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Category Archives: disasters and catastrophes
Musings in the morning
With ALM, I have three basic flows for telling the story – raw video, motion graphics and posts (text). Though I wasn’t as faithful with imaging everything, I was fairly thorough in my writing. I captured details that I certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, injury, movies, open source, policy, self education / research, story, sustainable, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning
Tagged approach, attitude, cam chocks, climbing, collaborator, complication, dave hart, field test, gear, geek, motion graphics, posts, protection, rack, simplicity, solution, south manitou island, success, trial, tribulation, trivia, video, wordbooker
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What I did with the 2nd half of July
I took advantage of the 2010 expedition’s abrupt end by soaking up the rapture oozing outta Hello World’s home base, the Artist house on Crystal Lake. Truth be told, the spring had sprung so sweetly last May that it was … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, hawaiian language, Hello World, policy, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters
Tagged AIS, ALM, beulah, brooklyn, california, crystal lake, earthship, hinduism today, klamps, lego, michigan, mike reynolds, nephew, pipe, swami bua, swamiji, the new yorker, wedding
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What does it mean when this happens?
Somehow the front aluminum pylon is sinking or twisting inside the hull. It might have happened while moored in Chicago’s Monroe Harbor, perhaps from an impact by another boat. Or it could be a sign of some internal problem that … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, repairs, self education / research
Tagged geometry, hull, pylon, structure
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Marooned in New Buffalo
Day 28 I woke up bright and fine after a terrific rest. Having surveyed the forest last night, I knew a nitrogen drop off was doable. The rich loamy sand of the forest floor had a dense root mat. I … Continue reading
Launch!
I don’t want to leave the tent. 7:20 am, sore and wishing to sleep more. The waves take a little breath now – big surges with a rest in between. That’s a change from yesterday – constant roll and crash. … Continue reading
Posted in 10-06-01, 10-06-02, Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, food, Hello World, story, wilderness
Tagged kari tomashik, kevin and brenda, sore, tent, tough, waves, wind
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Armor Amour – chapter 3 (bloody hell)
There’s a terrible tragedy at this end of this post, so if you’re the weepy type close your browser and check back tomorrow. How to glue pennies to the bottom of a Hobie Cat, the completion of Hello World’s armor … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, repairs, vision / planning
Tagged 404, before 1982, copper, fahgk!, hatches, pennies, penny, plate, space shuttle, tiles
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Swimming
Yesterday afternoon I tested both the Aquapac underwater camera solution and my Gul skin out wetsuit with a swim to the blue line. A classic tao situation. All the cheese and yogurt I’ve been eating is starting to show – … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, gear, health / survival, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged blue line, blueline, cheese, cold, cramp, crystal lake, fat, gul, hobie, sailsport marine, scott, skin out wetsuit, swim
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Swimming
Yesterday afternoon I tested both the Aquapac underwater camera solution and my Gul skin out wetsuit with a swim to the blue line. A classic tao situation. All the cheese and yogurt I’ve been eating is starting to show – … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, gear, health / survival, Hello World, self education / research, training / practice, video chapters, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged blue line, blueline, cheese, cold, cramp, crystal lake, fat, gul, hobie, sailsport marine, scott, skin out wetsuit, swim
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Armor Amour – chapter 1
When Hello World came down from the rafters I was dismayed to find she was still wet. Before lofting her last October I had drained the standing water from the hulls. Though I suspected her fiberglass / foam sandwich was … Continue reading
1 day – intrigue
“Our long years of negotiations with foreign countries… have yielded no results this far. With the oil revenues we could meet our entire budget and combat poverty, disease, and backwardness among our people. Another important consideration is that by the … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, self education / research
Tagged bp, british petroleum, Democracy Now, gulf coast, iran, mosaddegh, oil, oil rig, spill
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7 days – fuggedaboudit!
Since I’m making a movie, I can get away with documenting everything. Writing daily, describing insights and epiphanies ad nauseum. This blog is a strategy for generating interest in the project – coming soon to a theater near you… Clearly … Continue reading
8 days – drydock
Yesterday Hello World had a soft landing and went into drydock. Movie! 10-04-28 Hello World soft landing and drydock variable / full screen 10-04-28 Hello World soft landing and drydock fixed size
15 days – Making of a Saint
Getting close now. Order of operations seems to be holding together, it’s spooky that I’m mostly on schedule. Everything can go right between now and launch… it’s possible. I am noticing more, recognizing the unfolding of a larger story. A … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, bliss, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, health / survival, Hello World, movies, open source, self education / research, simplify, story, sustainable, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, vision / planning, visualization (magic), wilderness
Tagged apocalypse, dog, jesus, order of operations, shiva, sustainable
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16 days – Roman Nose
Kari was over last night for dinner and we talked about guns, earthships and vision quests. She used a big cutting board as a model of Hello World, sliding it back and forth on the counter top as if it … Continue reading
Online addiction
I’ve been so focused on social phenomenon that my first thought when I wake up is to get online. With only a month left before launch, it’s time to kick the habit. I’m replacing my morning urge to compute with … Continue reading
Deconstructing doom
Jonathan has been questioning the veracity of the doom assertion in the ALM / artifact premise. A premise or pitch is a shorthand introduction to a project – typically delivered in less than 15 seconds (and often in an elevator). … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, self education / research, story, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged ALM, alm guide, Around Lake Michigan, artifact, consumer, dan kelly, delusion, disconnection, diy, doom, elevator, jonathan, jonathan kelly, pitch, premise, survivable, sustainable, toxic consumer culture
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Drowned men
Sheila Stafford says that many drowned men are found with their flies open, suggesting that boats and urination can be a dangerous combo. This was one of many topics we covered during an arts luncheon today with Flora Ricca Hoffman … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, training / practice
Tagged boats, men, sheila stafford, urination
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Action for everyone
Sign a petition and help Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox to protect Lake Michigan by closing the locks in Chicago. http://StopAsianCarp.com
Guys in camo, the Asian carp video
Great Lakes Restoration has posted video from a February 12, 2010 meeting on Asian carp. With luck, I’ll approaching carp entry points by the end of May. My brother in Arizona can’t stand my singing, and he’s about the same … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, sea monsters, vision
Tagged arizona, asian carp, lake michigan, singing
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Flashback!
