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Laston Kirkland

“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.” ― Richard Buckminster Fuller

Nerdy but Good at it... my blog and my motto.
I actively search for:

People doing clever and cool things.
Artists showing off their latest
music that doesn't really fit in a genre.
Makers makin' stuff
Anything about 3d printing, 
Anything about tech shops, fablabs, and hackerspaces
Writers giving advice
Futurists making educated guesses, including singularity followers.
All things Nerdy, yet awesome










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About 10 weeks ago Don't watch this if you are squeamish about where food comes from. It's showing the automation of farming, with a chicken vacuum, a milk wheel, and meat processing prominently displayed.
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About 12 weeks ago WOW. balancing, throwing, and catching a stick.
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About 11 weeks ago Open source. tiny. camera, under 200 bucks. 
The Genie is now out of the bottle. 

http://www.gizmag.com/crazyflie-self-build-quadrocopter-hacking-kit/26110/


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About 5 weeks ago Wow. a camera, a projector, a sensor and some software. and ANYTHING become a touch screen with the ability to manipulate objects as if they were AR elements. Drag text from a printed book into an online document. 
Just wow. 

I want this now.


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About 1 week ago okay, this I want to watch.
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About 2 weeks ago Weeds. might be time to look at the things that take over your garden, and see if the damn things are edible... turns out a LOT of them are delicious and healthy. its all about information. 

Also, This lady is awesome.

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About 11 weeks ago My conservation and socially responsible side is appalled. My lazy, consumerist side is reaching for my wallet.
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About 8 weeks ago I did it. My first novel. Available on Amazon. Please, buy this book. and like  it or hate it, give it a review. 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BYGRWTG
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About 13 weeks ago 3Doodler: 3D Printing Pen In Action

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1351910088/3doodler-the-worlds-first-3d-printing-pen

I have to play with it :)



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About 13 weeks ago When I see images about perfect future homes, with robots, modern conveniences and all the promises of technology, It's not quite what I want. THIS is more like what I'd like to see a lot of in the future.

 found here http://nm-art.deviantart.com/art/The-Lake-House-350986515

 In this photo manipulation from an amazing artist, I picture solar panels on that roof, a pneumatic tube leading to the local village center, and a water wheel hidden in a pump house. Maybe robots tending some of those plants, and the Koi being part of an aquaponics system. A great big permaculture farm a ways off to the right with a big commons. A manufacturing center focused on 3d printers, and cad machines off to the left, and that big building is more of an apartment complex than a single dwelling house. 

and I'd imagine the lake is ringed with such dwellings. 

All of this is my own whimsy of course. No idea what the artist intended.