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My Latest Site is Launched.

Pack your bags, devotees… the small forum contained within Containerist.com will shut down soon because it is very lacking in features and functionality. Alas… the launch of my newest site is official. I am still tweaking it here and there, but I think it’s stable enough to open for business. What exactly is it about? [...]

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A Texas Containerist Paradise? Quite Possibly.

I think I may have found a sort of Shangri-La for those of us dreaming of doing anything we want with a piece of property–building what the heck we want without kissing the asses of the building department to push an idea through. Oh yes… This is a really good find I am going to [...]

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Cool Truck Lift for Shipping Containers

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I like technology and mechanical marvels. We have come a long way since Henry Ford developed a way to mass-produce mechanical parts for automobiles, as well as the assembly of cars themselves. Humans are so innovative and come up with some amazing things. Who knows what the next hundred years will bring. I was picturing [...]

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Investors Wanted for Start-Up

Ever wake up on any random Monday from an inadequate slumber, hittin’ snooze just a tad harder than last Friday, full-bladdered, and think to yourself: Geez, this sucks!? The daily grind… The same ol’ same ol’… Asking yourself: “Is this it? Is this really what my life is about?” Not being able to distinguish January [...]

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The Versatility of Shipping Containers

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There are shipping container modification companies throughout the world. They are busily cutting, grinding and welding away; churning out special order containers suited to meet the needs of their customers. Some do it better than others. There is a company called Bullman Marine (or simply Bullmans to those familiar) that performs modifications in London. I [...]

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Funding My Container Home: Paintings for Sale

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I have been an artist all my life but hadn’t been paid for my creations until around 1994. I went full-time into making art back in 1999 after I decided to post a painting on eBay for $125 and it sold within an hour. I was hooked and the rest is history. To date, I [...]

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Shipping Containers Are Beautiful? For Sure.

Some cool scale models of containers.

Ok, I know, I have been away… The site stagnated for a bit there, but I have to make money like other peeps and have been working on a huge website project which is finally wrapping up, so I figured I would come back to my baby and nurture it along with a fresh post [...]

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Float This, Folks!

Innovative Recycling

I am an avid outdoorsman and extreme fisherman (whatever that means). Put a pole in my hand; toss in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean and I am in heaven. I used to own a nice center-console fishing boat when I lived near the ocean in San Diego back in the 90′s–but got rid [...]

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DIY Solar and Wind Turbine

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Why do I like OtherPower.com? Well, they know nothing about this write-up and I have never introduced myself to them; but I like them because they provide parts and insight into creating your own DIY wind turbine power generation system and anything else that makes electricity. It’s basically a one-stop shop for all your Edison-inspired [...]

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Cheap Thoughts by Jack Containerstein

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Just how cheap can you really get away with putting down a container on some property? Let’s analyze this. I am shooting lower than usual on this one. I am talking bare bones, hideout, survivalist kinda stuff here lol.  I did a piece earlier on the Maui getaway bungalow of sorts and I suppose that [...]

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