Entries from September 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Seasteading ’08 – last week to RSVP

This week is the last chance to RSVP for our upcoming conference and related events. First annual conference – Friday, October 10th Post-Conference Kayaking! ! – Saturday, October 11th Post-Conference Dinner on Floating Island Restaurant! ! – Saturday, October 11th According to Patri: “…Chris Baker from Wired Magazine will be attending the conference for a [...]

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Water printer

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Why isn’t medical care a right?

Azalynn asks: As in, making people fear for their lives if they don’t do a particular thing is always bad — unless it’s a corporation wanting you to do that thing. Here’s my take on it. Please take it in the same spirit of your original post. If any of it comes across as an [...]

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Oleg Volk

If you’ve enjoyed Oleg Volk’s pictures as much as I have, you may wish to know that he could use your help.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Canon 5D Mark II released today

The Canon 5D Mark II camera was officially released today. Among its new features? The ability to capture 30 frames per second MPEG-4 video at 1920 by 1080p resolution. Here’s a sample video entitled Reverie by Vincent Laforet.

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Seasteading Schwag…

…available here. Thanks, everyone for the feedback!

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

CafePress or alternatives?

Anyone have recommendations for a CafePress-like site that offers “on-demand” t-shirt sales? The ideal site would: * charge a reasonable price * not claim copyright over the image or text * provide good quality goods * provide good quality order fulfilment Thanks!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Pushing Daisies

I’ve seen the first two episodes–two thumbs up! It’s like watching a sunny version of a Tim Burton film.

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Motorcycle Safety Foundation course

I graduated from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course today! Aside from riding 100 ft on my friend Ace’s 50 cc motorbike in the 7th grade, I had never been on a motorcycle before yesterday. It was a lot of fun, if a bit frustrating. All of the other motorcycle riders had been riding for at [...]

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Conference hut: how to get the word out?

As some of you know, I’ve volunteered to organize the first Seasteading Institute conference. Right now, we’re trying to get the word out as much as possible to groups that might be interested. Patri has been interviewed for a couple of radio shows: BBC Culture Shock The Business Shrink (autoplays) We’re planning to flyer Bay [...]