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Here are some pictures of some of my latest projects. I hope to have my stick dulcimer ready for the Oklahoma City Traditional Music Meeting this Saterday.
Stack of Tongue Drums for the school
Making a Cut
Computer controlling the CNC machine.
Stick dulcimer getting a polyurethane coat.
Picture of where I will glue the fret board.
I know it has been awhile since I last blogged but with the school year going I have been a very busy boy. Besides driving the bus, starting an afterschool program and spoonsoring a robotics team I have been busy building a prototype Tongue Drum and researching Dulcimers. The good news is the robotics team placed 8 out of 18 and took the award for creative design also, my prototype Tongue Drum was an unparrelled success. I will be posting pictures of the drum as well as instructions soon so don’t give up on me yet.
It this time of greening and saving the environment I have come up with a plan. I want to hire an organic farmer to grow local, in season vegetables for our family. I can’t afford to hire a farmer alone so what I want to do is get a group of people from the surrounding area and we could all pitch in and hire an organic farmer. Now I’m not saying that I want the farmer to do all the work. I want to form a cooperative group that is led by the farmer, each person in the group would spend some time working and learning how to grow organically. By forming a group of people we could give encouragement to those who need it and gain motivation from others in the group. What we need in American agriculture is a complete culture change. I think one of the best ways to accomplish that would be with structured support from a farmer and from those that are in the group.
Eating from a local source is undeniably good for the environment and a way to reduce the stress on the planet. As a teacher for the past 10 years I have observed many students that don’t know anything about where their food comes from or the processes that it must go through in order to make it to their plates. We have become disconnected from our food and consequentially the planet. In order to be effective at achieving sustainability we must take ownership of our lives and reconnect with the planet and each other.
Dear Asus,
I have found that the EeePC is an awesome product. I have purchased two of them and helped many other people make the decision to buy one. I also look forward to the release of the EeeTV. As an ASUS consumer and advocate I would like to share my views on the use and function of the Linux operating system on the Eee line of pc’s.
The decision to go with Linux was a great move. There are not enough manufacturers supporting Linux to the extent that ASUS has. I would, as a Linux user like to see ASUS extend support beyond the Xandros operating system. I am not a linux purest who thinks that ASUS must release the source code for all the software that makes the Eee Pc a great little machine. What I would like to see is precompiled packages that can be plugged into the most popular of Linux distributions like SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva and Fedora. I would also like to see full synaptic support to Xandros Repositories and full desktop support.
ASUS one of the reasons that you have done so well and had so much success is that you gave users more options with your Eee Pc’s. Linux users have been very excited at the prospect of having such a neat little computer with Linux support. The same Linux users that have helped ASUS succeed prefer operating systems and computers that offer freedom. It is up to you to foster that good will by understanding the Linux consumer and his philosophy. The Linux user will work around obsticles that hamper his or her computer operating experience, but they will praise and avidly support the company who makes that job easier. With so many compact computers popping up in the market these days, your early out of the chute advantage may dwindle. It would make good sense to build stronger relationships with those users who support ASUS.