Might not count as the great plains, but Mark Sheppard's New Forest Farm in Wisconsin is a good demonstration of a similar approach in a different context.
Not to belittle the difficulty, but as someone who just drove from WY to WI over the last couple days... east of the Mississippi is drastically wetter than western MN+.
I’m sure they’re experts in this area and definitely an authority on the matter. SF has a massive homeless problem, how “happy” do you think that virus is in the city atm?
> "enjoy acting sustainably long-term, so they spread that joy and sustainability to others"
This sounds great, can't wait to check it out. After taking a Permaculture Design Course, I fell in love with the ideal of living a better, more "luxurious" life that has not only a lower impact on the planet, but a positive impact. I'm on my way down that path, but still figuring out how to make it replicable.
Do you have a source for any good bone conduction headphones? I have a damaged eardrum that stops me hearing low frequencies.
Recently tried a demonstration at SF's Exploratorium which involved biting a metal bar, and the result was incredible!
Most bone conduction headphones I find when searching (eg AfterShokz) appear to rest against the bones around the ear, so I'm not sure if they're as effective.
Thanks for sharing this, it's great to see your process.
I'm working on something vaguely related, a grid-based synth-controller/sequencer with a bunch of i2c shift registers and laser cut hardware.
I've been thinking about building a pressure-sensitive hex-layout keyboard next, you've given me a bunch of ideas and inspiration.
Thanks. Pressure sensing is actually pretty simple and cheap, unless you have a really large number of inputs (like I have). I was planning to switch to a matrix layout in the next version to reduce the number of ADC chips I need, but then I'll have to figure out how to mitigate ghosting.
I haven't used any of Sensitronic's producs, but they do have a lot of good information on their site about the various ways to use force-sensitive resistors.
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