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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Hunt Institute Engineering and Humanity Week website is up

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We Need Foam Plastics (Styrofoams)

We are desperate for foam plastics to make the blocks for the Hunt Institute Engineering and Humanity Week Kenya House.  We also need the grocery bags but are finding those at Albertsons in Wylie, Brookshires in Wylie, Brookshires in Farmersville, Walmart in Wylie, and Walmart Neighborhood Store in Murphy.  Home Depot in Wylie is givingContinue Reading

Hunt Institute Engineering and Humanity Week Participant!!

Stephanie Hunt invited us to build a model and do demonstrations April 11th thru the 15th 2011 on the SMU campus in Dallas. Dallas Morning News Story  http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007979&docId=l:1378064432&isRss=true We are having difficulty finding enough materials to build the blocks necessary for the event.  We’re wanting to build the Kenya Hut using only foam and filmContinue Reading

We are on FACEBOOK and we TWITTER

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ubuntu-Blox/130434587030261 http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_187871164581331&ap=1 Follow us on Twitter @ubuntubloxContinue Reading

Ubuntu-Blox

The recycled plastic block now has a name.  It is the Ubuntu-Blox.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(philosophy) The grandkids chose it.  I think it is perfect.Continue Reading

BAD Plastic blocks!

We’re making blocks for an event in April.  They want us to have a model house for attendees to experience. The guys and gals at Allied Waste Recycling Center in Plano, Texas will give me all the plastic I want to make the blocks.  That is too easy and doesn’t make a loud enough ofContinue Reading