by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 26, 2001
Well, it’s been months since I have been able to return to our house-in-the-making. December brought significant snowfall to the Midwest, both in the La Crosse area and in Northern Illinois. Besides the weather, my mother went through open heart surgery and...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 27, 2001
BEFORE READING ANY FURTHER — The following information is for “interesting reading material” purposes only. Chain saws are a very dangerous tool. Do not attempt to use a chain saw without fully reading the owner’s manual and following their...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 14, 2001
All materials conduct heat, some more than others. Materials such as copper, steel, aluminum, glass and concrete are good conductors of heat; whereas wood, paper, fiberglass, cellulose and mineral wool are poor conductors. Materials that are poor conductors of heat...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 14, 2000
Interview with James Juczak I first learned about Jim in a paper that he wrote for the CoCoCo/99 Papers. (CoCoCo stands for Continental Cordwood Conference.) Jim’s paper discussed various experiments and ideas for cordwood structures. I was amazed to read about...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 4, 2000
The last few years of El Nino and La Nina weather are a thing of the past it appears and it looks like we are in for a full blown winter. The past month has found me buttoning things up for the winter. But, just because winter has a grip on things, does not stop the...
