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We had our first art/music installation/party at our house last weekend, now reffered to as the “Knight House”.  The event was discussed on weshotjr.com, and there were performances by Operation Playmate (Eric Archer and Erich Ragsdale), Phantastes (Lars Larsen), and visuals provided by Tommyboy.  There was also a wind tunnel art installation in one of the back rooms, as well as a community paint wall in the back yard.  It was a great time and I met alot of interesting people that night.  I hope to have more events in the future.  Interested in playing/performing/contributing?  Please let me know.  Here’s some shots of the evening….

We’re having our first big gathering at the Knight House this Saturday, Sept. 20th.  WeShotJr.com did a nice writeup about the event, with descriptions of the bands and visuals being shown.  We’re going to be doing an installation in one of the spare bedrooms, and there will be a community paint wall outside as well.  I’m hoping that this will help raise awareness of the art collective that i’ve been apart of, and I hope for many more events to come.  Here’s WSJ’s description of the evening:

See you there…

I recently relocated from Austin, Tx and moved up to Denton, Tx to take on my new job. I now work as a painter for this company that makes life-size animatronic dinosaurs. I’m really enjoying it, because I get to work on sculpture, painting, drawing, and animatronics! I was sad to say goodbye to Austin, but I have a feeling that i’ll be back someday… Apparently Denton has a unique noise-music scene, and I’ve seen quite a few impressive shows since i’ve been here. The cost of living is MUCH more affordable, which means that I will have a bigger allowance for projects, and i get to buy more components from Mouser and Tanner Electronics! I’ve been working with a group called the “Denton Artist Resource Collective” (D.A.R.C.) and I’m working on hosting skillshares at my house. Skillshare’s are meetings where people can come to learn a new craft/artform and share/teach any knowledge that they have to offer as well. Me and my roommate have set up the house to be able to accommodate different crafts/artforms. So far the skills we have to offer are ceramics, sculpture, video, painting, drawing, electronics, as well as a community graffiti wall for everyone to add to! So things have been good. I’m nearing the completion of some new electronic pieces, which means pictures will be coming soon….. Read the rest of this entry »

Stan Meyers developed a vehicle that ran completely off of hydrogen,through a process that involves running a current through water. His vision was to market the product with the overall goal to better mankind and follow gods will. He was bribed as well as harassed to be quiet about his discoveries and studies. He turned down all the offers intended to silence him, and as a result, he was poisoned back in 98. His legend still remains, and the technology is still in use today (by individuals, not corporations of course).

Watch his video and read about his amazing story, he will not be forgotten. Explore the website for a bit too, there’s some amazing information on there. This is his signature that he put on all of his work, which symbolizes water being turned into fire.

I am currently in the process of converting my car engine to run partially off of hydrogen, and I encourage everyone to take apart of this SIMPLE technology. You don’t have to know much about electronics to be able to build it yourself, and you can always buy one premade online. Do everything you can, every bit will help.

I’m currently experimenting with modifying my car engine to run partially off of hydrogen.  The hydrogen is extracted from water by running a current through it.  It is extremely simple technology, and doesn’t take a strong electronics background to understand it.  I found a great article that describes some of the different designs for it, including some great schematics for things such as an air/fuel ratio monitor, which will help to monitor the changes that need to be made to the engine once the hydrogen input is installed.  The pdf’s have been saved on my del.icio.us and can be viewed here.