CURRENT MISSION

Build all needed things from junk and publish the plans

ABOUT ME

I write the "Heirloom Technology" column for "Make" magazine.
http://www.makezine.com/heirloom/

PHILOSOPHY

The opposite of U.S. foreign policy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just getting started. In the good old days before internet, while on a motorcycle trip I would stop and help people with car trouble, sometimes end up camping in their yard.
Or I would stop and volunteer at projects I encountered on the trip.

Interests

traditional crafts and skills, new and unexpected uses for things.

• crafts
• boating
• technology
• canoeing
• camping
• sailing
• communications
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

100 year old how-to books, I'd like to read a book and watch a movie from every country. Any suggestions?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I tried to sail to Cuba on a canoe I built myself.
Full story at
http://web.media.mit.edu/~tim/pix/cuba.html

My rudder broke, I was becalmed and carried away by the current, a ferocious storm came, I spent several days hallucinating from exhaustion and sleep deprivation.

I found out I have funny voices in my head. The sounds of the waves and sails taught me to sail my broken boat to Florida. Then my troubles really began...

Teach, Learn, Share

150+ of my how-to projects are documented at
http://www.instructables.com/member/TimAnderson/
and
http://www.mit.edu/people/robot/

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