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January 4, 2009 - January 10, 2009 Archives

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The Whole Earth Catalogs are digitized for the Web and free

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The Whole Earth Catalog has been on my mind lately. Access to Tools opened my life -- growing, cooking, camping, traveling, wood stoves were driven by instructions, design, and fundamental ideas of how to live creatively and authentically. Now, Kevin......

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 Tags  access to tools   frugal   Whole Earth Catalog  

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Who's not in the Rock Hall of Fame but should be?

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Arthur Alexander, You Better Move On Better (maybe): Autoplay at his MySpace page. Arthur is one of The 25 Most Deserving Non-Inductees Of The Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. A seminal figure, imho. Here's the inductee list. Who......

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A public battle with brain cancer comes to an end

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I don't remember how I first stumbled on David Welch's 38Lemon site sometime last spring, but I put him on my route. At 38, this Fairfax, Va., mellophone player, elite drum corps alum and co-founder of a software company was......

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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

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Sooner or later, every kid who hears The Christmas Song wants to try "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." I had bought a handful before Christmas, but only last night did we get around to roasting them in the......

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 Tags  camping   recipes  

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Plantable paper; Lettuce under bell jars; Historical words, cocktails, toys

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This paper grows flowers: A lovely idea: handmade paper that's been embedded with plantable wildflower seeds that will grow in potting soil. Blank printable seeded papers -- the color of the paper reflects the eventual bloom color of the......

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Saved coral; Twitter links blog; Evil hacker's tale; Unlikely astronaut

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo Pink coral on the Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific, one of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside as national monuments to protect them from oil and gas extraction......

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'Is Wii Fit nagging you?' and other techie 'toons of '08

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Wired blogger Jose Fermoso collects Our 12 (Or So) Favorite Techie Cartoons of 2008. This one, from Joy of Tech, cracked me up. Vacation's over. Back to work today.......

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Low-Tech Magazine: Lovely giant 'oven stoves,' a self-sufficient spirit

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Low-tech Magazine "Oven stoves are greener, more efficient, healthier, safer and cosier than all modern heating systems. Why are they gone and how do we get them back?" Low-tech Magazine makes lovely leaps. Even as they publish Sunbathing in......

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 Tags  alternative energy   design   frugal  

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