Continuation of shadow engineering-related info
http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com/
A blog along some of the same lines as this one, but focused more on the theory rather than wanting to make specific machines. What I’ve read so far has been wonderful. I would highly recommend going through the PDFs linked, and peruse some of the material mentioned in them. The base knowledge of how the modern “paleotechnic” system came about and persists is important to know when seeking to circumvent and replace the it with a more distributed system.