[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-rocket-stove":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"This isn't my usual type of drawing, but I thought I'd post it anyway since I didn't manage a morning sketch. It's for one of my parents' friends on his way back from Kenya, this guy Eric. He likes to fiddle around with making stuff and, after retiring, he turned his attention to making little home improvements for people in east Africa. Last night he was telling us about this \u003Ca href=\"http://efmdg.org/efmdg/?p=684\">rocket stove\u003C/a> (my drawing is an improved, further simplified version of the one currently on the website) and about a bunch of other simple gadgets, including a water filter made from a barrel, some sand and some gravel. Apparently this rocket stove emits far less carbon monoxide that the current popular stove in Kenya and is even cheaper and easier to make. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rocket_stove-a294daf5ab.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nI just had a couple excellent coffees with Dave (\u003Ca href=\"http://tozocomic.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">tozocomic\u003C/a>) and managed to bash out scripts and scrawls for two more \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/issues/12/vern-and-lettuce\">Vern & Lettuce\u003C/a> episodes. I found this nice little passive-aggressive note from an estate agent taped to my bike when I left, and it struck me as very funny.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/shadbike-3ff74edfc7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd don't miss it, \u003Ca href=\"http://hopelarson.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">hopelarson\u003C/a> has posted a brilliant story, \u003Ca href=\"http://hopelarson.livejournal.com/151878.html\">Bear Creek Apartments\u003C/a>.\\r\nAnd \u003Ca href=\"http://nedroidcomics.livejournal.com/163865.html\">another good one\u003C/a> by \u003Ca href=\"http://nedroidcomics.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">nedroidcomics\u003C/a>.","2008-08-19T14:22:00.000Z","rocket-stove",[],"rocket stove",1776628723268]