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DWC vs NFT vs Media Beds

In this post, I want to examine the various types of grow container styles in hydroponic and aquaponic systems, discuss the differences, and go through the pros and cons of each style. First of all, definitions: DWC = Deep Water Culture Deep water culture is one of the simplest methods, as it has no moving parts. In this system, you have a basin of water (5 gallon buckets are very common), and a floating raft (typically Styrofoam) with 2-3″ diameter holes cut for plastic net pots. The net pots sit …

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Hydroponics vs Aquaponics

First of all: Welcome to the beginning of a new series with us. We’ve just finished the build of a small, but diverse Aquaponic system in our garden and I’m excited to share this new knowledge with you. This post is going to be more of the theory behind these two systems, and the next posts will get more into the specifics of what I’ve done in the garden and how that’s working out so far. So first up, we need to define what these two types of gardening are: …

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Raspberry Pi Terraria Server

In this tutorial, we’re going to be setting up a raspberry pi terraria server. Terraria is a really fun casual but complex game you can play with friends. Kind of like 2d Minecraft. By setting up a permanent server, any of your friends can login to the world at any point and play, with or without you having to be online to let them in to the world. Don’t let the length of this process dissuade you! All of the work to get this up and running is already done …

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Babydoll Southdown Sheep

Well, we went and did it. We got two of the fluffiest, softest, cutest sheep in existence and it’s already been SO much fun. So here’s a little bit about who and what they are, for those of you who might be considering them yourselves. We have two Babydoll Southdown sheep, the white one is named “Nunu” and the brown one is “Rumble”. Follow our adventures on instagram @sheepsinthecity A Short History: These sheep originally came from Sussex England, also known as the South “Downs”. They are known for their …

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3D Topographic Laser Cut Wall Map

Welcome back to another project. A massive 3-panel wood laser cut 3d topographic map of the world. Nearly 50 design hours, 70 build hours, and 6 months of planning and collaboration. This is absolutely the biggest project we’ve tackled to date. And I’m going to lay it all out for yall, with links to the full set of plans and illustrator files on my Patreon page, so a huge chunk of the work is already done for you! This map was created for the church that my wife and I …

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BurstCoin – Proof of Capacity Mining

Another day, another cryptocurrency… If you’ve been watching the news about all this, you might be starting to feel a little burnt out, or overwhelmed, because everyone is trying to find the latest and greatest to invest in, suss out the quickest way to make money off of all this, and being depressed over their “missing out” on the meteoric rise of Bitcoin last December. My personal viewpoint is that A) The technology behind all of these coins is brilliant and will eventually be world changing, and B) The hype …

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Make a Font from Your Own Handwriting

Hello everyone and welcome to this quick tutorial on making your handwriting into a font! As you can already see, this page looks a little bit different than every other page on my site, and it’s because I’m currently using the font based on my handwriting to craft this post! There are a lot of ways to accomplish this: most rely on using adobe illustrator to import and create your handwritten notes and then individually defining letters, but we’re going to do something a liiiiitle bit easier today here at …