Concrete cloth...

Concrete cloth is a flexible cement impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration.  It is used to make the building in bag or know as concrete canvas shelters.  This structure is inflated, then hydrated to harden the structure to form the building.  The structure is fire and weather proof.  THe best thing about the structure is that you can inflate it, wet down and solidified within 24 hours.

A pretty good invention to construct temporary shelters in disaster area, site offices or even a military base.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBHVKFCoYFc&feature=player_embedded

De-stress techniques...

Most you know that I belong to the Afrikaans Youth organization known as Die Voortrekkers.  Well today we went to the shooting range.  I was a bit sceptic about shooting but it was so much fun! 

We had a police officer assisting us with the pistol, R5 semi-automatic gun and a shot gun.  The pistol is the easiest as well as the shot gun but only with rubber bullets.  The other shot gun bullets have painfull recoil.  With pistol I had a grouping of a A4 page but I don't think came close to the target with the semi-automatic weapon.

Chatting with friends

Me with the R5 semi-automatic gun

Me with the shot gun loaded with rubber bullets

Me with the shot gun loeded with birdshot bullets, my shoulder stinged a lot...

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public...

Eco graffiti!

This is the work of Anna Garforth.  It is a totally organic way of putting your stamp on the wall.  Here is a recipe for it.  Seems like a lot of fun.

RECIPE
*Several clumps of moss
*1 pot of natural yoghurt or 12oz buttermilk (experiment to see which works best)
*1/2 teaspoon of sugar
*blender
*Plastic pot (with a lid)
*Paint brush
*Spray-mister

And then there is reverse graffiti, making picture by cleaing.  Graphic images are 'cleaned' onto the walls with steel brushes or a sand blaster.  An old technic for a new use.