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Weather

LB — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:03:51 +0000

The two cones at left are young and old cones from the same pine tree (I forget the variety); same with the ones on the right, but from a blue atlas cedar.

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Rain chains or kusari toi

LB — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:59:34 +0000

Kusari toi (sometimes translitered “doi”)—the Japanese characters are 鎖樋 which translates literally as “chain gutters”—are known in English as rain chains. They are used in Japan as downspouts to direct rain from a gutter to the ground, where it either flows into a gravel or pebble bed or into some sort of catchment.

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Lost budgie – he really likes mirrors and is a very good flyer

LB — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:45:12 +0000

In the “on the fridge” category.

Solar house competition – Solar Decathlon, Washington DC

LB — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:02:25 +0000

It’s pouring rain and cold in Washington so it doesn’t seem very solar. But it was fun to see all the solar, off-the-power-grid houses in the Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S.

If we had this drainpipe in Vancouver, would the rain seem more tolerable?

LB — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:00:17 +0000

Probably not. Dresden drainpipe system, via badbanana.