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Ni's Jia: April 2007
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Alaskan Father: Alaskan Adventures. Monday, April 30, 2007. Saturday was the annual Heart Run. It is a 5K run sponsored by the American Heart Association and helps raise money to fight heart diseases. This is our second year participating. We have had so much fun, that it is quickly becoming a family tradition. 8221; Ben and Tim were especially proud of their medals. Links to this post. Friday, April 27, 2007. Camping Trips and Spatulas. One year I took just William and Gwenna camping. We drove down ...
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Edge of knowledge: Now for the roof
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Stuff that's out there. Sunday, January 25, 2009. Now for the roof. It dawned on me lately that with my preference for cement, I might actually be able to go about building an entirely non-combustible home (structure-wise, anyway). This would be especially worthwhile given that I'd like to eventually live in a forested, somewhat dry environment. The big question is what kind of insulation to use. Fiberglass is fire-resistant, yet mildly hazardous and difficult to work with. Plastic batts, like th...Or ce...
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Edge of knowledge: Ceiling and floor
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Stuff that's out there. Sunday, February 1, 2009. Let's move on to the interior. One thing I started to consider when I choose concrete, was that I might want something more organic to offset the stone feel of the rest of the home. I originally considered wood floors, but decided against them due to how much nicer cement itself would work, both in durability and it's ability to transfer and release heat from radiant floors really well. With the roof structure being made of steel beams and cement foam, I ...
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Edge of knowledge: Geothermal heat pumps
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Stuff that's out there. Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Onto my newest interesting research topic. When I was young, I lived in a home with radiant floor heating. Heat would be generated underneath the floor and then rise throughout the home. It was a nice feeling - warm floors with a pretty even distribution of heat. You should really begin designing your own "House of Tomorrow"- I. September 30, 2008 at 10:04 PM. At this address http:/ heatpumpathome.blogspot.com you can find 200 FAQs about Geothe...Octob...
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Edge of knowledge: Conduits - and why they work so well
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Stuff that's out there. Monday, March 2, 2009. Conduits - and why they work so well. Wouldn't it be nice if every time you needed to do some re-wiring, you didn't need to rip open a wall, pull out a staple gun, or re-engineer anything. Most homes I come across have the wiring permanently stapled in place and hidden behind drywall, out of reach. A "static" wiring scheme that requires serious effort to improve upon later on in the house's life. Conduits are dirt cheap and solve this problem easily. The air...
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Mt. Baldy – Alaska Hike Search
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Dan F ( AKTrailhead.com. Moderate; not too long and the inclination isn't too steep until you near the summit. 15; in the town of Eagle River. Bug spray is a plus. The trail can be somewhat muddy early in the season. Baldy is not only a great day hike, it’s the starting point for many other peaks, including Black Tail Rocks, Round Top, and Vista peaks. Comments on hiking Mt. Baldy. Wayne Krell — July 25, 2016. Lea — June 23, 2016. Keryl — May 29, 2016. Around Anchorage - Just Two Nerds. The following was...
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Edge of knowledge: Water doesn’t belong in a reactor
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Stuff that's out there. Sunday, May 15, 2011. Water doesn’t belong in a reactor. The reactor incidents in Japan are the result of short-sited decision-making - decades ago - which unfortunately has become convention and remained as such. One of my main issues with conventional nuclear energy (though I consider it better then fossil fuels) is the lack of common sense in reactors. Sadly, the only nuclear energy put into practice comes from old, hyper-convoluted water-cooled reactor designs. This brings us ...
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Edge of knowledge: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
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Stuff that's out there. Monday, October 13, 2008. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete - say that 3 times fast. Well, you don't need to; I'll refer to it by its common acronym AAC. AAC happens to be one of the best building materials I have have ever known of. That's the short of AAC. Developed over 70 years ago in northern Europe, it is only now becoming well-known in the US of A (where I live). The magic that makes AAC what it is lies in the fact that it is composed of mostly air. AAC has all kinds of fantastic...