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Mark E14: May 2013

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Thursday, 23 May 2013. I've always planned to blog about my experiments with 3D-printing, since I began building a Reprap. 3D-printer last year. I don't know how regular bloggers manage to find the time. I recently gave a talk on 3D-printing to the Hacker News. Meetup group. It was a much bigger event than I'd anticipated, but on the plus-side the talk was recorded : Here's a link to the Vimeo page. I should also put in a plug here for the Meetup group that I organise : Future Manufacturing.

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Mark E14: July 2012

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Thursday, 5 July 2012. Green Roof in Flower. I've been really surprised by this roof. I expected sedums to be green and quite boring, but the various sedum varieties have been blinding us with colour for over a month. There's such a wide variety in their basic form, even when they're just green, but this really comes out when they flower. The yellow star-shaped flowers are just starting to fade, but the clustered pink flowers on their red stalks are taking over. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Mark E14: About this blog

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This is a blog about East London, in all its glorious complexity. It's about green architecture, micro-allotments, cycling, 3D-printing, the Internet of Things, Open Source software and hardware. or anything that interests me. The site is a work-in-progress and I'm just getting the hang of using Blogger. Soon, I'll post a 'manifesto' - but for now this is just a trial run at creating a new tab and a new page. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). At War With the Motorist. Cycling Embassy of Great Britain.

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Mark E14: Revolting Students

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Wednesday, 16 November 2011. If a foreign country took this approach to its students' rights to peacefully protest, we would probably invade them, in the name of 'Democracy' - at least, we'd check whether they had oil, or whether we'd sold them any armaments recently. The Metropolitan Police issued warnings about plastic bullets and water cannon, and the right-wing press lapped it up - if you don't have a strong argument against it, well you can intimidate it out of appearing, or kettle it when it does.

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Mark E14: My Letter to Boris

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Tuesday, 15 November 2011. My Letter to Boris. The BBC today reported that Transport for London will now "look closely". At Bow Interchange in relation to cycling. It will also direct cyclists away from the junction during the Olympics next year. This is not a plan. Even when your organisation is finally prodded into action by the sickening deaths of two cyclists. In such a short period of time, the proposals are "too little, too late" in the extreme. Your comments last week. At War With the Motorist.

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Mark E14: Red Light Jumpers sans Helmets

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Tuesday, 8 November 2011. Red Light Jumpers sans Helmets. OK, why is this? The heart-rending story of a widow, Pamela Smith, grieving the needless loss of her husband when he was killed by a cement lorry in Fulham. As the story outlines, Paul Joseph, 45, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. It's serious - life and death serious. You might expect serious consequences for someone who admits that his decisions and actions killed someone. The Barclays Cycling Superhighways are bringing their...

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Mark E14: November 2011

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Wednesday, 16 November 2011. If a foreign country took this approach to its students' rights to peacefully protest, we would probably invade them, in the name of 'Democracy' - at least, we'd check whether they had oil, or whether we'd sold them any armaments recently. The Metropolitan Police issued warnings about plastic bullets and water cannon, and the right-wing press lapped it up - if you don't have a strong argument against it, well you can intimidate it out of appearing, or kettle it when it does.

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Mark E14: Green Roof in Flower

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Thursday, 5 July 2012. Green Roof in Flower. I've been really surprised by this roof. I expected sedums to be green and quite boring, but the various sedum varieties have been blinding us with colour for over a month. There's such a wide variety in their basic form, even when they're just green, but this really comes out when they flower. The yellow star-shaped flowers are just starting to fade, but the clustered pink flowers on their red stalks are taking over. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Mark E14: 3D Printing

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Thursday, 23 May 2013. I've always planned to blog about my experiments with 3D-printing, since I began building a Reprap. 3D-printer last year. I don't know how regular bloggers manage to find the time. I recently gave a talk on 3D-printing to the Hacker News. Meetup group. It was a much bigger event than I'd anticipated, but on the plus-side the talk was recorded : Here's a link to the Vimeo page. I should also put in a plug here for the Meetup group that I organise : Future Manufacturing.

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Mark E14: May 2012

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Saturday, 12 May 2012. Micro-Allotment : First Harvest. In the 5 years or so since we've lived on the barge, we've grown flowering plants and some vegetables/herbs in pots. This year we decided to step it up a little by creating a micro-allotment on the main cabin roof. I started by building a couple of beds out of some plywood left over from refitting the interior of the boat. These are both 4' x 2' x 1' to get the most out of the 8' x 4' ply sheets. Scheme as 'Poplar Dock Micro-Allotments'. Despite the...