Learn to Build with Adobe

...mmunity College’s Adobe Construction Department: Class: ADOB 113 – Passive Solar Adobe Design Format: 8-Week Online Class Dates: January 21 to March 15, 2014 Credits: 2 Course #: 31660 Class: ADOB 111 – Adobe Construction Basics Format: 8-Week Online Class Dates: March 24 to May 17, 2014 Credits: 3 Course #: 31268 Class: ADOB 112 – Adobe Wall Construction Format: Web-Blended (4 Weeks Online + 2 Days of Intensive Live Instruction) Dates: April 19 t...

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The Elf and Ethics

...YHRNG95duU The Elf is a kind of aerodynamic, electric assist tricycle with solar panels to charge the batteries. It’s a type of vehicle, somewhere between a bike and a car, that a number of inventors have tinkered with over the years. Good arguments exist for and against this type of transportation. On the one hand it uses far fewer resources than an automobile. But one could also argue, as does the owner of a bike shop in this video, that we’d al...

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Saturday Linkages: Straw Bales and Bike Hacks

...i.ms/10kt1Hf DIY How to fix a bicycle tube http://www.afrigadget.com/2013/02/22/how-to-fix-a-bicycle-tube/ … Bike headlight displays speed: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/bike-headlight-displays-speed.html Build-It-Solar Blog: A Inexpensive DIY Blower Door http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2013/02/a-inexpensive-diy-blower-door-that.html?spref=tw … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Saturday Tweets: Addictive Snacks and Ninja Houses

...iller) https://t.co/u79ixiFHLG — Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) January 23, 2016 Ninja House: Open-Ceiling Layout is an Agility Course | Designs & Ideas on Dornob https://t.co/6V12RzOYJD via @dornobdesign — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 19, 2016 Build this Solar Powered Hydroponic Water Garden on Wheels – MUST READ! https://t.co/PXhU21ji7m — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 18, 2016 Internet of Things security is so bad, there’s a search eng...

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