Jonathan Kocurek Log
Friday, February 6, 2015
Farm Management Software - List of Software - Mainly Proprietary (Market Analysis) Capterra Search
Open Source Farm Management Software Farm OS
Cloud Farm Management -
Some of the major challenges in urban and rural farming are information management and data collection for economic analysis. Resource management can also be used to lower administrative costs, and also improve decision making when markets change. Cloud farm management could also be a means to share data with respected cohorts and customers for sourcing and food security.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Soil Compaction
Soil compaction and testing methods are essential to understanding how brick pressing sampling is possible and feasible. Making how to instructional videos can be helpful to ease the learning curve. When building a concrete foundation and other soil applications for heavy loads soil testing is important for structural integrity and long term risk management. Soil Compaction document Example 1
Soil Compaction Document Example 2
Pocket Penetrometer Quick and fast method for testing compressive strength of soil.
Ridiculously expensive Penetrometer
"The Troxler Model 3430" "gives you the fast, accurate, and consistent results you need to fulfill the testing requirements on today's construction projects. The Model 3430 provides the basic features required for determining the density of asphalt, soil, aggregate or concrete and the moisture of soil or aggregate. It and the other gauges in the 3400 series have replaced conventional density test methods and have become the industry standard."
Troxler 3430 Used price is about $3,000. Standard Proctor and Modified Proctor is less expensive and affordable solution.
Walk behind machinery tech-
Walk behind technology and machines can be an alternative to CEB loading and soil pulverizing. Developing the Open Source Walk Behind Tractor is a lower start-up cost than the larger tractor. Walk behind tractors can offer flexibility and lower barriers to application.
Toro Dingo TX-525 Wide Track Compact Utility Loader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zTrKFJn9nQ
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2015
Wednesday, Jan 7, 2014
Monday, Dec 29, 2014
Sweet Home 3D- import test from Sketchup file format to Sweet Home 3D- .skp to .obj. Individual components can be convert from .skp files to .obj files and imported as furniture objects. Media:mh4.sh3d
Monday, Dec 29, 2014
Sweet Home 3D- import test from Sketchup file format to Sweet Home 3D- .skp to .obj. Individual components can be convert from .skp files to .obj files and imported as furniture objects. Media:mh4.sh3d
Friday, Dec 12, 2014
Electrical Discharge Machining
open synchronization
Monday, Nov 5, 2014
Working Antarctic Summer XM Build, and worked on Aquaponics Development
Monday, Nov 3, 2014
Documenting previous work on wiki from August, September, and October. Micro House 3 Workshop experience. Micro House 4 Design & Build iteration, and preparation for Antarctic Summer XM Build.
Aug 18, 2014
Aug 14, 2014
Design sprint
Aug,13 2014
Aug 7-12th, 2014
Attended MicroHouse 3 Workshop, brick making, brick laying, and carpentry work. More details later.