I scanned and posted the audience feedback cards within a week of the Evening of Exploration, but over a month went by before I read and sorted them into categories. Why did it take so long? This question triggered a … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, collaborators, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, movies, self education / research, vision / planning
Tagged amtrak, andrea maio, archive, audience, clone, deadline, excerpt, feedback, gertrude ekstatisch, hyundai, melonie steffes, momentum, nyc to chicago, raw, raw video, response, rough cut, saldaje, shaun anchak, steve elrick, thanksgiving, video
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Near miss with the Manitowoc
Big boats traverse the Big Lake, and Hello World and I had a close encounter. What are the chances of getting squished by an ore carrier? Only our 5th day out already we’re having near death experiences. Fun! Lazily crossing … Continue reading
North Manitou odyssey
Two – count ’em – two new chapters are available for your viewing pleasure, both documenting my two night sojourn on North Manitou Island. Disasters and blessings interpenetrate. 09-09-09 Crescent City under Hello World (newer OS) 09-09-09 Crescent City under … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-09, 09-09-10, Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, latest news, open source, video chapters, vision, vision / planning, wilderness
Tagged accord, charger, crescent city, global life support, harness, Hello World, life support system, north, north manitou, north manitou island, oil, on the wire, radio, sail, sailing, sleep, solar panel, sunburn, vortex, wind, wind shadow, wire
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Intensity
I jettisoned the sludge around 9:00 am and headed southwest, with the intention of hyper jumping 40 miles across the UP and camping just past the Garden Peninsula on summer island. It was to be a short and very intense … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-25, Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, training / practice, visualization (magic)
Tagged airfoil, airplane, camp, camping, conscious, garden, hobie 16, hobie cat, jib, main sail, mogul, mph, pressure, rudder, sail, sailboat, sheet, speed, synergyhobie, tiller, vacuum, wave, waves, wind, wing
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Digital zoom saved my life
After all of Kai’s stories about crossing the Pacific in Desire and almost being run over by robot controlled cruise ships, I finally got a taste. Having caught a lovely wind after leaving North Manitou Island, I was making deligtful … Continue reading
Posted in 09-09-10, Around Lake Michigan, disasters and catastrophes, Hello World, kai, sea monsters
Tagged crescent city, desire, digital zoom, freighter, kai schwarz, north, north manitou, northport, Vixia, wake
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Deep holes
Patrick and I patched up the sides of the hulls pretty nearly now – all that’s left is sanding, fairing and painting. There’s also epoxy injections needed for both decks a couple of feet forward of the front pylons. It’s … Continue reading
Radical redesign
As reported a few weeks back, Kai’s got problems with Desire. It’s been sitting for so long unattended that there’s no way he can get it ready in time to return to Seattle ahead of big weather in September. After … Continue reading
Glorious gray
It’s heavy ‘ready to rain’ color today, with a hint of purple / pink peeking through. Back to wearing the wetsuit when swimming deep. A shy summer so far, teasing warmth at the end of June and now mostly wet … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, gear, vision / planning
Tagged actor, cruise ship, existential, kai schwarz, lawyer, sailor, sleep deprivation, solo, storm, whimper
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Telemetry 090630
I don’t think Dan’s coming to Hawaii. It seems, for ideological reasons as he won’t fly in a jet due to it’s carbon footprint. I can respect his convictions though I don’t fully adopt them as my own. He’s been … Continue reading
Posted in collaborators, Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, document / journal, health / survival, kai, story, sustainable, vision / planning
Tagged armadillo, blue water, carbon, collective culture, dan kelly, desire, footprint, hawaii, hobie cat, humanity, inter-island, kona, nervous system, portland, radar, radar reflector, radio, san francisco, seattle, solar panel, sustainability, transpac, wind generator
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Telemetry 090620
8:50 AM 8/3/06 For me, the ocean is a place that keeps me riveted to the reality of the moment. A place which is always changing and one that keeps me focused and alive in so many sublime ways. I … Continue reading
Posted in bliss, collaborators, Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, document / journal, kai, story
Tagged acid rain, battery, bees, bf2, blue water, boat yard, brooklyn, desire, dirk schwarz, dirt, equipment, ford 150, kealeakua, kona, manhattan, manhattan bridge, melted rubber, oxidation, ozone, queens, salt, tar, the moment, tools, transpac, uv, volcano
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da kine Kai
Kai checked in yesterday. Since he had just been blown from San Diego to Tahiti aboard Babalu and then flown to the big island of Hawaii, I was surprised to hear him sounding sort of stressed. Having experienced the big … Continue reading
Posted in Desire project preparation, disasters and catastrophes, synchronicity / fortunate accidents, vision / planning
Tagged blue water, buoys, carbon fiber, curtis collins, da kine, hawaii, jerry garcia, kai, mauna kea, physics, seattle, steve oliver, sulfer dioxide, telescopes, transpac 2009, vog, wind farm
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