Building blocks

After spending several hours wiring up a few customers to our network [1], Smirk and I ended up at Denny's [2] (funny how no one ever sets out to go to Denny's, but inevitably end up there) and the topic of Coral Castle [3] and how Edward Leedskalnin [4], weighing all of a 100 pounds, could build such a structure by himself (where some of the blocks used weigh as much as nine tons).

I mentioned to Smirk that I came across a possible technique which basically uses leverage, counter weights and pivot points but that I didn't remember the actual details. So imagine my surprise when I found a video of the technique [5] while reading Jason Kottke's blog [6].

It was then that I remembered that I mentioned this technique two years ago [7].

So there you go Smirk—a way that Edward Leedskalnin could have built Coral Castle (secret message to Spring [8]: maybe this is it, and maybe it's not).

=> [1] /boston/2006/10/15.1 | [2] http://www.dennys.com/ | [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Castle | [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Leedskalnin | [5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0 | [6] http://www.kottke.org/remainder/06/10/12025.html | [7] /boston/2004/09/24.1 | [8] http://www.springdew.com/

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