Here are some photos of me at the petting zoo about 27 years go. It looks like it hasn’t changed much. The pony riding ring was (I think) beside the mini-train and was not part of the petting zoo site.
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GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall
November 15, 2008 – 2:57 pm
Installed on the Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing [near the site of the 2008 Olympic Games], GreenPix is a sustainable LED media display applied to the glass curtain wall. with integrated photovoltaic cells. The largest color LED display in the world, GreenPix will also incorporate the photovoltaic system integrated into a glass curtain wall system [...]
More Pond Scum Power!
November 15, 2008 – 2:15 pm
Idette has kindly put me in contact with her friend Alex, who is working on growing Algae for bio fuel. He an I have been emailing about the idea of placing this system in a wall. He recently sent this link to a cool video of the MIT Algae Photobioreactor. Check it out! You can [...]
Modernist Chickens
November 6, 2008 – 6:36 pm
Sometimes I think we are all part of some kind of borg ship conciousness.
Farnsworth House Chickens and other agricultural ideas
All Animals Are Created Equal. But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.
November 2, 2008 – 12:38 am
Here is a link to the Animal Farm cartoon from 1954. It’s pretty good. The back story is interesting. How the CIA wrangled the film rights from George Orwell’s widow to spread anti communist propaganda.
Anyway, here is Orwelian proof that humans are nothing but animals. Pigs at least.
Dan Graham Is Coming
October 23, 2008 – 1:00 am
Dan Graham is coming next Friday.
If his last talk in town was any indication, he yelled at my friend Ron who was working as his projectionist and was not changing slides fast enough for Mr. Graham, this event should certainly not be lacking in entertainment value.
Wildlife Rescue Association
October 22, 2008 – 11:19 pm
The Wildlife Rescue Association has helped over 300 species of animals since 1979, (they are located in Burnaby).
Closed-Loop Local Farming
October 20, 2008 – 7:13 pm
Here is a local example of innovative farming, that produces land locked salmon in Agassiz, British Columbia. These farmed coho salmon have become the delicacy of high-end restaurants in Vancouver plus it gets the approval of David Susuki. Besides growing salmon, the farm also produces through its by-products, wasabi plants and water cress that filter out [...]
WNYC Radio Lab: Zoos
October 20, 2008 – 12:32 am
Hello All,
WNYC’s Radio Lab has a brilliant podcast about zoos. It’s about 50 minutes long but just play it as you are working away. It’s brilliant. Did I say that already? Enjoy!