Continue

What rang through me the most, reading the tips on social innovation, was the bit about the sophistication in person-made simplicity.



In writing fiction, the idea is for the reader to page-turn (and not

just turn pages). Page-turning comes from a smooth ride, from it being

easy to engage the text - not an easy read necessarily, more like it

sucks you into engaging it (or like a wind at your back). When this

phenomena does occur, when it is easier to keep reading… Continue