 | Pulsejet-powered Long-EZ (part 2) Here is the first (albeit short) flight of my pulsejet-powered Long-EZ. Unfortunately a faulty connection to the fuel filter caused air bubbles in the fuel-line which meant the engine quit prematurely but it shows that this engine produces more than enough power to push one of these ARFs through the air quite nicely. It also shows that starting is quite straight forward and reliable. After the engine cut, opted not to do a 180 degree turn because I didn't know how well it glided. As it turns out, it glides damned well and I could have easily made the turn. Fortunately we have a *very* long runway. A new fuel-filter is on its way and (weather allowing) another (longer) video will be posted when it arrives. Stay tuned (subscribe). |
 | Micro House Concept A stop-motion animation of a concept for a 10'x10'x10' dwelling that is capable of transformation and is mobile. |
 | The Best Homemade Fire Tinder Demonstration Cotton balls soaked with petroleum jelly is an excellent fire starter. I show you using a Swedish Firesteel. It's cheap, easy to make, light, and effective. It stays lit for minutes. It will work in rainy conditions, and when damp. Finding dry natural tinder in wet weather can be very difficult. This is your solution. I take some with me every time I venture into the great outdoors. |
 | MIA (Ch.7) Going Off-Grid (Ep.3) Off-Grid Horse Farm Off-Grid Horse Farm (4mins) Laurel and Jim Van Alstyne are building their dreams. Laurel tells us about life off-grid, using electricity from the sun and wind. About Chapter 7: Going Off-Grid Powering your home off-grid means assessing all potential loads, storage requirements, and the best source of renewable power on your land. Then you have to set up and run all this equipment. How do independent Albertans get the expertise to become their own power company? About Made-in-Alberta (MIA) Series Energy, water and climate, these are hot topics for the 21st Century. With conventional fuel reserves running out, water tables running low, and global temperatures running high, 96 percent of Albertans now want new energy solutions. Since 2004, Barb Allard and her Made-in-Alberta team have been finding these solutions and bringing them to community television and the world wide web. For more information about Made-in-Alberta visit http://madeinalberta.ca |
 | Made In Alberta Support Team Slideshow A slideshow describing Made In Alberta's manifest. |
 | rocket from airplane Videorecording from the plane Amaty -Astana. Start of a rocket a proton of February 5, 2008 |
 | MIA (Ch.6) Water & Weather 2 (Ep.2) Wetlands Wetlands (4mins) Dr. Suzanne Bayley from the University of Alberta explains the ecological services of wetlands and how to manage them better in Alberta. About Chapter 6: Water & Weather 2 Alberta's weather is changing, and this affects our water supplies. In addition, Albertans are big water users, and there's more and more of us every year. Who is ringing the alarm bells, and how are Albertans responding? About Made-in-Alberta (MIA) Series Energy, water and climate, these are hot topics for the 21st Century. With conventional fuel reserves running out, water tables running low, and global temperatures running high, 96 percent of Albertans now want new energy solutions. Since 2004, Barb Allard and her Made-in-Alberta team have been finding these solutions and bringing them to community television and the world wide web. For more information about Made-in-Alberta visit http://madeinalberta.ca |
 | Part 2 of 9 Matt Simmons: Feb 4, 2008 Next on playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI6CUKMIOaM&feature=PlayList&p=2A2F624117C01ABC&index=2 |
 | Needle and the Damage done in my lab. Needle and the Damage Done, is one of my favorite Neil Young songs, along with Harvest Moon, Heart of Gold, Old Man, Cinnamon Girl, and Ohio. As a Canadian boy growing up in Alberta, I spent a summer in Manitoba. As a volunteer at CHCL 1450 radio (C.F.B. Cold Lake, Alberta), I knew that great Canadian Rock comes from Winnipeg.. including Neil Young, the Guess Who and others. As a young teenager I picked up the guitar I had learned to play single notes on several years before at Borden (Ontario). In the Air Cadets with short hair in the mid 70s, I taught myself chords to get some "cool" points in highschool. Short hair was not well tolerated back then. :) Short hair was not cool at all, nor jeans with strait legs. :) Teaching myself chords and PinBall Wizard, did get me some "cool-enough" points. Then guitar took off for me when I went to that magical music land in Manitoba (summer of 78), and one of my fellow air cadets was a serious spanish/classical guitarist on his way to music studies. He informed me that I should not feel inferior compared to his skill at instant sight-reading (of any music). He told me I had a gift with the guitar, LOL, to my surprise, and suggested I just play what I hear and want to make up or improvise. Up to that point, I thought that being able to find the key and groove and solo with any song, was a skill that would develope for any musician who practiced enough. He informed me that was not true; many working musicians can read and play anything or even write material, but not all can make it up on the fly like Jimmy Page. He did inspire me to learn "Classical Gas", but he told me to trust my ear learning things like Neil Young songs, and I could just find the playing methods myself and embellish the chords with any picking and flicking, pulls and bends I felt like. This song is one of the first where I realized this basic spicing up of basic chords, turning a basic strum pattern into a rather rich picking on top of rythm. Also, that picking made me "feel" what I was playing, because it is my twist on it. I could just sit there and listen to it flow for hours sometimes. Also, this song speaks to me regarding all the people who destroyed themselves from addictions to drugs of various kinds in the 70s. So this song has some meaning and lamentation for almost every listener; can you recall any young men and women from your past who just fell into the abyss? ((This was recorded in my lab on a quiet evening using the built in mic on a 2007 iMac. Reverb, stage setting, was added with some tweeking of the equalizer; using the basic audio editing right in iMovie. Saved to Quicktime movie format (web streaming size) and uploaded into YouTube. Easy. Not bad for a pinhole microphone.)) Dr M. |
 | Eco Friendly Clothing, Conscious Clothing, Threadbanger This time on Thread Heads were hangin out with Stephanie from the Conscious Clothing Store Ragtrade. Were also taking on a viewer challenge and showing you how to make a pair of overalls from some old jeans, and spotlighting some of our favorite green designers. Links in this episode: Rag Trade Happy Clothing Co http://www.myspace.com/ragtradeco Bad Unkl Sista http://www.badunklsista.com/ Reware Style http://www.rewarestyle.com/ Etsy Trashion Street Team http://www.etsytrashion.etsy.com/ Music Video: The Willowz http://www.thewillowz.com/ |
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