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Wow I feel tired and a little overwhelmed after that. Micah

I am not sure if you have heard of Shai Agassi and his bold plan to rethink personal transportation, if not you need to take the time to watch this video and catch up on him. There is a good chance this guy leads the way to the transportation revolution this world desperately needs.

I saw this on a blog the other day and I am stealing it. It’s called the Kyoto Oven and it quite possibly could change the landscape of Africa. The thing that I find interesting about these types of inventions is that they will require a change in habits. I mentioned this oven to a friend who is familiar with African culture and practices (she’s been there and lived it) and she thought, ” Yeah, its great but what about cooking at night?”. I have to admit the solar oven might have some issue there, but you could change the way you do things. 1) Precook your dinner before the sun went down. 2) Boil lots of water while the sun is shining and store it in a cool place. 3) Make a couple of them yourself and sell them.

In order to make the serious changes we are going to have to make in the world to sustain the current inhabitants and bring everyone’s quality of life up, we are going to have to change habits.  I think we have used this one before, the same thinking that got us where we are isn’t going to get us to where we need to be.  I think everyone in the world should read, at least, the first chapter of Thomas Freidman’s book Hot, Flat, and Crowded to get a little perspective twist on how we all live and how much we need to change.  Or there is a talk he gave on it that I haven’t watched yet.

Micah Baginski

After returning from Ethiopia some incredible people who heard the story called up and offered to donate their time to put together a website and video about the project. The site is still not quite done but you can follow the link and see the 95% finished version. The video on the other hand is done and very cool. Make sure you are sitting down before you watch this.

We have been brainstorming about fun ways to get people involved in the effort and will be announcing them both here and on the orphanage site soon. Stay tuned…


Drawn from Water from Drawn From Water on Vimeo.

Just when you thought the Hummer limo had the gold medal for wasteful travel something like this comes along…

The book was really good, but a movie? Hmm…

Ok, so the YouTube link  I put up here is now broken (so sad) now you have to jump over here to see the video I put up.

I did my homework, spent the time, ran around the building enough times and now I am finally ready to make my decision.

Twitter is lame. Twitter has no place in my life. Sorry Tweetheads. I am out.

I love this guy.  I have been listening to this all weekend and can’t stop thinking about the “Less is more” lyric and the measuring stick we use in our society. Sorry for the video but it was the only way to get the song on the site.  I just really like what he is saying.  I was bummed to find out that Eddie Vedder didn’t actually write this one, but he sure can sing it well.  Anyway just listen to the lyrics.  It is a reoccuring theme here.

Watch this.

Sometimes all you need to do is look at things from a different way.  Take for instance the sidewalk…