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I am the CSO of Ditech Networks Nasdaq (DITC) the founder and former CEO of PhoneTag, founder/principal in NobelBiz and founder/chief evangelist of GRID.com. This blog is about my life as a serial entrepreneur, husband, traveler, inventor and father.

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I think I am going to have him build our next house.  Check out the article for more pictures. christmasgorilla: Roald Gundersen builds structures with whole trees (NY Times article). I’ve always had a soft spot for post and beam construction, but this takes it to a whole new level. “According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.”

I think I am going to have him build our next house.  Check out the article for more pictures.

christmasgorilla:

Roald Gundersen builds structures with whole trees (NY Times article). I’ve always had a soft spot for post and beam construction, but this takes it to a whole new level.

“According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.”

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